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Old Spice. The man your man could sell like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZOm2YhOI4c

Fox News Channel has made a claim with YouTube that this rapid response ad from the DNC be removed. Late today it was. The ad, which went up on YouTube yesterday, is about the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Florida between Gov. Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio. Because the ad featured copyrighted footage throughout, FNC had enough of an argument to pull the ad. Since pushing play will do you no good, I'll tell you what you would have seen: the ad was made up entirely of Crist's interview with Greta Van Susteren from the other night during which...

CEO known for putting Social Security number in ads * FTC says ads were deceptive, overstated protections * CEO says new ads better clarify LifeLock services LifeLock Inc, which promises to protect consumers from identity theft, agreed to pay $12 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission and 35 U.S. states that it overstated the value of its service. The FTC said on Tuesday the settlement bars LifeLock and its principals from making "deceptive claims" and requires the Tempe, Arizona-based company to take "more stringent measures" to safeguard the personal information of customers. The FTC said LifeLock has...

<p>MINEOLA, N.Y. — Lindsay Lohan is feuding with the E-Trade babies.</p> <p>The actress has filed a $100 million lawsuit claiming a television ad for the Wall Street firm that aired during the Super Bowl and Olympics was modeled after her.</p>

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham denounced a recent ad questioning the loyalty of Obama administration lawyers who had previously represented suspected terrorists. The ad — run by Liz Cheney's group Keep American Safe — derided the unidentified appointees as the "Al Qaeda 7” asking "Whose values do they share?" “A defense attorney who is making the government do their job regardless of the nature of the case is making this whole country a better place,” said Graham, a military lawyer who’s currently a senior instructor at the Air Force JAG School. “I represented people as a defense attorney in...

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham denounced a recent ad questioning the loyalty of Obama administration lawyers who had previously represented suspected terrorists. The ad — run by Liz Cheney's group Keep American Safe — derided the unidentified appointees as the "Al Qaeda 7” asking "Whose values do they share?" “A defense attorney who is making the government do their job regardless of the nature of the case is making this whole country a better place,” said Graham, a military lawyer who’s currently a senior instructor at the Air Force JAG School. “I represented people as a defense attorney in...

In recent days the Justice Department has been getting angry phone calls about the "Qaeda" lawyers supposedly hired by Attorney General Eric Holder. The reason? An unusually ferocious Web ad by Liz Cheney's advocacy group, Keep America Safe, targeting Justice lawyers who previously did pro bono work for Guantánamo detainees. The ad—in one frame, a headline refers to the DOJ as the "Department of Jihad"—has been denounced as McCarthyism by liberal critics. It's also being condemned by a growing number of former George W. Bush administration lawyers. Ted Olson, who served as Bush's solicitor general, says he has the "greatest...

It's dogs in slow-mo catching treats. What could be better.

A national media campaign to promote the authority of the Bible began running commercials on Fox News, FoxNews.com and MSNBC.com on Monday. The “I Am Not Ashamed” campaign, organized by apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis, will run commercials from March 1 to April 25 featuring individuals from different backgrounds, nationalities, ages and cultures saying they are not ashamed of the Gospel. Organizers hope to convey the message that despite physical differences, people around the world hold in common a respect and appreciation for the relevance of God’s word in today’s world. A print ad campaign will also run in USA...

By far the most popular ad shown during the latest Super Bowl (the trademarked name “Super Bowl” is used here without the expressed written consent of the National Football League) was the Doritos “House Rules” ad. Tens of millions of Americans saw it as hilarious. That is unfortunate. Anyone aware of the manifold social pathologies the ad depicted did not find much to laugh about. Here is the ad: A man knocks on a door. A pretty woman answers it. He hands her flowers and she thanks him. He has presumably come to take her out on a date. She...

