Michelle Malkin wants you to boycott Absolut because of this Ad

[LynneSin]

BTW, the ad was run in Mexico only



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_bi_ge/absolut_ads_2


Vodka-maker Absolut apologizes for ads By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 12 minutes ago



MEXICO CITY - The Absolut vodka company apologized Saturday for an ad campaign depicting the southwestern U.S. as part of Mexico amid angry calls for a boycott by U.S. consumers.

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The campaign, which promotes ideal scenarios under the slogan "In an Absolut World," showed a 1830s-era map when Mexico included California, Texas and other southwestern states. Mexico still resents losing that territory in the 1848 Mexican-American War and the fight for Texas independence.

But the ads, which ran only in Mexico and have since ended, were less than ideal for Americans undergoing a border buildup and embroiled in an emotional debate over illegal immigration from their southern neighbor.

More than a dozen calls to boycott Absolut were posted on michellemalkin.com, a Web site operated by conservative columnist Michelle Malkin. The ads sparked heated comment on a half-dozen other Internet sites and blogs.

"In no way was it meant to offend or disparage, nor does it advocate an altering of borders, nor does it lend support to any anti-American sentiment, nor does it reflect immigration issues," Absolut said in a statement left on its consumer inquiry phone line.

Some fringe U.S. groups also claim the land is rightfully part of Mexico, while extreme immigration foes argue parts of the U.S. already are being overtaken by Mexico.

"In an Absolut world, a company that produces vodka fires its entire marketing department in a desperate attempt to win back enraged North American customers after a disastrous ad campaign backfires," a person using the moniker "SalsaNChips" wrote on Malkin's Web site.

[quip]

1. It should read, "In a drunken stupor world"

[ghostsofgiants]

2. Doesn't Absolut know that manifest destiney is a god given American right?

:eyes:

[huskerlaw]

3. That's a crappy ad.

Los Estados Unidos aren't even in the shape of an Absolut bottle! :P

[kwassa]

4. I will be Absolut in my boycott of Michelle Malkin.

[madinmaryland]

5. I kind of like those "what-if" scenarios.

:shrug:

[jakefrep]

6. I will boycott Michelle Malkin...

...by buying a fifth of each flavor Absolut vodka.

[driver8]

28. I was thinking the same thing!

I love Absolut vodka! I love it even more now that this skank doesn't want me to!

[jakefrep]

33. Absolut - the Official Vodka of jakefrep's Kentucky Derby Party

(even though I can't think of a Derby-themed beverage containing vodka)

Thanks to Michelle Malkin.

[BarenakedLady]

7. *mental note*

Buy Absolut vodka

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. Suddenly I'm thirsty for a vodka and tonic...

Thanks Michelle Malkin! :hi:

[skygazer]

9. I will drink an Absolut and tonic in her honor

:beer:

[LynneSin]

11. Um, not to be a nudge but that's a Guiness you're drinking

:shrug:

Use this instead

[skygazer]

13. Picky, picky, picky

Go check someone else's receipt, dammit! :P

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

10. You will take away my Absolut

when you pry it from my cold, dead hand!

[jobycom]

24. Or

I could just wait until you pass out, and then steal it. :)

[Orsino]

12. Malkin inventing things to be outraged about. n/t

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

14. Looks like this is the right-wingnut's "Outrage du jour"

In the thread in GD, someone mentioned that Glenn Beck was ranting about this very same advertisement.

[jobycom]

27. What else are they going to talk about? The economy? Iraq? Gas prices?

They need someone to hate, and the Iraqis are kicking their butts, so why not hate Mexicans?

[shaniqua6392]

15. That reminds me......

I could really go for a drink!!! :bounce:

[unpossibles]

16. jeez. I like when dumb rightwingers dump their already purchased vodka down the drain

um, hey nimrod, you already bought that.

I love how it's ok that WE took land from a whole bunch of people, including the Mexicans, but running an ad showing a historical map is SERIES! I had one local Moran tell me that it was "ok for us to steal America from the Indians because they got it from someone else too thousands of years before we did, and besides that it happened before recorded history, so how do we really know who owned the land?"

I'm sometimes amazed these people can remember to breathe.

[Sequoia]

29. Like when people where pouring their French wine into the street

because France didn't want to support the stupid war. So we get Freedom Fries and jerks wanting to return the Statue of Liberty. Idiots. If it hadn't been for France we just might be British subjects.

I don't think Absolut should apologize for anything except to say "I'm sorry you are all ignorant of your own history."

[geardaddy]

17. Wouldn't an Absolut world look more like this?

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Capre Breton island and Newfoundland are missing entirely on that map.

[geardaddy]

22. Sorry, I'll look for another map

that includes them.

[madinmaryland]

19. Yes, and the Delaware Indians still charged a toll to pass through

their very small territory.

:hide:

[LynneSin]

20. Look at that - Delaware would still exist in that world

but Maryland would be phased out - like it should be!

[jobycom]

21. If I didn't like Tito's Vodka so much, I'd go out an buy a bottle of Absolut.

I hate America-centrics.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

23. Well does it!

I'm boycotting Michele Malkin...starting.....five years ago.....

[CreekDog]

25. Who do I complain to? According to that map, I'm in Mexico

[trof]

26. Next time you see Michelle?

Tell her to kiss my ass.
;-)

[sasquatch]

30. Oh yeah like that's going to stop Rev-Acts

:rofl:

[Deja Q]

31. The ad can pander who whomever they want. What's Michelle's problem?

So many companies pander to everyone, and so many companies are owned by one parent company so we all know boycotting is as futile as Picard telling Riker he's hopeless.

:shrug:

[Ellen Forradalom]

32. I likes me a shot of Absolut Aztlan myself

[bingowas-hisname-o]

34. I think we should refrain from repeating what right-wing bloggers say

Michelle Malkin hates Mexicans. This is just an ad not intended to tell people that America should be part of Mexico.
Malkin is racist, and we should note it every time we talk about her.

[Fire Walk With Me]

35. I only drink Icelandic vodka, so who cares?

[martymar64]

36. I've got her boycott RIGHT HERE!

Suck on it Mitchy!