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libdem4life

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40. Loved it ... warts and all.
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 12:08 AM
Feb 2013

As my old farmer-preacher Dad used to say, you can please some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time.

"So God Made a Farmer" [View all] NYC_SKP Feb 2013 OP
God made a farmer, here's an over priced truck to drive to the supermarket. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #1
We keep a 57 and a 66 Chevy long bed and two 69 El Caminos still running... I see your point. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #2
Well it didn't really do that, it claimed all the credit for "god". Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #8
art NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #12
I listened to the message that accompanied the visual narrative. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #15
You apparently missed the point that Jesus drove a Dodge Ram. (nt) NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #36
A Gas Guzzlin Truck at that rsmith6621 Feb 2013 #3
Nice tribute until last second or two Hoyt Feb 2013 #4
Just saw the commercial... greytdemocrat Feb 2013 #5
I have farm roots also and found DURHAM D Feb 2013 #6
i came here ag_dude Feb 2013 #17
Guess you missed what was obviously missing. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #26
you got me ag_dude Feb 2013 #50
I would say that in the context of farming, women aren't a 'group'. They're half of humanity. randome Feb 2013 #63
You got me again. I apologize for being so offensive. ag_dude Feb 2013 #65
Predictable as the sunrise. Union Scribe Feb 2013 #100
It's advertising and it's called a target audience. aptal Feb 2013 #76
What a stupid comment. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #77
Just because you disagree doesn't make my comment stupid. aptal Feb 2013 #82
Totally, man! "Advertising"? "Targeting markets"? It's like he's just makng up words as he goes. Bucky Feb 2013 #95
Chah! Next he'll suggest that guys buy more trucks! lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #104
Wow. Just wow. October Feb 2013 #79
Do you surmise that women farmers were offended? n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #89
Old Thai joke grantcart Feb 2013 #91
A white male farmer that is? oberliner Feb 2013 #7
whu? NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #9
Coulda been more diversity in the ad, no? oberliner Feb 2013 #13
I bet ag_dude Feb 2013 #19
Huh? oberliner Feb 2013 #22
Coulda had Germans and Dutch and Hispanics and Italians and Blacks, etc., I suppose. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #28
Again, I ask as I ask so many times... zappaman Feb 2013 #93
it was reflective of the usa farminator3000 Feb 2013 #39
I didn't think that until I saw the flub on here. ag_dude Feb 2013 #59
Not obsessed and do appreciate the commercial for what it was oberliner Feb 2013 #62
Nobody who is obsessed about such things admits it. ag_dude Feb 2013 #64
OK oberliner Feb 2013 #78
I loved that ad Tumbulu Feb 2013 #114
If I remember the ad correctly.. Boudica the Lyoness Feb 2013 #47
There was one image of an African American farmer and two of women.... Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #57
They tossed in one African American farmer. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #10
and no farm workers. Mosby Feb 2013 #33
how do you know who was a worker and who was a boss? farminator3000 Feb 2013 #42
well, there is the reality of the situation farminator3000 Feb 2013 #37
. Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #80
SO GOD MADE A FARMER jjfuzzy2001 Feb 2013 #11
As we just to say back home... Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #56
Am I allowed to appreciate the hard work of farmers MattBaggins Feb 2013 #66
Here's the clip ProSense Feb 2013 #14
Thanks. Leaving out the God and the Dodge, it's a rare tribute to Farmers... NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #23
Yeah, pretty much all workers are "shit upon" these days. ProSense Feb 2013 #30
yeh. but women were mostly left out Whisp Feb 2013 #92
No idea what all the hub bub is about. Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #49
Family farmers tblue Feb 2013 #16
Conservative a-hole Paul Harvey DURHAM D Feb 2013 #25
Yeah, playing to that crowd. n/t ProSense Feb 2013 #27
So the message must suck if the messenger isn't on your friend list. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #31
