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Post #388,059 by hnick 3/30/14 12:31:15 PM Reply	Unbelievable I watch very little television, but I can not believe that a major corporation would put out a "commercial" that was so tin-eared to most of the watching population. I have to believe that their corporate leadership think that there are enough people out there who would identify with that self centered asshole, or they wouldn't have spent the money on the commercial. If they are right, I'm scared for the country. If they are wrong, I am scared that much money (= power)can be so misdirected. I'd like an electric car though... "Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable." ~ AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914)
Post #388,064 by a6l6e6x 3/30/14 2:30:58 PM Reply	Corporate ads are not necessarily stupid. There are plenty of people "who would identify with that self centered asshole" but not recognize that he is a self-centered asshole. Why that "asshole" is a picture of success that is obvious to all! A person to be emulated. Alex ÂThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Â -- Isaac Asimov
Post #388,067 by hnick 3/30/14 4:11:27 PM Reply	Ewww... That is even more scarey. "Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable." ~ AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914)
Post #388,070 by a6l6e6x 3/30/14 5:34:24 PM Reply	Here is a sample: http://www.ijreview....ican-cadillac-ad/ So, why do you hate America so much? :) Alex ÂThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Â -- Isaac Asimov
Post #388,065 by Ashton 3/30/14 3:47:43 PM Reply	At the time, I read a [effort-at-a-riposte] from Ad-purveyor (IIRC) Implication was that they knew it was ..snarky (at best, of any premeditation?) but probably beyond such droids to see it was also obscene. Also a litmus. And this was Their Thing==it Did get 'attention' all right.. Still, with such panache as Ford's et al--one may still hope that the cumulative effect shall become the Corporate/devolved-effect of fucking karma. (I hope it isn't beneath the dignity of Cthulhu ... to turn a whole room-ful into toads, say. Just for omnipotent-Fun.)
Post #388,077 by mmoffitt 3/31/14 9:18:56 AM Reply	Don't forget about the Useful Idiots. I can see thousands of Tea Partiers (none of whom will ever have enough money to purchase a Cadillac) cheering the Cadillac ad. Can't you?
Post #388,080 by boxley 3/31/14 9:59:25 AM Reply	no, that car is gay Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep

Two commercials - (rcareaga) - (17) - March 29, 2014, 02:31:48 PM EDT

Can't watch the Ford one right now, but ... - (drook) - (2) - March 29, 2014, 03:43:59 PM EDT

link? -NT - (crazy) - (1) - March 30, 2014, 01:52:02 PM EDT

Must be losing my mind - (drook) - March 30, 2014, 04:47:25 PM EDT

Re: Two commercials - (gcareaga) - March 29, 2014, 04:15:31 PM EDT

Boffo Ford! Oddly too.. a certain Fiesta already has - (Ashton) - (3) - March 29, 2014, 06:15:20 PM EDT

The parody at the second link - (rcareaga) - (1) - March 29, 2014, 08:51:05 PM EDT

Dissonance here, too. - (Ashton) - March 29, 2014, 09:07:30 PM EDT

Now that I've watched it, yes, boffo Ford -NT - (drook) - March 29, 2014, 10:08:29 PM EDT

Shallow is as shallow does, sir. +10 for Ford. -NT - (mmoffitt) - March 30, 2014, 12:04:47 PM EDT

Unbelievable - (hnick) - (6) - March 30, 2014, 12:31:15 PM EDT

Corporate ads are not necessarily stupid. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - March 30, 2014, 02:30:58 PM EDT

Ewww... - (hnick) - (1) - March 30, 2014, 04:11:27 PM EDT

Here is a sample: - (a6l6e6x) - March 30, 2014, 05:34:24 PM EDT

At the time, I read a [effort-at-a-riposte] from Ad-purveyor - (Ashton) - March 30, 2014, 03:47:43 PM EDT

Don't forget about the Useful Idiots. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - March 31, 2014, 09:18:56 AM EDT

no, that car is gay -NT - (boxley) - March 31, 2014, 09:59:25 AM EDT

Interesting. - (pwhysall) - March 31, 2014, 07:56:35 AM EDT

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