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July 22, 2008
Bob Newhart vs. Obama
Every election that rolls round makes me think of Bob Newhart's "Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Ave."
The Intro -
"Thank you, thank you very much.Many of you may have read The Hidden Persuaders, it's about avertising. . . and one of the points the book made was that the real danger of the public relations man, or the advertising man, was that they were creating images. And they felt that in the presidential campaigns, the candidates were really getting closer and closer together, there was no real difference between them, and you were really voting for the man. . . and this got me to thinking. Now supposing this science, were as far advanced during the civil war. . . as it is today. . . and there was no Lincoln. . Now the advertising people realizing this, would have had to create a Lincoln, and I think they would have gone about it. . . something like this.
This is a telephone conversation between Abe, and his press agent, just before Gettysburg."
My, how far the ad-man has come.
Posted by JasonColeman at July 22, 2008 4:46 PM
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