Friday, February 18, 2005

More "This Bud's For You"

An outstanding post about troops being welcomed home at JFK over on Right Wing News. Post mentions the Budweiser Superbowl commercial, setting off a great debate in the comments section. Someone named "libliever" opened up the comments by saying:

"Was that commerical with our vets at the airport wrapped in a Budwieser ad...forgot to tell that part of the story didn't you. Patriotism and suds...nice combo...maybe the next time a company wants to wrap itself in the flag they should think twice. Taking a perfectly nice patriotic sentiment and making a pitch for beer. Now, that's disgusting..."

Here are some retorts:

"No... it's Liberals who disgust me. A beer company saying "thanks" to the troops in what's sure to be the most watched spot of the year... that's awesome."

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"If the soldiers had been actually quaffing the beer, or hitching a ride on the Bud wagon, or grabbing a cold one from a cooler...that would have been a BEER commercial. Did the tagline at the end say "Thankyou" or did it say "Drink Bud"?

As it was, showing a little appreciation for a group of people who are way under-appreciated is good and proper.

That you found this commercial 'disgusting' is laughable. Can you leftys EVER just enjoy the sentiment? Just ONCE?"

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"No matter how much the left claims to support the troops, every time you catch them in a truly sincere moment, their contempt for the military shines right through."

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"If it were an anonymous commercial, the left would be convinced that it was another Bush/Rove plot to instill support for a horrendously unpopular war, and that Haliburton secretly funded this piece of propaganda. But since it wasn't anonymous, the left has to bash it in another way."

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"I loved that spot - calling it a "commercial" is a complete misnomer. It was closer to a paid political announcement.

Which brings me to the reason I think libliever and her fellow anti-military liberals (sorry for the redundancy) really dislike that "commercial": whatever their intentions with the piece, Anheuser-Busch would never risk alienating a majority of their target market. Therefore, Adolphus et.al. must have pretty good evidence that a majority of those viewing (or hearing about) their spot would approve or at least sympathsize with its message, or conversely, that only a commercially-inconsequential minority would disapprove or take offense; i.e., behave like modern liberals. For a group that claims to be populist, that's gotta hurt."

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"Lib: I told you before Cavey, I'm for the troops...

But what have you done to demonstrate that you're for the troops?

you don't think a beer commercial (and that's what it was no matter how you slice it) might actually belittle the troops, just alittle bit...

Why would it belittle the troops? Do beer commercials belittle construction workers, football fans, or business executives simple by means of their inclusion in the commercial? Have you actually asked any troops if they feel the least belittled? I'm a vet and I don't feel that way. I thought it was an outstanding commerical. I was watching the game in my VFW post and it was strongly appreciated. Apparently, no belittlement there either."

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"Taking a perfectly nice patriotic sentiment and making a pitch for beer. Now, that's disgusting...

I suspect you wouldn't know a "perfectly nice patriotic sentiment" if it crawled up your a-- and set off fireworks."

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