It was no more an "abysmal public relations failure" than New Coke was.
Amen! I am go pi$$ed off at the GOP establishment I can’t see straight. Last time they called for money. I said, I told you when you nominated McCain there would be no more money from me. If they nominate Cruz I might contribute.
Jazzy - The following observation should have the GOP-e quivering in their “custom baby-seal leather boots”:
For if the modern consultants (...) don’t see the benefit of attracting the audience of a show that weekly draws 12 million viewers (especially since the difference in 2012 was around 4 million votes,) then their advice is not something I’m sure would be all that insightful.
“A&E had to still live with and react to the consequences of their actions.”
Yeah, I don’t know how they can possibly look at themselves in the mirror without getting ill. All that DD merchandise sitting there unsold and gathering dust. And no doubt the ratings for the new season of the show that starts Jan 15 will be much worse after this controversy. Perhaps the only solution that A&E can find at this point is to suspend a member of the Robertson family right before Christmas every year.
Freegards
Hear! Hear!
So true, don't cave and you will be rewarded. The fight is not for the timid but it can be won.
We need rinos to stop trying to make us the villain because we are not and we will not quit and they will not succeed without us.
What I would take from this whole fiasco is this....if you want your business to get lots of free publicity and subsequently increase your sales, stand up publicly for tradition and Biblical morals. The silent majority is eager to support anyone who does this, with their wallets.
I would love to know what Duck Commander sales have been like these last couple of weeks. I am waiting for my package to arrive.
Another lesson we learned is that conservatives are not allowed to talk about body parts. Queers can talk about body parts, can teach our children in classrooms queer things to do with their body parts, and can even prance down the street with their body parts hanging out. But conservatives are not allowed to even talk about body parts.
To me, the moral of the story is new established laws
don’t change old established morals.
I'd just as soon vote for communists, actually: they're at least forthright enough to admit they hate America.
Another drama that played out and is unreported is the Komen Foundation fiasco. I have done two of their 60 mile walks but as I grew closer to Christ and the Catholic Church decided that I could not in good conscience sign up in 2012 until WOW they dumped Planned Parenthood. I signed up immediately. Then, a few days later, they backtracked after Planned Parenthood hammered them. So I didn’t raise money and I didn’t do the walk that year although I did train with my dear friends who did. They have seen their contributions drop precipitously and the number of cities where they can have the walks has dropped by half. Some say it’s because of the pro aborts (my term not theirs) who abandoned them and didn’t come back but I think I’ve seen stats that say is was the pro lifers who did not realize the involvement of PP until the curfluffle.
Democrats specialize in pissing off the MANY for the sake of the FEW.
>>Yes pro-family, faith-based voters in America do not have the easy road of the dominant world view of most citizens anymore. <<
But they do. They just haven’t wised up to the fact the LOUDEST voices win.
I think the Chick-Phil-Let thing in January should continue as the Moral Majority again finds its voice.
I picked up the Robertson’s “Duck The Halls” Christmas album yesterday. Currently #4 on the Billboard charts. I highly recommend it to those who are not easily “offended” by Jesus, Christmas and Christianity. Great family Christmas album. Those folks can sing. Especially Missy Robertson.
All the people, companies, and orgs. involved in castigating Phil were sure that all his fans, friends, and family would throw Phil to the wolves in exchange for money and entertainment.
Probably because their own fans, friends, and family would in a similar situation.
Some say these are interesting times; some say these are prophetic times. And I say they're right! Yogi Berra said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
Unfortunately for US, these days the demonrats and GOPe/republicans notoriously will take the wrong turn at every opportunity, as they each have made a worldly choice in the greater story and are out of step with the lessons at hand.
Seems Kevin McCullough 'gets it'... traditional Americans are a force to be reckoned with...
When Christian people speak out, not to proselytize but to object to what the bible calls immorality and sin, they have millions of like-minded supporters. I noticed that many people who posted on Yahoo and other mass market internet sites claimed they disagreed with Phil Robinson (or Dan Cathy of Chick-Fil-A during that brouhaha in 2012) but were incensed that gay activist groups were attacking them. These were not bible-thumpers but people that saw unfairness and intolerance from gay groups and objected to it. I believe the GLAAD attacks have hurt their 'cause. Many Americans are expressing disgust at their bullying tactics, even as they beg for 'tolerance' and acceptance. Can we spell hypocrite?
The big lesson is there’s no such thing as bad PR. People bought a bunch of DD stuff thinking they were supporting Phil, they bought DC stuff actually supporting Phil, people who didn’t know about the show heard about the show, and the ratings will be great, and GQ probably sold a bunch more issues and increased web traffic. Everybody made a fat wad of money, probably even GLAAD got cash out of the deal.