The message was "buy our sucky truck because god, and farmers". Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #32
In 1903 my great grandfather died leaving DURHAM D Feb 2013 #34
Women were excluded, true, yet at least 50% of the effort of farms. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #41
there were women in the ad farminator3000 Feb 2013 #43
I saw one little girl standing in a field and DURHAM D Feb 2013 #45
the men were all sitting around, too. farminator3000 Feb 2013 #46
"...come home hungry and Hatchling Feb 2013 #67
Observing that millennia of Farmers managed to work without a Dodge Ram truck... brooklynite Feb 2013 #18
I grew up in a farming community. Very few used Dodges... cynatnite Feb 2013 #20
Rarely saw a Dodge. International Farmall, John Deere, Chevy/GMC, a few Fords... NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #21
He first delivered 'So God made a Farmer' at the 1978 National FFA Convention. Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #24
i was VERY happy it wasn't a monsanto ad! farminator3000 Feb 2013 #29
I watched it with the sound off so I missed the God part tularetom Feb 2013 #35
I loved the ad Tumbulu Feb 2013 #87
If you are married to or partnered with a farmer than DURHAM D Feb 2013 #110
Well, it was my dream to be a farmer Tumbulu Feb 2013 #113
"And the devil killed him with corporate agribusiness." moondust Feb 2013 #38
Loved it ... warts and all. libdem4life Feb 2013 #40
I loved it too, and I loved the Budweisser commercial! nt Tumbulu Feb 2013 #85
Ditto that ... there is a longer version of it which was even better. libdem4life Feb 2013 #86
"In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these." farminator3000 Feb 2013 #44
The ad did nothing for me, and I've worked as a farmer / rancher on the family farm Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #48
Message auto-removed foxman007 Feb 2013 #51
Sorry, put my reply in wrong place HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #52
It bored me into a coma. apnu Feb 2013 #53
Chrysler company ads are the fucking worst! JVS Feb 2013 #54
DU wasn't saying that last year. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #103
That was shit too. JVS Feb 2013 #105
Sorry, Mr Scorsese. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #106
Agree whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #107
But god loved the herder BETTER...god hates vegetable offerings HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #55
My Latin prof discussed this with the class one day. JVS Feb 2013 #58
Don't question the writings of a primitive desert-dwelling people from 2,000 years ago. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #74
I've moved on to the critical matter of celestial love for cowboys vs shepherds. HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #81
Lol... Union Scribe Feb 2013 #97
Oh I'm not bitter. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #112
This FEMALE farmer objects... riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #60
Demographics MattBaggins Feb 2013 #68
I wonder who made a bankrupt farmer or a cattle rustler, or a marijuana grower, or Bandit Feb 2013 #61
I thought it was a cheesy, schmaltzy appeal to nationalism and religion. EOTE Feb 2013 #69
+1 My exact reaction. forestpath Feb 2013 #70
and a sexist one OldEurope Feb 2013 #71
Yep. A very creepy ad, IMO. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #73
Lol. Union Scribe Feb 2013 #98
the spot used coded language Mosby Feb 2013 #90
Did he also make bankers, politicians, burglers, rapists, lawyers and insurance salesmen? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #72
I'll ask her. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #75
+1 Go Vols Feb 2013 #83
Lol. Union Scribe Feb 2013 #99
I loved the ad Tumbulu Feb 2013 #84
Watched the SB with family yesterday. This commercial was the only point they all shut up to listen. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #88
Same here. Only time that everyone was silent. bigwillq Feb 2013 #101
The farmer was old and tired. So God made Monsanto to drive him out of business. Bucky Feb 2013 #94
. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #111
Americans, so emotional, so easy... whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #96
Everyone on my crews today called it the best ad of the game randr Feb 2013 #102
The point of an ad is to sell shit, not to score cultural sensitivity points. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #108
manipulative propaganda HiPointDem Feb 2013 #109
Farm Subsidies Database B Calm Feb 2013 #115
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