Superbowl Ad Reviews Cartoonish, Perhaps Reflecting Toll Of Obsession
No commercial that appeared last night during Super Bowl XLI directly addressed Iraq, which would have made it ever so much easier to write this convoluted attempt at trying to tie an unrelated event together with the advertisements that appeared during the game. But hey, when you're writing for the pre-eminent partisan Bush hatred newspaper in the country, you have to imagine things that are not there to somehow blame it on the administration.
There were a whole bunch of ads that didn't mention Iraq and, indeed, had no relation to it. Nor even could, to a rational human being. But it is important to mention that war at every chance even when it has no relation to anything whatsoever under discussion. Because otherwise Bill Keller gets all nasty with you and expects actual work. It is, after all, what the New York Times does best! Screw the facts, get on with the Bush bashing!
Let's cut to the chase, shall we? There was an ad that mentioned the Prudential Insurance company and its long standing symbol, the rock of Gibraltar. An icon that it has used as a symbol since before your reporter was even a gleam in his father's eye. But if you say the words, "The rock" repeatedly after drinking three bottles of cheap wine while standing on your head in your bathtub, it sounds a lot like "Iraq". Or possibly like "Scooter Libby" which would be almost as good. But then you realize you went a bottle too far and pass out.
…..Only to find yourself writing ad reviews for the New York Times a few hours later. With a splitting headache and serious bruising from tumbling over in the bathtub. But you have a completely fictional hook for your article that your editor will get excited over. Damn! Life is good!
UPDATE: Others charmed with Elliot's asinine reporting: The Corner, The Moderate Voice, Brainster's Blog, Done With Mirrors, Riehl World View, The Political Pit Bull, Captain's Quarters, Wizbang, Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, Ace of Spades,
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The Anchoress » Hey, NY Times, put down the bong - — Monday, 5 February , 2007 @ 1:53 pm
By AST, Monday, 5 February , 2007 @ 1:01 am
Look who’s talking about obsession!
These people are as mad as Ahab! Or maybe that should be as mad as Soros.
Those ants carrying corn chips? Bush!
Those beer ads? Bush!
The beard comb-over? Bush!
Football? Bush?
It’s all about violence!
I think I’m going to have to stop looking at Memeorandum. It’s gotten as bad as the Times.
By TC@LeatherPenguin, Monday, 5 February , 2007 @ 5:55 am
I thought the idiot from the Old Gray Lady who wrote the “review” of Prince’s halftime performance had written the most inane thing possible when it came to critiquing the Super Bowl broadcast.
I was totally wrong. That monkey’s take on the ads blew his co-worker right the hell out of the park!