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USA Gymnast Shawn Johnson Selling Tacos
YouTube.Com ^ | 8/27/08

Posted on 08/28/2008 4:20:37 PM PDT by llevrok

Video at link

Comments held to myself....


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: pop

1 posted on 08/28/2008 4:20:37 PM PDT by llevrok
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To: llevrok

Well, that was quick.


2 posted on 08/28/2008 4:22:37 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: llevrok

Top job for liberal democrap!


3 posted on 08/28/2008 4:23:48 PM PDT by dalereed (both)
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To: llevrok

Is she the one appearing at the Obammy coronation tonight?


4 posted on 08/28/2008 4:24:07 PM PDT by manic4organic (Send a care package through USO today.)
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To: llevrok

Who makes the pico the gallo that goes with the taco?


5 posted on 08/28/2008 4:25:00 PM PDT by 353FMG (What marxism and fascism could not destroy, liberalism did.)
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To: martin_fierro
She wants to make her taco do what?
6 posted on 08/28/2008 4:26:26 PM PDT by llevrok (All Irish Ticket : O'Bama / O'Biden 08)
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To: manic4organic

Yep


7 posted on 08/28/2008 4:28:56 PM PDT by CaptRon (Pedicaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: llevrok

She’s not guilty!

Look they all worked hard...I wish them all the commercial success they can get. GO CAPITALISM.


8 posted on 08/28/2008 4:29:18 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: llevrok
It was pointed out several times during the Olympics that Shawn Johnson's parents mortgaged their house twice to pay for her lessons. I see nothing offensive here at all.

This ad also was clearly made before the Olympics, as the Hamm brothers did not compete, and Shawn won four medals. If this were truly exploitive, then the Hamms would not be in it and Shawn would be wearing her medals.

9 posted on 08/28/2008 4:30:35 PM PDT by Military family member (GO Colts!!)
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To: Drango

Agree - She’s cute - let her make some bux, and have some fun!


10 posted on 08/28/2008 4:31:11 PM PDT by BigEdLB (BigEd)
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To: manic4organic

I think she said the national anthem. I don’t have a problem with it. She’s 16. Her agent is trying to get her exposure for endorsemnts. Just a kid making some $.


11 posted on 08/28/2008 4:31:54 PM PDT by SMCC1
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To: manic4organic

She’s to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.


12 posted on 08/28/2008 4:33:33 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: Military family member

The worst thing about that ad is that Shawn Johnson has a deeper voice than those two “guys.”


13 posted on 08/28/2008 4:33:44 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: llevrok

I’m surprised that some ‘conservatives’ would object to athletes endorsing a product. Is it because the product is Taco, which happens to be Mexican food?


14 posted on 08/28/2008 4:33:59 PM PDT by paudio (Kerry had Global Test, Obama has Global Tax.)
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To: SMCC1

I’m retarded...the Pledge.


15 posted on 08/28/2008 4:35:23 PM PDT by SMCC1
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To: paudio
Is it because the product is Taco, which happens to be Mexican food?

This just in: some folks don't like mexican food.

16 posted on 08/28/2008 4:38:12 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: paudio

There’s a restaurant in L.A. called the Pink Taco. It’s a slang term that most people understand right away. Making her taco pop is a hilarious double-entendre.


17 posted on 08/28/2008 4:43:07 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (0bama lacks gravitas and didn't serve in Vietnam. He counters the last two dem candidates.)
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To: Two Kids' Dad
I laughed when I heard that on the commercial.

Then again, I have the sense of humor of a 12-year-old.

;-)

18 posted on 08/28/2008 4:46:25 PM PDT by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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To: Two Kids' Dad

In our employee newspaper there was once for sale in the Automotive section:

“A 1968 Bull Taco.”


19 posted on 08/28/2008 4:46:37 PM PDT by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen, Meers.)
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To: Two Kids' Dad

Sometimes a taco ad, is just a taco ad.


20 posted on 08/28/2008 4:46:58 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: dalereed

Shawn is an American Hero!

Go Baby!!


21 posted on 08/28/2008 4:47:41 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: llevrok

She’s 16.


22 posted on 08/28/2008 4:48:06 PM PDT by Petronski (Velveeta:Cheese::DNC08:Success)
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To: Drango

Is she rich yet? How much should Obama and the Democrats tax her?

Levity aside, she’s a great sport! I wish her the best!


23 posted on 08/28/2008 4:49:34 PM PDT by Loud Mime (USA Basketball....Double GOLD!)
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To: Alberta's Child

Maybe their gymnastics uniforms are a little too tight.


24 posted on 08/28/2008 4:51:54 PM PDT by darkangel82 (If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
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To: dalereed

I don’t get it.


25 posted on 08/28/2008 4:58:33 PM PDT by DemonDeac
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“It makes my taco POP”. I am not so sure I like that line by a 16 year old.


26 posted on 08/28/2008 5:04:55 PM PDT by freeplancer
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To: freeplancer

I’m surrounded by 12 year-old boys in this thread.

“Huh huh Taco huh huh”


27 posted on 08/28/2008 5:07:08 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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28 posted on 08/28/2008 5:21:16 PM PDT by oyez (Justa' another high minded lowlife.)
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To: paudio

It has nothing to do with politics. That commercial was just lousy.


29 posted on 08/28/2008 5:28:59 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: freeplancer

You’re projecting.


30 posted on 08/28/2008 5:45:53 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: paudio
I’m surprised that some ‘conservatives’ would object to athletes endorsing a product. Is it because the product is Taco, which happens to be Mexican food?

Man, you are slow. Taco is a slang term for her _______! Get it?

Hey, are you race baiting again?

31 posted on 08/28/2008 5:56:49 PM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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