A story that mentions PETA, and they’re not the hypocrites? Yeah, I know. Weird, huh?
I mean, PETA’s the reigning Deceiver Madness champ. Their stable of celebrity famewhores pretty much define hypocrisy. (See here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here …)
Anywho … last week PETA started driving anti-fur billboard vans [typo fixed -ed] around Washington, DC with an advertisement saying that Michelle Obama is against wearing fur. (I guess everyone’s forgotten about the mink coat she wore to Jesse Jackson’s birthday party in 2006…) PETA intentionally didn’t ask the First Lady for her permission, because they knew the answer would be “no.”
Then another kerfuffle erupted, this time about the use of Barack Obama’s image in an ad for Weatherproof jackets. Obama was snapped wearing one of the coats during a visit to the Great Wall of China, and the company turned it into an ad. Again, nobody asked for permission from the White House.
The Obama Administration is saying that (1) It didn’t give anyone permission to use either Obama’s likenesses in advertising, (2) it wouldn’t ever do it, and (3) it would really, really like the ads taken down. Here’s the statement from White House spokesman Ben LaBolt:
The White House has a longstanding policy disapproving of the use of the president’s name and likeness for commercial purposes. Unless it’s for NBC or George Lopez.
Okay, I added that last sentence. But that’s what he should have said.
Remember last June, when NBC did an “Inside the Obama White House” special with Brian Williams? The president seemed to be executing a quid-pro-quo maneuver: NBC gives him fawning coverage, and he in turn promotes the late-night “transition” from Leno to Conan.
And then there was the obvious shill job for TBS late-night host George Lopez. Complete with an Oval Office promo interview for the show’s launch.
‘Memba this?
Wasn’t that a “commercial purpose”? Maybe it’s just a PSA. Or a fist-bump. Or something.
Tomorrow I’m launching a new breakfast cereal called “O”bamas. I’m just going to empty Cheerios into a new box and mark it up 200 percent. People will pay for this in Chicago. Trust me.
H/T to Deceiver reader “Beige.” Keep the tips coming, folks!
UPDATE: The Weatherproof ad is being yanked from Times Square. Sadly, the George Lopez show is still on TBS.
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Yeah, but NBC is owned by GE. They sell light bulbs – you know, the kind that save electricity? The “green” ones that are supposed to be better for the environment…but contain mercury, which is toxic?
Anyway, if GE gets props from Obama, then they’ll sell more of those “green” bulbs (with toxic mercury) which will be better for the environment than those evil incandescent bulbs (which do NOT contain toxins).
People buying jackets aren’t good for the environment. In fact, if people buy more jackets there will be an inference that they are doing so because it’s cold…which will embarrass the President, who is pro-AGW (OMG WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE) because it will show that the planet is getting colder, not warmer.
Of course, the fact that people are buying something would be good for the economy, but let’s not do anything radical…
Yep. Living near Chicago I can tell you people would pay for it. But some people in Chicago still read the Sun Times too. There’s no accounting for taste.
Or unless, apparently, you spend a weekend giving Barry and Michelle butt-hickeys.
Geroge Lopez can bite my ass for all his ass kissing of PEBO. He needs to get with Paul Rodgreguiz and discuss how Paul went from a liberal to a rational thinking individual. But George is too busy trying to get most of his audiance into America from Mexico.
When I heard about the PETArd’s ad with Michelle Obama, I couldn’t help but wonder how many people forwarded to them the video of Michelle saying “We’re bacon people.”
Someone gave George Lopez a TV show? And the Sun-Times is still around?
what’s an ani-fur billboard?
It’s a typo. A very naughty typo. (Fixed now)
Except that now it says “anit-fur”….
While I don’t think the company should be using Obama’s likeness to sell Jacket, I do think ole’ O is being hoist on his own petard. Go back to that Asia trip — his aides were absolutely crowing about that photo. They LOVED it. And now it’s being used without O’s permission. I love that. So much of life is a double-edged sword…
@PapayaSF — You think it’s easy typing with a martini in each hand? It’s a miracle I’m not 50% typo and 50% intelligible. Or something.
Are you gonna share those martinis, Oversneer?
’cause Obama says you’ve got to make sure we all have liquor. You racist. WE ALL DESERVE YOUR LIQUOR.