Audi’s Gorewellian Super Bowl Ad

NRO ^ | 2/10/2010 | Jonah Goldberg

[Servant of the Cross]

Smart. Hack off both sides of the debate with your stupid attempt at humor. Heads gonna roll at that ad agency.

[hometoroost]

I think the first environmental hazard the Green Police should encounter is lead poisoning.

[LibLieSlayer]

volvo is what every liberal pos jerk wishes that they drove.
Most of the liberal profs that I had drove a volvo... or a saab.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

I meant audi... I just met with my CPA and I am upset sorry.

LLS

[DJ MacWoW]

I drive an Audi. 6 cyl, 5 valve quattro. And I’m not a liberal pos jerk.

[1rudeboy]

Hack off both sides of the debate with your stupid attempt at humor. Heads gonna roll at that ad agency.

The only heads that a are gonna' roll at that agency are gonna' roll into a bigger office, and earn a higher salary. If you don't understand what I just typed, then you don't understand advertising.

[Servant of the Cross]

volvo ... or prius? I must admit Schadenfreude at the Prius recall. Imagine the horror and outrage! How unfair that such 'disaster' (snicker) targets such a select group of owners, who have only the world's best interests in their mind. Oh, the humanitee.

[hellbender]

I am astounded that people do not grasp the satire in the Audi ad. It's the kind of ad they would have if Scrappleface were hired to write one. Let the enviro fanatics have their obsessions; we can produce something which meets all their requirements and we can have fun anyway: that is the message.

Unfortunately, I bet the greenies will attack diesels anyway. Mark my words.

[DJ MacWoW]

Yeah. I hear ya. And the greenies do attack diesels.

The Problem with Diesel

Diesel engines are a major source of particulate and smog-forming pollution. Diesel exhaust is the most potent carcinogen (cancer-causing substance) in air pollution. And because diesel engines are so often operated where people live, play, work or go to school, they pose particular dangers to human health.

Cleaning Up Diesel Pollution

Diesel pollution is making us sick. Studies show that diesel pollution contains more than 40 “air toxics” including carcinogens and fine particulate matter. When inhaled, these air toxics have been known to trigger asthma and heart attacks. There is also evidence that diesel pollution causes cancer and respiratory diseases. That is why Environment Massachusetts has launched the Campaign To Clean Up Dirty Diesel.

[relictele]

it reinforces the association of undemocratic statism and PC bullying with environmentalism

Erm, it isn't an 'association.' They are arm-in-arm.

[DJ MacWoW]

It's the kind of ad they would have if Scrappleface were hired to write one.

Or the Onion. :-)

[colorado tanker]

My jaw dropped when I saw that ad. It was amazing parody of just what many of us are afraid is coming from the new EPA regulations that don't need congressional approval. The producers must be libs so deep in their echo chamber they didn't get what they were doing. But I'm glad they did it. Hope the ad runs lots more.

That said, who did Audi think this ad appeals to? All I can figure is they wanted male master-of-the-universe types who are superficially liberal and very p.c., but they'll be darned if they're gonna sacrifice any of their toys or comfort to their faith. The ad tells them, hey, it's OK, you can still drive your Audi and run everyone else down with your aggressive driving; all you have to do is buy a diesel.

[hellbender]

I knew about that. Human ingenuity, engineering, and the profit motive have given us an answer to energy independence and air pollution, but the greenies are not happy, just as they are opposed to nuclear power plants, which could do more for those objectives than all the wind turbines anyone ever planned.

[Lorianne]

Gorewelian .... I LOVE IT !!!
I will start using this term a lot.

Thanks Mr. Goldberg, that’s what you get paid the big bucks for.

[Servant of the Cross]

Publicity, good or bad, and the remembering of an ad is good, no matter what?

[1rudeboy]

Pretty much. I’m trying to think of exceptions, but any I think of don’t really apply in this case (condoning illegal behavior, violence, etc.).

[Hemingway's Ghost]

The most important aspect of the ad was that it proved the volksgeist was ready and willing to mock environmental nazism. And a public willing to embrace mockery of this sort should be music to the ears of anyone who opposes environmental nazism.

[DJ MacWoW]

Greenies don’t want solutions, they want control. This ad was pure theater of the absurd and some freepers aren’t getting it. That’s a shame.

[LibLieSlayer]

Did I say that ALL drivers of audis are liberal... no... I said most of the liberal profs that I had drove them. Not everyone that drives an audi is liberal.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

:-)

LLS