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A COMPANY’S AD SHOWS THE DAD AS “AWESOME”?
Catholic Vote ^ | August 8, 2014 | JOSHUA MERCER

Posted on 08/09/2014 2:36:12 PM PDT by NYer

Last week, Long John Silver’s had a great ad which affectionately showed a Catholic parish’s fish fry.

This week, the impossible happened: A corporation aired a two-minute online ad which showed the Dad as awesome.

The actor says: “My name is…”

“D-A-D!!” screams one of his kids looking for him.

“…and proud of it. And all Dads should be!”

Almost always, fathers are shown as distant, indifferent, until they’re yelling in anger. But this commercial’s father is a regular member of the family who knows and loves his children.

There’s a reason this ad, made for General Mills in Canada, has received over 300,000 views.

Hey, maybe if we want men to be better fathers, we could replace a lot of the dad-bashing with portrayals like this one.


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To: GeronL; Dr. Sivana

Come on, guys....learn to take “Yes” for an answer.


21 posted on 08/09/2014 4:25:43 PM PDT by eddie willers
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To: NYer

A dad being a mom, and “conservatives” lap it up.


22 posted on 08/09/2014 4:34:19 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: NYer

This makes 3 in a row for GM and Cheerios. They had the first two with the Biracial family and now this one.


23 posted on 08/09/2014 5:50:06 PM PDT by verga (Conservative, leaning libertarian)
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To: NYer

What an absolutely cute video.


24 posted on 08/09/2014 6:40:56 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Total awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!


25 posted on 08/09/2014 6:50:02 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: sima_yi

Like the stupid add with all the women in business suits making the business decisions while the short,wimpy, white guy looks for their approval before nodding in agreement.


26 posted on 08/09/2014 9:59:15 PM PDT by ABN 505 (-)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks NYer.


27 posted on 08/09/2014 11:02:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: NYer

bump


28 posted on 08/10/2014 7:59:21 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (The next DNC convention will be spoken in Spanish; Press 1 for English)
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