Obama Can’t Lead The Show Without Blackberry
Posted by Bossip Staff
Livesteez is reporting that Barack Obama will not let go of his Blackberry, and an endorsement deal would be worth around $50 milli:
President-elect Barack Obama is having a hard time parting with the sleek, black gadget glued to his palm. “I’m still clinging to my BlackBerry,” Mr. Obama said Wednesday in an interview with CNBC and The New York Times. “They’re going to pry it out of my hands.” Obama acknowledged in a nationally broadcast interview Thursday that the Blackberry is a concern, “not just to the Secret Service, but also to lawyers.” White House officials have worried that a president’s e-mails can be subpoenaed by Congress and the courts, and may be subject to public records laws, according to Yahoo! News. While Mr. Obama is dreading the prospect of being forced to give it up because of legal and security concerns once he takes office, makers of Blackberry can’t complain, considering the free advertisement they’re getting out of the deal. Obama doesn’t have a contract to promote the handheld device, but if he did, it could be worth millions. “This would be almost the biggest endorsement deal in the history of endorsements,” said Doug Shabelman, the president of Burns Entertainment, which arranges deals between celebrities and companies. “He’s consistently seen using it and consistently in the news arguing — and arguing with issues of national security and global welfare — how he absolutely needs this to function on a daily basis.” Mr. Obama is an ideal marketing representative, other agents say — popular, constantly in the news and explicit about his attachment to the product. “You always want the celebrity to be a good fit with your brand, and is anybody considered a better communicator right now than Barack Obama, or a better networker?” said Fran Kelly, the chief executive of the advertising agency Arnold Worldwide, who estimated that an endorsement by Mr. Obama would be worth $25 million. “It couldn’t have a better spokesperson.” Mr. Shabelman put the value even higher, at $50 million or more, because the endorsement is worldwide, according to The New York Times.
We feel the same way, Mr. President. SMH @ sleeping with our Blackberry right next to our heads.
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After his term he should get that guap!
That is ONE sexy man!
Better him fighting over a crackberry than them finding him in a hotel room smokin crack…
blackberry been riding for obama early in the game .. they publicly endorsed him and made some kind of obama swag for purchase on their website
I support Barack Obama 100%
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TOP 12 CrackBerry HEADz!! !
Barack Obama is at a point in his career where what ever product he uses the company will endorse him.
crackberry is a hell of a drug!
I just got a blackberry a couple weeks ago, and I love it. It keeps me organized. So, there has to be a way he can keep his. Maybe the blackberry company can create a specially designed handheld just for Barack that the Secret Service would like. He is the first tech geek-in-chief already, so he needs to be on the forefront of all things technology to led the country.
B needs to let it go … he “Got PEOPLE” no he dont need th BlackBerry . Let it Go B Let it Go!
Well, they don’t call it crackberry for nothing.
I’ve had serious withdrawel problems when I broke mine…
I AGREE TO WHOEVER SAID THEY LOVE THEIR BLACKBERRY!!!! ME TOO!!!
DANG MAN I WONT THAT NEW BLACKBERRY TOUCH SCREEN !!!
All hail the President! There are ways around Mr. President. Give the man his cell phone, and stop using my name in vaine imposters!
I sleep next to my BlackBerry!! Right next to my pillow! I can’t ever go back to a regular phone that just calls and texts. Maybe the iphone can be a possible replacement but I’d choose a BlackBerry over an iPhone or any wannabes anyday!!
The Secret Service is right, if enemies get ahold of his BB ESN they can track his movement and even zero in on his signal by using the BB signal as a paint, like what we do to the terrorist with our guided missiles, also you can hack into his data that same way.
The answer would be to route him through the FBI Servers that when someone sends him a text/mail it is really sent to the FBI Server which then proxy-it/forward it to him and his messages would do the same. The FBI would also prepare copies of the communications for the National Archives as per law.
how cute, Bama is a crackberry addict.
he should take that money and deposit into the stimulus package he is talking about…sike
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I work for verizon and be careful what you wish for. The Blackberry Storm looks cool but if you are used to “power emailing, texting, and instant messaging” like myself and other blackberry addicts it just isn’t the same. RIM has already released a software patch to fix some issues they are having with it but no big improvements from what I see. I say wait until all the bugs are out the software. I’m holding on to my Curve until then
all money aint good money barack
Well everyone here in jamaica and their mama got one, like duh, he is used to having it. But on the real if it is a secret service or security issue he needs to think about it seriously.
Love him though and he can do no wrong by me.
I don’t Blame Barack it’s like my Crack
I would image that he will cease using it due to the security concerns. Probably thr reason we did not hear this type of situation about Bush was b/c Bush was basically fed info and Obama is the man who is preparing to personally call the shots. However, Obama will just have to conform and allow people around him to take direct calls for him and other things he does with his Blackberry. Whatever the case, it is wonderful to have a President who is someone that we (all races in the US) can be proud of.
Blackberry is garbage.. Iphone rules
I can’t believe that BlackBerry can’t make a “secure” phone for The Man, that could be okay’d by Secret Service. The man needs his phone. He’s gotta quit cigs, Chi-town, and the neighborhood barbershop and the bullshitting that goes on in there. Let him have his phone!
Ok, I’ve got the solution. Go through the blackberry and decide what he needs and doesn’t need. After he does that, he can put his blackberry in a safety deposit box until his 2 terms is up and then he can have it again.
Now that I’ve handled this issue, when do we get those stimulus checks?
that is one sexy president
Mr. President (elect) is sooooo sexy! GOODNESS and God Bless That Man…
I LOVE my BB too!! OMG I never leave home without it and if I do of course I turn around to go get it! Lol… I feel you Barack!
I feel him on that…mentioned it in my blog. I SLEEP with my blackberry. They would have to add that into my swearing in for me to NOT use it. I’d be under the desk in the oval office texting and emailing!
[...] Barack Obama is having a hard time parting with the sleek, black gadget glued to his palm. “I’m still clinging to my BlackBerry,” Mr. Obama said Wednesday in an interview with CNBC [...]
EVERY PRISIENDT HAD A CELL PHONE MR BURCH HAVE ONE CLITITIN HAD ON WHEN HE WAS THE PREZ BUT ONE THING THEY TALKED ON THE CELL PHONE THE ONLY THING THEY DIDNT DO IS EMAIL ANYTHING IN THE PHONE. MR OBAMA CHOULD HAVE A PC AT THE WHIT HOUSE SO HE CAN USED IT WHEN HE NEED IT AND HIS FAMILY TO.
I never had a blackberry. I think I want one…..
well people as of today. president obama get to keep his blackberry. he was not playing when he said he wasn’t giving it up. well if michelle didn’t want him smoking allow the man one addiction.