Comments on: Dept. Of That’s Not Cool, Maaaan: Gary Barbera’s Obama Trade-O-Rama

By: index.html

index.html — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:11:57 +0000

Please somebody post the video of this to youtube or something.
Its completely normal for the american public to mock their president no matter what race he is.

By: Mr.Right

Mr.Right — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:42:18 +0000

A million people have mocked George W. Bush when he was in office wether it be TV, Movies or Commercials and the first time someone sees someone do it with an Obama Commercial its suppossed to be offensive?? or is it a double standard because you can mock a white president but you cant with obama??

By: jrpettit

jrpettit — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:28:49 +0000

Fauxbama

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:48:21 +0000

“Could you imagine an auto dealer running ads with a George Bush imitator while he was still in office?”

To basically echo lutton, yeah, this isn’t a big deal. In a sense, its pretty clever. You’re dealing with a dealership that is, in a sense, owned by Obama.

I didn’t think it was creepy or crass, just… well, an ad for the biggest dealership in Philadelphia.

By: TempleOwl2010

TempleOwl2010 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:48:19 +0000

Check out the disclaimer at the bottom of the third image.

“Obama look-a-like, not the actual President.”

By: julie.t

julie.t — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:32:55 +0000

yeah, but this guy looks next to nothing like Obama, adding that extra creepiness you don’t get from regular crappy/irritating car dealership ads. I had to change the channel, dude was weirding me out so badly. ick.

By: lutton

lutton — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:32:57 +0000

>>could you imagine an auto dealer running ads with a George Bush imitator while he was still in office?

um, yes. Running them after someone is out of office doesn’t make much sense.

While I can’t recall a specific ad with GWB, its existance would neither surprise nor offend me. Nor do the Obama ads.

Dumb and/or annoying local car dealership ads are nothing new.