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| Budweiser Debuts Pro-Immigration Super Bowl Ad |
| 2017-02-01 |
| As if I needed another reason not to watch the Sh*t show known as the Super Bowl, watching the NFL line up advertisers who have very little to do with football insult the intelligence of fans. [Breitbart] Budweiser has chosen the charged political issue of immigration as the subject of its Super Bowl LI commercial. The 60-second spot explains the origin story of the beer company’s immigrant co-founder, Adolphus Busch. The ad, titled "Born the Hard Way," begins with a young, German-born Busch being told, "You’re not wanted here! Go back home!" The big budget production eventually sees Busch land on the shores of St. Louis where he built his mega-brewery. "This is the story of the original self-made man, one of the founders of the American Dream, making it the hard way, and his path that all came after him followed," Laura Rowan, of Budweiser’s creative branch told Adweek. "We then see the words appear: ’When nothing will stop your dream, this is the beer you’ll drink.’ We end with the Budweiser logo and [tagline], ’This Bud’s for you,'" she said of the ad." First Starbucks and now Budweiser, a totally foreign-owned company. (Hmmm, the ad now seems to make sense.). |
| Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
| #30 Anything from LumpyRidge Brewery in Estes Park is exceptional, and that recommendation is from a rummy. |
| Posted by: bman 2017-02-01 17:20 |
| #29 Bet the folks at Coors and Miller are smiling. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-02-01 15:59 |
| #28 Budweiser did not become a massive company selling to the craft beer drinking blue states. Not quietly yanking this commercial was a mistake of epic proportions. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-02-01 15:59 |
| #27 Budweiser is a brand of Inbev, based in Belgium, and also carries the lines Corona and Stella Artois which recently pushes a commercial starring Matt Damon and how drinking that beer will help solve the world water crises. So this commercial is in-line with their commercial branding. Also, Fosters, Michelobe, Modelo Especial, Beck's, among others not usually seen in day-to-day American liquor stores. If I had any interests with or around the NFL, I would be furious. Latinos around here drink (drank?) Bud Light, and do not like the recent immigrants. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-02-01 15:50 |
| #26 One of my Polish grandfathers grew up trilingual, spoke Polish, German & English from infancy. Arrived in USA at age 2, so had no accent besides "Midwest". As a young man, he became a sailor on the Great Lakes. Encountering anti-Polish prejudice, he adopted a German identity, went by the assumed name of "Fuchs" [English would be "Fox", a play on words I'm sure] and got by. I don't know what beer he preferred. I like my story better than that of this commercial. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-02-01 15:34 |
| #25 They claimed it was made long ago and has nothing to do with current politics. That may be so, but other companies have pulled ads before they showed due to current events. The fact that Buttwiper is still showing it proves that they are either completely tone deaf or a willing tool of the left. I bet on the latter. Bad way to piss off your primary customer base since blue collar workers (most of whom voted Trump) are the primary consumer of that beer. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-02-01 15:33 |
| #24 They claimed it was made long ago and has nothing to do with current politics. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-02-01 14:07 |
| #23 When the drop in sales is noticed by Wall Street the corporation will be sadder Butwiser |
| Posted by: Shipman 2017-02-01 13:34 |
| #22 Negra Modelo o Pacifico! |
| Posted by: borgboy 2017-02-01 13:32 |
| #21 Who owns Bud again, Belgium? How's that refugee working for you Jean Claude, or is it perhaps Abdullah as the Director of North American marketing? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2017-02-01 13:14 |
| #20 Dos Equis or Nevada Pale |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-02-01 12:46 |
| #19 Modelo Especial Now I am becoming thirsty. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-02-01 12:20 |
| #18 gracias |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-02-01 12:20 |
| #17 Shiner Kosmos Reserve, if you can find it. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-02-01 12:03 |
| #16 You should give Modelo Especial a try g(r)omgoru, es mas bueno para mi. |
| Posted by: brujotejano 2017-02-01 12:01 |
| #15 Dos equis verde, par favor |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-02-01 11:48 |
| #14 Heh, wife was watching one of her girl shows, midget tattoo artists or some shit, super bowl ad, she asks me who is playing. ummm......not sure. She switches channels, and Tom Brady is doing some red carpet crap. Well, one is New England, I sayz. ...I hate my wife's show choices, but I guess it keeps a toe in the water, because now sports is red carpet nonsense. As for the commercials, quit kidding yourselves - they have not been good since they switched from entertainment to shock/edge pushing about 20 years ago. Got five hours burning a hole in your pocket - Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, Ross King. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-02-01 11:48 |
| #13 Not a great move when your (shrinking) demographic is predominantly pro-Trump. Pass me a Shiner Bock. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-02-01 11:31 |
| #12 For your boycotting pleasure. What are the Anheuser-Busch Brands? It's a long and undistinguished list. |
| Posted by: Guillibaldo Stalin4227 2017-02-01 11:15 |
| #11 Budweiser, Lady Gaga, Tom Brady...think I'll clean out the garage. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-02-01 11:10 |
| #10 Getting bombed has different meanings in the 19th and 21st centuries, thanks to Muslims. |
| Posted by: Guillibaldo Stalin4227 2017-02-01 11:10 |
| #9 Spread the word, yet another company has chosen poorly and decided it no longer needs the business of roughly half its target market. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2017-02-01 10:52 |
| #8 Whenever I entered the cheap beer aisle, I always vacillated between Coors Light and Bud Light...I will never buy Bud again. Just my small token protest... |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2017-02-01 10:18 |
| #7 Ale is sacred; beer is profane. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-02-01 10:13 |
| #6 I stopped drinking bud last year when they ran their progressive commercials. Now it is a never buy product |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2017-02-01 09:35 |
| #5 Another reason I don't drink Buttwhiper. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-02-01 09:17 |
| #4 Screw the beer. I switched to rum long ago. |
| Posted by: OCCD 2017-02-01 08:45 |
| #3 I wish I could boycott Apple, Starbucks or Budweiser but I never bought anything of them. |
| Posted by: JFM 2017-02-01 08:05 |
| #2 I drink only real beer. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2017-02-01 07:09 |
| #1 This Bud ain't for me. I'm alergic to horse p*&s |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2017-02-01 06:10 |