Three recent TV ads get our attention with totalitarianism. They do so to different degrees and in different ways. And they certainly are barometers of the shift in the popular culture in this once-free country. Green PoliceThe first was the “Green Police” advertisement for Audi that was broadcast during this year’s Super Bowl. It starts with a clerk asking a customer that standard question, “Paper or plastic?” When the customer answers the latter, Green Police swoop in and cuff him with the words, “You picked the wrong day to mess with the eco-system.” A man is asked by the eco-cops...

Audi car commercial "hits home" for Gavin Newsom and other city dwellersAudi's "Green Police" Super Bowl ad was clearly out to mock environmentalist fervor -- and it hit close to home in greener-than-thou San Francisco. Perhaps that's because it was the brainchild of Audi's advertising agency, San Francisco independent Venables Bell & Partners. Sitting squarely in the "I am white, middle-class man, hear me roar" school of ads, the Cheap Trick-scored commercial suggested a world in which the type of individual decisions that seem meaningless but in the aggregate make a difference are enforced by enthusiastic law enforcement professionals in...

This is what apparently led to the Fiorina campaign running the demon sheep ad. In it, she lays the blame for California's financial situation on him, calling him a FCINO -- a Fiscal Conservative In Name Only. But it's more than a simple, ordinary attack ad. It seems to go way over the top, bizarrely so, as if, well, it was the result of some bad acid trip. I really urge you to watch it yourself (and please avoid operating heavy machinery as you do so): I think when I first saw the ad I stared at the screen without...

Here is video of a new ad Florida GOP Senate Candidate Marco Rubio is unleashing on Florida Gov. Charlie Crist in their battle for the Republican Senate Nomination. The ad uses Crist's own words, and endorsement of the Obama Stimulus Bill against him. The ad includes the URL to the website www.stimulusbomb.com. Tomorrow, Rubio is hoping to raise - get this - $787,000, in honor of the $787 Billion Stimulus Bill Crist supported Obama in passing! If you go to the site, it asks you to "Stand with Rubio February 10." You can give $7.87, $78.70, or $787.00, as well...

Well last year the Vermont Teddy Bear ads were border line R-Rated. I am sure most of us are tired of them and change the channel when they air. My View: Do most wives look like a Victoria Secret Model? And why do they brag that your wife or girlfriend will be in euphoria when they receive this teddy bear or valentines underwear? I know I wouldn't.

It was readily discernable that New Mexico was in trouble when a local radio ad for a mattress store made reference to “your sleep partner”… This bill is relevant to both heterosexuals and to homosexuals. The heterosexuals demand that the government commit to offering them the benefits without themselves making a marriage commitment. Homosexuals who, given the choice, may or may not want to get married are demanding marriage benefits even while having chosen a lifestyle to which marriage does not pertain (although, this is litigiously changing). Demanding benefits while choosing against marriage is tantamount to wanting an athlete’s body...

Mad Men sure are angry at women. Advertising execs unleashed their fury Sunday night, one lady-hating Super Bowl commercial at a time. From Bridgestone tires to Dodge cars to Bud Light, it was bros vs. hos on the boob tube, with ads depicting women as spine-stealing nags.

The state's largest teachers union, which stood against Minnesota's application for millions in federal "Race to the Top" funding, plans a 10-week TV ad campaign to push the Legislature for more funding. Don't cut schools to balance the budget, Education Minnesota will say. But that plea leaves out important context, such as this from our side of the river: 1. During a deep recession, the union drives through $10 million worth of salary and benefit increases. 2. Which amounts to close to half of this year's operating deficit. 3. And then will be followed by TV ads urging the Legislature...

Tormenting citizens.

Recently, VoteVets.org began running a television commercial designed to tear down Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) as he seeks the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-Mo.). Unfortunately for the folks from the liberal group purporting to represent veterans, my Kansas City friend Bungalow Bill did some research and found several holes worth noting in the 30-second spot.

