Gary Barbera, Filipino Heartburn Meds, And Obama: It’s All Connected!
In case you’re just joining us, yesterday, we began the day by wondering what the hell was up with Gary Barbera’s Obama Trade-O-Rama ads, and if these advertisements were A) mutedly racist B) just disrespectful overall or C) just really, really weird. After we made the post, debates and claims of wonderment went on in the office for a good part of the day, until one of the interns discovered that, in point of fact, Gary Barbera did not start the fire. The fire being strange Obama impersonator TV commercials. Today, we have more news for you: If you turn your attention to the video at right, you’ll discover that Obama-tising is actually an international phenomenon. This ad hails from the Philippines, and is apparently for some kind of dyspepsia cure. Thank you, we could use some.
Meanwhile, some snooping into the politics of Gary Barbera reveals another strange tidbit: Barbera donated $20K to the Obama campaign last year, and almost another $10K to other Democratic candidates. So I guess this makes it all okay, and Barbera is in on the high camp of the ads? But, in a Bruno-esque way, maybe he’s doing more harm than good? So many questions. Not least among them: Is Gary Barbera the best (at making strange auto dealer ads that we get sidetracked debating over for the better part of a day)? Boy, we guess.
