Obama 20081029 30-min ad - American Stories, American Solutions flv

Barack Obama's 30-minutes ad, aired October 29th at 8 p.m. EST on most major US networks, as scraped from YouTube. Format: FLV Video: H.264, 320x240 Audio: MP4 Length: 27:10 minutes Original source: Youtube Note: plays back properly in VLC (http://www.videolan.org/)

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daphaze (2008-10-30)

Thanks!!!!

polarix (2008-10-30)

didn't work for me.

rumplestilts (2008-10-30)

Thanks but your flv encoding is really quite non-standard. (but thanks)

CatsInSilkPants (2008-10-30)

Thanks for trying.. but I suggest others wait for another torrent. This is FLV (flash video) and the aspect ratio is WAY off, whether viewed with flash player, WM with codecs, etc. Still, thanks for trying. :)

Summersky (2008-10-30)

Totally agree with CatsInSilkPants.
Although I appreciate the 2inch screen FLV obscure video format, I'd wait for a higher quality avi version.
So everyone go to bed, get some beauty sleep, and hopefully by the morning someone will have uploaded something worth archiving. :)

 herman_munst (2008-10-30)

Its already on YouTube. Just search for
American Stories, American Solutions

ajarsabha (2008-10-30)

It is actually from YouTube (forgot to post the link, sorry). You can watch it online, the torrent is for the convenience of those of us who like watching things offline. If only more people use blip.tv, revver and other sites that allow MP4 downloads!
I just updated the description: if you have playback problem, try VideoLAN -- I've tested it on Mac OS X and Linux, and it works just fine (correct aspect ratio too).

despart (2008-11-02)

So I watched Obama's infomercial and forgive me if, unlike Chris Mathews, I didn't soak my Depends.
As I watched, all I could be was... confused.
Obama produced what can only be described as bizarro-propaganda: A dour documentary designed to undermine an Eastern Bloc country circa 1974. Ten minutes into the thing, I was expecting a bunch of fat babushkas in headscarves fighting over the last loaf of stale bread. Out of fear, I actually boiled and ate a neighbor's dog.
This was a view of our country seen, grimly, from the outside looking in: A place where everyone is sick, poor or sickly poor. I call it "Hugo porn" ? the kind of stuff that gives Chavez a chubby.
It's as if the most successful and selfless country in the history of the world never existed. Instead, we have East Germany without the lederhosen or the sausage.
But I guess, in order to sell himself, Barack has to sell the rest of the country short.
When it was over, however, I felt like I always do after ingesting a hard sell: Convinced I was being sold something I didn't need. To me, Obama's gleaming valentine to himself succeeded in only reminding me of the Soloflex in the garage: Once shiny and new, it's now covered in my soiled shorts.