Even though, the day after it aired on the Super Bowl broadcast, the consensus on the Focus on the Family advertisement featuring former Florida quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow was that it wasn't as bad as the left had feared, at least one person that isn't going to let it go. On MSNBC's Feb. 8 "Morning Joe," host Joe Scarborough made the point that the TV spot played during the Feb. 7 game was inoffensive and painted the opponents of it as being upset about nothing. "One other thing too, talking about the soft touch - Focus on...

NEW YORK – Think Sunday night's Super Bowl seemed like it had a lot of ads? You're right. Commercials took up nearly 48 minutes of the game — the most for any Super Bowl. .. nearly 3 minutes longer than last year's total, the previous record holder. ... Commercials typically come in 30-second blocks — which sold this year for between $2.5 million and more than $3 million. But Kantar says seven of this year's 66 ads were just 15 seconds long. That's the most since 2002.

PASADENA - Gabe Trevino found it funny that his grandpa wanted to be buried with beer and cigarettes. So Trevino, who attends Pasadena's Mosaic Church service on Sundays, had a good start when he sat down to write a commercial to be produced by Mosaic's lead Pastor Erwin McManus. Mosaic's commercial is one of six finalists for the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl competition. The three entries with the most votes from Internet viewers will air Sunday during the big game. Voting ended Jan. 31. McManus, of Whittier, leads the church's seven congregations in Pasadena, Whittier, downtown Los Angeles, Beverly...

The video features a star quarterback and a strong pro-life message. But it's not the ad by Tim Tebow and his mother. A 9-minute pro-life video featuring six members of the New York Giants team that won Super Bowl XXI is similar to the ad expected from Tebow, without the surrounding firestorm. Wellington Mara, the son of the Giants' founder, was co-owner of the team until his death in 2005. Along the way, he became an iconic figure in the NFL and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Mara also was staunchly pro-life, serving on the board of the...

Well, I guess I'm finally forced to admit it. I'm officially "over the hill". I simply didn't "get" most of the Super Bowl ads. Most simply didn't make any sense what so ever to me. When I did figure a couple out, I couldn't figure out what they were advertising. And when I figured out what they were advertising, I didn't know what it was, what it did, why I needed one, and what I would do with it if I got one. And then there seemed to be lots of ads with guys taking their clothes off for no...

Toyota Dealers Pull ABC TV Ads; Anger Over 'Excessive Stories' 'Punishment for Reporting' as Southeast Dealers Shift Commercial Money to Non-ABC Stations By JOSEPH RHEE and MARK SCHONE Feb. 8, 2010 Toyota dealers in five southeast states have pulled their commercials off ABC TV local affiliates, complaining about the coverage of Toyota safety problems by ABC News and its chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross. Executives decide whether to recall the Prius over software glitch.The ad agency representing the 173 dealers told ABC affiliates last week that the shift was due to "excessive stories on the Toyota issues." The dealers shifted...

I’m sure some idiot at Audi thought these “Green Police” commercials for the Super Bowl would be funny. I found them downright offensive and not the least bit funny. In the collection of ads below, you see a guy at the store pick “plastic” when the checkout gal asks “paper or plastic” and the Green Police immediately arrest the earth-destroyer for his intended assault on Mother Gaia. (Didn’t these enviro-idiots come up with the plastic bags some 20 years ago to save the earth from all the trees being killed for paper bags?) You also have Green Police digging through...

Focus on the Family Unveils Second Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad Miami, FL -- If you think you have read all there is on the Focus on the Family commercial featuring Tim Tebow and his mother's decision not to have an abortion -- wait, there's more. Officials at the pro-life group announced today that they are unveiling a second ad that will air before the Super Bowl begins. http://www.lifenews.com/nat5969.html

February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Striking back at the pro-life Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America has issued its own abortion-themed football video, claiming that the true lesson of Tebow's story is that society should "respect and trust women" to make the decision to abort their child.  The Washington Post also added to the football-themed abortion debate this week, re-publishing a 1989 video of NFL players who condemned the destruction of unborn life for an American Life League video.The Tebow spot, entitled “Celebrate family, celebrate life," is sponsored by Focus on the Family.  Although details...

