Obama Campaign Ads Show Up Next to Soft Porn

DNC ads in support of Barack Obama are showing up in seedy red-light corners of the Web.

Somewhat reminiscent of the snafu over the Mitt Romney ads that showed up on Gay.com during the Republican primary season, Click Z says some Obama campaign ads have popped up on some local Clear Channel rock radio station Web sites.

The presidential postings encouraging people to "Register to Vote for Bacak Obama and Other Candidates for Change," found on some sites in Macon, Ga., and Harrisonburg, Va., were plastered right next to near soft-porn images promoting "Celebrity Tramp Stamps," "Red Light Girls," "Chicks on Toilets," "Thong of the Day," and links where viewers can vote to either "shag or bag" those pictures.

The Obama ads included the words: "Paid for by the Democratic National Committee and Obama for America and Authorized by Obama for America."

I did a quick survey around 1:15 p.m. ET today of Harrisonburg's 98rockme.com and Macon's Q106.fm and found no Obama ads in sight. The ad on 90rockme.com right now, in place of Obama's, is for the 2008 Shenandoah County Fair.

ClickZ says the ads were spotted by a Web ad tracking service on a list of local radio station and newspaper Web sites based in states, including Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. At least some ads were placed by media firm Centro.

"The content on these sites is clearly objectionable and the ads should not have been displayed there," Centro CEO Shawn Riegsecker told ClickZ News. "As soon as we were alerted to this issue, we removed the ads immediately."