Nope.

I presume you approve.

Total crap. You don't gain generations of work ethics by buying a damn vehicle.

It could have been Monsanto.

A part of me was thinking that while watching. I actually liked the ad. Subtle product placement, sort of like the Jeep/USO ad that ran earlier.

My favorite ad, though, was the Budweiser Clydesdale.

I'm not religious, but thought it a nice tribute to farmers, even though they're trying to sell Dodge Rams.

Yay!

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This is Paul Haaaarvey.........


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GOODDAY!

Reading is fundamental.

My favorite. A truly thoughtful and intelligent piece.

Everyone knows God rides a Harley!

Putting the independent farmers out of business.

Americans wanted to save the family farm, but because of the "market ideology" we could not just send checks to family farms. Instead the policy was to subsidize the price of, say, corn. First, that logically provides an incentive to increase production, making the subsidy even more expensive, but it also clearly benefits a big corporate farm with 10,000 acres under cultivation than it does a mom and pop farm with 160 acres under cultivation.

Making believe that there are still some small farmers. If there are any, they are probably organic based and don't define themselves by the truck they drive...

It mocked the work ethics of many generations of Americans by saying, hey, drive this and you too can be a god fearing, hard working, real American. Ugh.

Total fail in my eyes, but then I'm not the demographic they were targeting.

EVERY freaking body sells things. Much of the great art in the world was made to promote something. That's where the goddamn money is. The goddamned ad wasn't ABOUT corporations taking over, it was aimed at people who are uplifted by being praised and made to feel special, and it was beautiful. And yeah, it wanted to sell them and the people who identify with them a truck. There's not a damn thing wrong with that. No one is being deceived and emotional manipulation is a part of everything we do.

Jesus Christ, can't you guys enjoy anything? Doesn't that self-righteousness get tight sometimes?

in case we have to pull the damn car over...

And that is OK.

I still thought the ad sucked. Their target audience was the hardcore religious conserv. If you love gawd and farmers...buy a Dodge.

I loved the Montanaland one the best. I thought it was a blast.

...that kind of tells you something right there. You just can't simply enjoy something -- you have to knock it down. That's what the Cool Kids do. It gets irritating.

Most of the ads last night were pure dreck, especially the Go Daddy spot with the kiss. But the Dodge commercial stopped me in my tracks. I had never heard that Paul Harvey essay before, and the graphics that went along with it were perfect. It wasn't like they were jamming Dodge Rams down our throats the entire spot -- the product placement was very subtle and tasteful. Same for the Jeep/USO ad, although to my taste not as well done as Dodge.

Dodge, and the Budweiser Clydesdale, get my vote for top ads of the night.

The Building and Construction trades build it.

The point is, no one individual is responsible for this whole thing we call America.

The ad implies that the farmer's are doing the lion's share of the heavy lifting in our society.

That's untrue, and very unfair to those of use who toil outdoors every day; weather be damned.

I find the ad divisive and offensive to labor.

I had turned the sound off because I got so pissed at the CBS announcers and when I saw Paul Harvey on the screen I just left it off. But the images they showed were so powerful and reminded me so much of my childhood that I couldn't stop watching.

Particularly the picture of the guy's hands. All scarred and scraped and beat up looking. They looked just like my grandfather's hands did 60 years ago when he used to take me fishing.

Screw Dodge and screw Paul Harvey. It was still the best ad I saw during the game.

- the ad was well done in all aspects and his words were wonderful, as usual.

My Social Studies teacher was a huge right winger (LOVED Dan Quayle) and he used to force us to sit through Harvey segments.

What your social studies teacher did and Harvey's opinion of Dan Quayle in no way impacts how I view or appreciate his work.

You're right. Love right wing propagandists like Harvey who are one step removed from Limbaugh. Won't raise a single eyebrow here.

number one is that it completely ignored the contribution of women.

I also despise Paul Harvey.

and how many should there have been?

there's at least an older woman, a younger one and a young girl.

Done with you.

Good commercial, to bad I already have a Dodge Truck though.

if that had been a monsanto ad i would have spontaneously combusted, but...

visually it was great!

Mainly benefitting HUGE corporate agribusiness. The percentage of "real" farmers like the ad is now very small.

It is more bloated than defense, and I think the powerful lobby is getting sequester nerves.

Exposes those that when it comes to supporting hard working middle America, many people are just saying the words but in fact don't give a damn about anyone but themselves.

Yep. Just look upthread.

I don't have a problem with Paul Harvey's recitation of what farmers do though (even though I don't think alot of Paul Harvey one way or the other). Using God to sell stuff - now I do have a problem with that. If the Superbowl ad was the same as the one that appeared on the Internet (with the Dodge truck at the end), it was not as offensive as the one about the stain (even though I think those folks who see holy stains are whack jobs as well).

My all time offensive commerical is using the Hallelujah chorus to sell stuff (I can't remember the product).

I cried the day my Dad sold the farm and all of the animals and equipment. It was like someone died to all of us. Granddaddy always said all we had was our land and we had to maintain it. Dad made sure we all got an education so we left the farm. Now I wish I had bucked tradition and stayed, they said a woman couldn't do it but I think I could have. I loved the life so much.

There is no better place to raise a family than on a family farm. You learn to value hard work and responsibility as well as how to value the land that gives us our life. I loved doing the fair circuit with our animals and going to 4H functions.

I know there are a lot of urbanites here on DU who like to look down on rural people but both my Dad and Granddaddy were college educated. They were both President of the local school board and my Dad never voted against a school referendum.

If you eat three times a day, thank a farmer or rancher who provided you with the most abundant sources of food in the world, and loved every moment of it.

Thanks Daddy...miss you.

I didn't see the ad, and thought people were meaning that it was "Paul Harveyesque", but now know that they really used Harvey's voice. In all honesty, how many people are left who experience sentimental resonance with the guy?