Here is video of a Carley Fiorina web ad attacking her Republican rival - Tom Campbell - as a "Fiscal Conservative in Name Only" (FCINO). The ad asserts that Campbell is trying to pass himself off as a fiscal conservative, but that he is really a "wolf in sheep's clothing." Both are running for the GOP Senate nomination in California to oppose Democrat Sen. Barbara Boxer. To drive that point home, it shows sheep grazing, but mixed in among the sheep is a man in sheep's clothing with "demon red eyes." . . . (VIDEO)

It's a sheep. It's a demon. It's ... Tom Campbell? By Mike Zapler mzapler@mercurynews.com Posted: 02/04/2010 06:12:16 PM PST Updated: 02/04/2010 06:28:52 PM PST WASHINGTON — If all press is good press, Carly Fiorina's bizarre campaign video depicting her opponent as a red-eyed demon sheep is a blockbuster hit. If widespread mockery matters, maybe not so much. Whatever the case, the former Hewlett-Packard chief's 31/2-minute Web video attacking Tom Campbell in the Republican Senate primary has gone viral, drawing more than 119,000 views on YouTube, rising to the top of Twitter topics and spurring commentary on dozens of political news...

The best way to view California Senate Candidate Carly Fiorina's awesomely bizarre new primary campaign ad--which includes shots of an alien robot sheep, or something--is by pressing play on your cassette tape of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon just as you click play on YouTube. The coolest part of the whole thing is that Fiorina is positing fiscal conservatives as sheep, which is a bit like Barack Obama running a spot that posits liberals as leeches or lizards. Also, is it weird that the ad never shows Fiorina's face? Is it better that voters know their candidates by...

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NEW YORK – An advertisement featuring the NBA's two biggest superstars includes a gun reference, the same week two players were suspended for carrying firearms to the locker room.

Return to the Article January 31, 2010What's Wrong with Celebrating Life?By Bob Weir University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow hasn't even made it to the NFL yet, but he is going to be a star of the Super Bowl. The Heisman Trophy-winning passer for the Florida Gators is the first college football player to both rush and pass for twenty touchdowns in a season, and he is the first sophomore to win the highly coveted trophy. Nevertheless, his recent fame comes from an ad that will be placed among dozens of others during one of the most popular televised...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Super Bowl network CBS rejected an ad Friday from ManCrunch.com, a gay dating Web site. "After reviewing the ad, which is entirely commercial in nature, our standards and practices department decided not to accept this particular spot," said CBS spokeswoman Shannon Jacobs. "We are always open to working with a client on alternative submissions." "It's straight-up discrimination," said Elissa Buchter, spokeswoman for the Toronto-based dating site.

That has to be the only reason he is opposing the Supreme Court decison. Come 2011, here come the wave of political ads against Obama(if he decides to run again)and the Republicans will have a field day considering his record now and no sign of any significiant economic improvement for 2010. Can you imagine if 8 or 9 prominent Republicans run? It would resemble what will happen come November 2010.

The story behind Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow's arrival into this world is remarkable. So-called "women's groups" would seem to prefer that as many Americans as possible not know the story about the courageous and faith-based decision Tebow's mother made to carry her pregnancy to term. That's the only plausible reason why they are opposing a 30-second Focus on the Family (FOTF) ad scheduled to air during the Super Bowl. So far, it seems that CBS, which will air the Super Bowl on February 7, seems disinclined to buckle. David Crary's coverage of the story at the Associated Press (from...

Here is a new RNC Ad that hammers President Obama's "Change You Can Believe In," which became "Change We Didn't Expect." The ad said voters are speaking out against Obama, and that Americans have had enough. "This November the American people will tell the President Republicans are the ones who can enact the "Change We Need."" Actually, we did expect it, and we tried to tell Americans what electing Obama would mean. Unfortunately, too many did not listen, instead voting their frustrations and emotions instead of using common sense. Now - as the Massachusetts Senate vote demonstrates - many Americans,...

