Posted on 02/01/2012 7:42:28 PM PST by neverdem
Never mind those Ferris Bueller and “Star Wars”-themed Super Bowl ads. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has shot a Super Bowl ad, too, and he thinks it is pretty funny, though with a serious message.
The half-minute ad features Mr. Bloomberg and Boston’s mayor, Thomas M. Menino, ribbing each other as they cheer for their respective teams and cities. But then they turn to the purpose of their spot, declaring that one thing they agree on is the need for stricter federal gun control laws.
The two mayors are longtime allies on gun control and founders of a group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which has pushed for a stronger federal background check system.
Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Menino shot the ad in New York early Tuesday. And, just as big Super Bowl advertisers like Honda and Volkswagen have been promoting their ads with previews on YouTube, Mr. Bloomberg publicized his at an appearance later Tuesday morning.
“It was very funny; you should take a look at it,” he told reporters in a news conference at the Pershing Square Signature Center, the new home of the Signature Theater.
Mr. Bloomberg then mentioned the ad on Twitter.
“We disagree on who’ll win the #Superbowl, but @MayorTomMenino & I agree on fighting illegal guns. Tune in Sunday,” the mayor (or one of his Twitter surrogates) wrote, attaching a photo of the shoot. In the picture, the mayors are sitting on a couch as though they are watching the game, with Mr. Bloomberg wearing a New York Giants jersey and Mr. Menino a...
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On a coffee table before them are strewn several Giants and Patriots hats, as well as bowls of popcorn and chips — the kind of salty snacks that Mr. Bloomberg is known for publicly deploring but privately adoring...
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Meanwhile Madonna has promised to push homosexuality during the half time show. ugh
Oh hey, a BRILLIANT idea!
Push “Gun Control” on the super-bowl.
Glad to see them waste so much money on a crowd that may just celebrate their teams victory with sky shots!
One of the true horses as&@$? Of our time. mayor Bloomberg wants to bad guns and goes everywheres with armed bodyguards- including Bermuda.
The laws are for the subjects, not the rulers.
One of the true horses as&@$? Of our time. mayor Bloomberg wants to bad guns and goes everywheres with armed bodyguards- including Bermuda.
The laws are for the subjects, not the rulers.
One of the true horses as&@$? Of our time. mayor Bloomberg wants to bad guns and goes everywheres with armed bodyguards- including Bermuda.
The laws are for the subjects, not the rulers.
One of the true horses as&@$? Of our time. mayor Bloomberg wants to bad guns and goes everywheres with armed bodyguards- including Bermuda.
The laws are for the subjects, not the rulers.
One of the true horses as&@$? Of our time. mayor Bloomberg wants to bad guns and goes everywheres with armed bodyguards- including Bermuda.
The laws are for the subjects, not the rulers.
One of the true horses as&@$? Of our time. mayor Bloomberg wants to bad guns and goes everywheres with armed bodyguards- including Bermuda.
The laws are for the subjects, not the rulers.
One of the true horses as&@$? Of our time. mayor Bloomberg wants to bad guns and goes everywheres with armed bodyguards- including Bermuda.
The laws are for the subjects, not the rulers.
Now they are going to shove it down our throats during the Superbowl.
Payback is a bitch, and it's coming.
It’s the Super Bowl. This is going to go over like a turd in a punch bowl. Bloomers sure isn’t very bright. He needs to stick to what he does best. Pushing the button to lower the ball on New Year’s Eve.
Worth repeating!
In the turd Bloomberg’s world, any gun not owned by the police or the military is an “illegal gun.”
FU, Michael Bloomberg, and all of your moonbat gun-grabbing “mayors.”
Wonder if either one of these idiots ever studied American history and how guns won us our FREEDOM from people like them?
GO PATRIOTS!
FU Bloomberg
Kind of a shame that two men who have been able to get elected don’t or can’t read; “...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
Must be a complex idea for such simple minds.
Gun owners are just regular folk that the Politicians want to change into Overnight Felons, the Constitution be damned.
Mayors of Boston and NYC, meet Amendment #2. SARC.
Operation fast & furious, Eric Holder selling illegal guns to Mexico. Illegal guns sold there responsible for Americans getting killed........
Maybe they need to send this commercial to the White House. Better yet, when the link appears to the video I can send it to @attackwatch to make sure they investigate it. That is if anyone there even listens anymore.
It will probably be spun (in some markets) to win “The Best Ad of the Superbowl” award...
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