[fishhound]

There are plenty of other vodkas.

[HiJinx]

Weak Excuses Ping...

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

It’s going to take them a loooooooong time to dig their way out of this one.

[kingu]

In other words - ‘We’re pulling the ad, but absolutely believe that Americans should never have noticed it, as it wasn’t aimed at that market.’

And to whit I respond: How would you react to a map with Russia owning most of Sweden?

Yeah, thought that wouldn’t be a funny joke to you. Morons.

[Petronski]

"In no way was this meant to offend or disparage, nor does it advocate an altering of borders, nor does it lend support to any anti-American sentiment, nor does it reflect immigration issues," a spokeswoman wrote on Absolut's Web site.

Read closely, people.

That is NOT an apology.

[fishhound]

ping

[j. earl carter]

Mexicans will now just be drinking the vodka that Americans won’t drink.

[Army Air Corps]

If the ad was intended for the Mexican market, then why was it printed in English?

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Major enterprises people in their marketing departments that are on the lookout for things like this, at least since the infamous Chevrolet Nova - No va episode.

Mexico is one of the largest US trading partners. To the extent that the Swedes can disrupt US/Mexico relations it is to the EU’s benefit.

I don’t think this ad was an accident, but then I’m just a paranoid right wing nut...

[littlehouse36]

[vox humana]

This is the predictable result of people in Absolut’s marketing department consuming to much of their own product.

[OeOeO]

Absolut's blog site has received more than a thousand comments

psst psst about a dozen were mine

[djf]

nor does it advocate an altering of borders...

That’s a flat out effin lie. You don’t publish something like that without appealing to the audience, and nothing would make the audience happier than to turn SW America into more of their third world s**thole.

I will NEVER drink Absolut again!!

[skeeter]

Defending the campaign last week, Absolut maker Vin & Spirit said the ad was created "with a Mexican sensibility" and was not meant for the U.S. market.

Real helpful, a**holes. I wish I could ban your slop, but I don't drink it in the first place.

[weegee]

Texas was NOT a part of Mexico in 1848. Dumbasses.

[JennysCool]

WHEN will marketers realize that injecting politics into their campaigns does absolutely nothing except tick off a percentage of their customers?

[backhoe]

Out of the frying pan, in to the fire-- what in Sam Hill are these people thinking?

Absolut's New Campaign: Celebrate Homosexuality --Can you imagine Jack Daniels or Old Grand Dad ever advertising itself as "the preferred whiskey for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered consumers"? Neither can I.

[Caipirabob]

There are many, many far superior vodkas. I'll have to get sick of all of them before I buy Absolut again. they are by far overrated IMHO.

[The Duke]

Maybe this is a little hasty - how high are Mexican taxes? </sarcasm>

[Dr. Marten]

"Defending the campaign last week, Absolut maker Vin & Spirit said the ad was created "with a Mexican sensibility" and was not meant for the U.S. market."

 

Sounds like someone discovered the double-edge of globalization!

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The damage is done. I have a long memory. I will not buy their produce. Ever.