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Vanity: John Cougar's "Our Country" Chevy Commercial

Posted on 10/05/2006 1:48:52 PM PDT by slowhand520

Anyone else peeved as I am at this nonsense? I am assuming it is a patriotic song. The images you see during this commercial are Vietnam War protestors, the peace sign, Nixon waving goodbye before he gets on his helicopter, and Katrina flooding. What a depressing commercial. Kind of defeatist if you ask me. Thoughts?


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1 posted on 10/05/2006 1:48:52 PM PDT by slowhand520
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To: slowhand520

Yes, believe it or not, it's supposed to create a patriotic pride in potential buyers...


2 posted on 10/05/2006 1:49:50 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: slowhand520

I haven't seen it yet... its depressing that he's a Hoosier.. :(


3 posted on 10/05/2006 1:50:32 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: theDentist

I think its dumb.


4 posted on 10/05/2006 1:50:50 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: slowhand520
Chevy wants to sell cars to Americans by bashing America?

Well, I guess if Ford wants to sell to gays Chevy can sell to Democrats.
5 posted on 10/05/2006 1:50:59 PM PDT by msnimje (Seriously, if it REALLY were a religion of PEACE, would they have to label it as such?)
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To: slowhand520
Add "California burning" to that list of feel-good images.

Go Ford Go

6 posted on 10/05/2006 1:51:06 PM PDT by PRND21
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To: slowhand520

Fine with me, I am a Ford man...


7 posted on 10/05/2006 1:51:13 PM PDT by wastoute
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To: slowhand520

8 posted on 10/05/2006 1:52:39 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
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To: wastoute

Toyota is the only way to go.


9 posted on 10/05/2006 1:52:45 PM PDT by kjo
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To: slowhand520

You are kidding....right?


10 posted on 10/05/2006 1:53:07 PM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: slowhand520

John Cougar Mellonhead is a moron.


11 posted on 10/05/2006 1:53:43 PM PDT by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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To: P-40

I wish I was. It makes me want to buy Japanese


12 posted on 10/05/2006 1:53:44 PM PDT by slowhand520
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To: slowhand520
John Couger is a leftist has been. No wonder GM is doing so poorly when it uses anti-American liberals in it commercials highlighting left wing attacks on our nation.
13 posted on 10/05/2006 1:54:06 PM PDT by MBB1984
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To: kjo
Toyota is the only way to go.

Heathen!

;)

14 posted on 10/05/2006 1:54:19 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
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To: slowhand520

It's got a shot of Alan Shepard golfing on the Moon, so I am willing to forgive a multitude of sins.


15 posted on 10/05/2006 1:54:39 PM PDT by gridlock (The 'Pubbies will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
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To: slowhand520

Reminds me of those stupid Bennetton ads (sp?).

They killed that clothing line.

And gimme a Jimmy any day. In fact I have one. 3/4 ton, full crew cab, will pull anything. Yeah.


16 posted on 10/05/2006 1:54:39 PM PDT by squarebarb
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To: theDentist

I saw it - and was instantly revolted - the exact opposite type of response I assume Chevy is hoping for from an American car loyalist -


17 posted on 10/05/2006 1:54:46 PM PDT by LikeLight (RYMB)
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To: slowhand520

I hate that commercial, I also hate the ford commercial where the dad is "allowed" to spend the weekend with the family before the wife driving the ford drops him off at his house and drives away.


18 posted on 10/05/2006 1:56:38 PM PDT by edzo4
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To: slowhand520

Cougar is a Lefty.


19 posted on 10/05/2006 1:57:28 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: MBB1984

Isn't Hannity promoting Chevys?


20 posted on 10/05/2006 1:57:46 PM PDT by Lokibob (Spelling and typos are copyrighted. Please do not use.)
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To: slowhand520
'Thoughts?'

Yeah...


21 posted on 10/05/2006 1:59:00 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: kjo

If you want a vehicle with American made parts in it, go for a Japanese name. :p


22 posted on 10/05/2006 1:59:03 PM PDT by Constantine XIII
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To: slowhand520

That's gonna sell cars?

Who the hell greenlighted that?


23 posted on 10/05/2006 1:59:31 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: slowhand520
It makes me want to buy Japanese

Perhaps Chevrolet wants the same thing also.
24 posted on 10/05/2006 1:59:34 PM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: edzo4

Oh, that one gets me furious!!!!


25 posted on 10/05/2006 1:59:39 PM PDT by PeterFinn (Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.)
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To: slowhand520

man if you are serious they have just created " New Coke II,
Electric boogaloo"


26 posted on 10/05/2006 1:59:47 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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To: slowhand520

It would be a mistake to assume that anything John Cougar Mellencamp does is patriotic.


27 posted on 10/05/2006 1:59:49 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Viva Espaņa!)
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To: Echo Talon
I haven't seen it yet... its depressing that he's a Hoosier.. :(

I think our Canadian friends can correct us, but your spelling has an extra `o' and an unnecessary `i'.

28 posted on 10/05/2006 1:59:57 PM PDT by AmishDude
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To: slowhand520
Mellencamp is a lib from way back. He seems to be saying that our country is full of nothing but failed military adventures, crooked Presidents, and indifference to Katrina victims.

