Cohen/Cops/Chips: things that begin with C
By Dan on Feb 9, 2010 in Blog, Commentary, Local, News, Politics, advertising
As a rule, I don’t post the trivia answers until at least ten people play. At this rate, you may never know who said, "Get a mammogram, man!"
No Take Backs
Perhaps the process for electing a lieutenant governor is flawed. Maybe the position itself is irrelevant. And I most definitely don’t want Scott Lee Cohen any where near the governor’s office. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t get screwed.
Party leaders shouldn’t get a do over just because they don’t like the way the people voted. Blagojevich got a second term despite proving in the first that he was a scoundrel.
Cohen revealed the domestic abuse arrest at the beginning of the campaign, but nobody paid attention. He spent a bunch of money on ads and persuaded more people to vote for him than the other candidates did. He won. The people of Illinois lost.
Breaking the Blue Line
The threat of layoffs to procure union concessions during budget negotiations is not a new tactic. I wonder, however, if any consideration is given to the atmosphere that is created when people’s livelihood is put into the hands of their co-workers.
There are 30 police officers who now know that a majority of their colleagues voted to give no ground. If they were so inclined, these unfortunate flatfoots could choose to believe that their friends on the force valued a raise over their fellow officers’ jobs. That could make for some sore feelings, could it not?
Where’s the Beef
On the whole, the Super Bowl ads were quite disappointing. They struggled so hard to connect with a certain demographic that it was almost exhausting to watch. These ads desire so to shock, amuse and titillate, but in the end mostly flop into a pathetic spot of lost ad revenue.
I realize that they’re geared towards the young and stupid at heart, but with the right ads I might be compelled to spend a bit more of my snack dollar on tortilla-based snack products. Come on, Doritos, sell my on some of your delicious nacho chips want don’t you?
That said, I did like the Google ad. It was sweet and simple. Although as an ad man friend pointed out, why does Google need to advertise?
The Letterman/Oprah/Leno spot was also well played. I don’t remember which of the three shows it was promoting, but it was timely and the punch line was sharp.
I don’t even remember many of the others. Commercial breaks were mostly spent trying to tame the 20 children amassed in the basement of our fine hosts.
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I would love to know if Cohen’s dropping out was more the result of an incentive package or more the result of a strong arm suggestion.
I haven’t had a disagreement with Monkey Boy in well over a year now, so I’m not commenting on item #2.
Didn’t watch the Super Bowl or any of its commercials.
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