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That Audi Commercial!
Townhall.com ^ | February 15, 2010 | Joseph C. Phillips

Posted on 02/15/2010 4:53:08 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin
The commercial opens with an unsuspecting grocery shopper asking for a plastic shopping bag rather than paper.

The funny thing with the campaign against plastic bags the past few years is that I remember in the early 80's, there was a huge campaign to get us to use plastic instead of paper because we needed to save the trees.

21 posted on 02/15/2010 6:02:19 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Fresh Wind

I forgot to mention, I called him a “metro” because I have a visceral dislike of men who look like they never have to shave.


22 posted on 02/15/2010 6:04:34 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: bmwcyle

The cost of replacement parts is a huge problem for German autos, and it’s why they are stolen more often (generally).


23 posted on 02/15/2010 6:05:58 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

LOL!


24 posted on 02/15/2010 6:06:12 AM PST by Fresh Wind ("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
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To: 1rudeboy

That is another good reason not to buy German cars.


25 posted on 02/15/2010 6:07:38 AM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

Steyn’s take was EXCELLENT.


26 posted on 02/15/2010 6:08:53 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Travis McGee

Modified scene from “Red Dawn”.

Jed, looking through binoculars from a hilltop, “Looks like the GP thugs have set up a checkpoint down there. Let’s wait until the traffic clears....”

As the last car clears, Jed yells “Now! Matt, RPG!”


27 posted on 02/15/2010 6:11:09 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: MrB

Yes, it was.

He only leaves out of his analysis the tens of thousands of us non-metrosexual PC types that just sitting on the sidelines watching this limp-wristed soft tyranny creep into play...patiently waiting.


28 posted on 02/15/2010 6:11:32 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

He did mention a desire to see a Clint Eastwood type defy the GPJBTs.


29 posted on 02/15/2010 6:12:52 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: bmwcyle
Audi might be a fine car but the commercial is going push them to the bottom of my list in considering getting one.

The message is submissive wimps drive Audi.

If the deal is good enough I guess I could get over that, but why would Audi want to make it so they have to offer a deal?

Of course, they're marketing people might have looked at the number of Obama voters and deduced that submissive wimps had a pretty big market share.

30 posted on 02/15/2010 6:19:18 AM PST by Tribune7 (Only stupid, racists people support Obama.)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

You might be waiting, patiently, but Audi got you to talk. Think about that for a minute: what is the purpose of advertising?


31 posted on 02/15/2010 6:20:08 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Tribune7

Audi is mostly a liberal buyer car. BMW, AUDI, and expensive Japanese cars are the new status for middle income blacks. Give me an American V8 any day.


32 posted on 02/15/2010 6:26:17 AM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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To: 1rudeboy

Actually, the goal is to get people to buy.

They didn’t score a sale with me, and probably most that are not impressed with the badge on a vehicle. Maybe they will win some spillover from those who ran out and bought a Prius to be in with the hip crowd.


33 posted on 02/15/2010 6:30:18 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: MrB

You’re right, he did. I was talking about legions of Clints.


34 posted on 02/15/2010 6:30:55 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

Question: is a person more or less likely to be aware that Audi offers a TDI diesel after February 7, 2010? If yes, why?


35 posted on 02/15/2010 6:37:59 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Dude, don’t play games. I understand completely.

Did you really miss my point?


36 posted on 02/15/2010 6:46:08 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: bmwcyle

I think I’m going to stick with Ford.


37 posted on 02/15/2010 6:49:38 AM PST by Tribune7 (Only stupid, racists people support Obama.)
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To: Tribune7

I want to test drive the new SHO. I drive the first year one back in the 1990’s. It was really fun.


38 posted on 02/15/2010 6:56:34 AM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

Yes, I did. I thought your point was, “the commercial made me ‘mad’ (or whatever), so I won’t buy the product—and if I won’t, then most people won’t, either.”


39 posted on 02/15/2010 6:58:08 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Travis McGee
The pro-ecofascism commercial made me want to buy a 1979 Suburban and drive it right over the green nazis.

You're oversensitive. If anything, the ad made its point in exactly the other direction. And it was funny.

40 posted on 02/15/2010 7:03:04 AM PST by r9etb
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