Would not surprise me to see this as a video (with or without the Chevy logos) at the next Democratic convention.

If Chevrolet wants to get all patriotic, they should look at the Chrysler "The Pride is Back: Born in America" commercials again some time.

29 posted on 10/05/2006 2:00:03 PM PDT by GoBucks2002
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To: edzo4

OMG I hate that one too! They portray the father as a eunuch while the "tough" mom drives away.


30 posted on 10/05/2006 2:00:04 PM PDT by slowhand520
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To: edzo4

That Ford commercial is just weird, and doesn't give me a good feeling at all.


31 posted on 10/05/2006 2:00:24 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Viva Espaņa!)
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To: slowhand520

Cougar is a Conservative-bashing lib. I would expect nothing less from him or his type. Too bad Chevy had to fall for it.


32 posted on 10/05/2006 2:00:33 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God." (Psalm 53:1))
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To: slowhand520

To top it off, they should show the truck tanking up at CITGO.


33 posted on 10/05/2006 2:00:39 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: msnimje

Chevy's commercial makes it all the more reason to buy Japanese.


34 posted on 10/05/2006 2:01:11 PM PDT by harveyrabbit
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To: theDentist
Yes, believe it or not, it's supposed to create a patriotic pride in potential buyers...

But... but...

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism! * gag, koff *

35 posted on 10/05/2006 2:01:18 PM PDT by TChris (The United Nations is suffering from delusions of relevance.)
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To: slowhand520
I wish I was. It makes me want to buy Japanese.

Go ahead. Buy a Toyota Tundra, made in Indiana by Hoosiers.

36 posted on 10/05/2006 2:02:12 PM PDT by Squeako (ACLU: "Only Christians, Boy Scouts and War Memorials are too vile to defend.")
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To: finnman69
Who the hell greenlighted that?

Some twenty something cappuccino communist advertising "genius" with black spectacles and messy hair. You know the type.
37 posted on 10/05/2006 2:02:15 PM PDT by slowhand520
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To: slowhand520

My only thought is that John Cougar Mellancamp sucks -- always has -- always will.


38 posted on 10/05/2006 2:02:17 PM PDT by Beckwith (The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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To: edzo4

Yep, is it any wonder that the big auto is racing big MSM into the the graveyard? These are afterall the same idiots who signed union contracts that anyone should have known would bankrupt them in the future.


39 posted on 10/05/2006 2:04:08 PM PDT by JLS
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To: edzo4
That commercial makes me want to puke! The Chevy commercial also sucks. Dodge does ok but their trucks suck imo. I own a GMC but Toyota's are made all over the U.S. might be time to try one on my next new truck and just go pick up and old Chevy to do the rough stuff.
40 posted on 10/05/2006 2:04:31 PM PDT by nativist (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft.)
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To: AmishDude
lol! Hoser! LOL or the U.P. of Michigan... :D

what was that movie... ummm.. "Strange brew" HAHAHA!

41 posted on 10/05/2006 2:05:14 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: edzo4

"I also hate the ford commercial where the dad is "allowed" to spend the weekend with the family before the wife driving the ford drops him off at his house and drives away."

I HATE that commercial too! I'm glad I'm not the only person who has noticed how revolting it is. Who the heck are they trying to reach with that ad, beaten down divorced dads? B*tchy ex-wives? (Not that the woman in the ad is so bad, but you know what I mean). I think it is the worst ad ever, I don't even know what car it is for.


42 posted on 10/05/2006 2:07:01 PM PDT by jocon307 (The Silent Majority - silent no longer)
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To: slowhand520

I don't know why GM would turn to some no-talent moron like this to do an ad when their "Like A Rock" (Bob Seger) ads are often recognized as the most successful advertising campaign in history.


43 posted on 10/05/2006 2:07:09 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: slowhand520

Yep, my thought is that I will not buy a Chevy. I'll stick with Dodge Rams.


44 posted on 10/05/2006 2:07:13 PM PDT by Minn. 4 Bush
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To: slowhand520

Most people won't notice the symbolism . They will think it is a patriotic move by the Chevy people . I didn't even notice till saw the ad the second time and I am well aware he is a left wing wingnut.


45 posted on 10/05/2006 2:07:16 PM PDT by Renegade
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To: slowhand520

anyone have a link to this commercial?


46 posted on 10/05/2006 2:08:12 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: kjo

That's the way I see it. Toyota/Lexus has served me well.


47 posted on 10/05/2006 2:09:02 PM PDT by MMcC
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To: edzo4

I'm so glad you brought that up! I HATE THAT COMMERCIAL with the Dad. It really makes me never want tobuy a Ford.


48 posted on 10/05/2006 2:09:58 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: jocon307

Did you see those (i think they are toyota commericals) in one, it gets hammered by a meteor and keeps going! LOL WOW! pretty neat... and in the other one it gets picked up by the lock ness monster and slammed on the shore! LOL!!! pretty cool. :)


49 posted on 10/05/2006 2:10:33 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: kjo

I'll take the Nissan TITAN 4x4 off road!


50 posted on 10/05/2006 2:10:36 PM PDT by Renegade
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