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Focus on the Family will air a 30-second television spot featuring University of Florida star quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother Pam, during the Super Bowl Feb. 7. The Colorado Springs-based media ministry shot the ad with the Tebows Tuesday in Orlando, Focus spokesman Gary Schneeberger said this morning. It is set to air before and then again during the CBS broadcast of the game from Dolphin Stadium near Miami, he said. Tebow and his mother will share one of their many personal family-affirming stories, Schneeberger said, but he wouldn't reveal which one. One such story could be her...

I hope something like this will make for a last minute ad aimed at the undecideds and Coaxley-leaning independents.

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2010CONTACT: Levi Russell at (509) 979-6615 or Levi@FrontLineStrat.com  Tea Party Express Spending in Support of Scott Brown Surpasses $300,000+! On Monday, the Tea Party Express (www.TeaPartyExpress.org) launched a final advertising salvo of TV and online ads supporting Scott Brown for U.S. Senate. This latest action brings the total pro-Brown Independent Expenditure by the Tea Party Express to over $300,000.In addition to the recent expenditure, the Tea Party Express has now sent nearly 10 million email blasts in support of Brown, and organized a national Volunteer From Home program for its 350,000+ members and supporters.  A copy of the Action Alert we issued tonight...

Just how big are the stakes in the Massachusetts Senate race? Independent and party groups were set to spend nearly $5 million on television ads in the final weeks leading up to Tuesday's special election between state Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) and state Sen. Scott Brown (R). According to ad-buy information provided to the Fix, there are 13 -- yes, 13 -- groups paying for ads in the race's final days, with Democratic groups outspending Republican-aligned by more than $1 million. Coakley's ad advantage comes from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which is set to spend $1.4 million on...

Representatives of Massachusetts Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown say Democratic candidate Martha Coakley has until Tuesday to retract an incendiary campaign mailing or Brown will take legal action. At issue is a Coakley flier charging that Brown would have Massachusetts hospitals turn away all rape victims, a claim which a Brown spokeswoman called "a lie," "patently false," and "atrocious." "The campaign is calling on Martha Coakley and [Massachusetts Democratic Party chairman] John Walsh to retract the false statement," says Tarah Donoghue, a spokeswoman for the state Republican party who is speaking on behalf of the Brown campaign. "We're going to...

Even on the biggest national stages, Tim Tebow seems to attract the spotlight. Tebow will appear in a 30-second Super Bowl ad on Feb. 7 on behalf of the Christian group Focus on the Family, the organization announced on its Web site. His mother, Pam, also will appear in the ad. Focus on the Family, a non-profit Christian organization, is not elaborating on the commercial’s message, but the story is expected to detail the Tebows’ pro-life message in line with Christian faith. Pam Tebow contracted amoebic dysentery while on a Philippines mission, and the bacterial infection sent her into a...

If Scott Brown Wins...The "Health Care Bill" they are trying to shove down ever AMERICANS throat...Will be almost "Dead"...Because they will NOT have the 60 votes in the Senate. If you live in Massachusetts or know someone that does...get them out there on Tuesday January 18th 2010...and have them Vote FOR: Scott Brown!! VIDEO: http://bit.ly/6e6o9s To Watch And Share! Please pass this message along if you understand the importance of ALL this! "FaceBook", Twitter" etc... Quote: ""Republican candidate Scott Brown has a new TV ad in the Massachusetts special election for Senate, taking a positive tone by showing the candidate...

Martha Coakley must be getting pretty desperate. See her latest add herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OM5udILoC4Disclaimer: it is a joke

"The Democrats of today are not the Democrats I grew up with." ~ quote from ad

Democrat Martha Coakley used a photo of the World Trade Center in her latest attack ad against Republican Scott Brown. Did she use the image to suggest that she would be tough on terrorists? No, she used it to represent American greed. Also, see Politico's story here: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0110/A_Trade_Center_image_in_DSCC_spot.html?showall