Posted on 02/03/2011 8:56:59 PM PST by smokingfrog
At first glance it could be the latest scheme by the White House to boost the President's flagging poll ratings.
A confident Barack Obama is seen rousing a flag waving crowd as cheering supporters wave banners marked with his infectious election-time mantra - change.
But after a few seconds it becomes clear this is no desperate political gamble. It's an ad from KFC China, which used an Obama look-alike to sell a new fried fish sandwich.
In the commercial- which has since been pulled from Chinese TV screens- the 'faux-bama' calls for change.
'Change, not only for your mom, but for you, your stomach, for a better taste' the doppelgänger declares to a crowd waving American flags.
The fake president appears to be on a roll, before being crushed by a giant sandwich that falls from above.
'Mmm, change is good,' the 'President' then says.
The commercial ran in China just before the country's president Hu Jintao visited the U.S. in January.
According to Chinese media, the ad was created for the Hong Kong market only.
'It was meant to be a spoof and no disrespect was intended,' a spokesman for Yum! Brands, which operates KFC said in a statement. 'It is no longer airing and will not be re-aired'.
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LOL!
Given the demographics of KFC’s core market stateside, I’m not surprised it pulled the ad, once word about it got back to the US.
If wishes were fishes...
The doppelganger didn’t look as goofy as the one we’re stuck with, and he was a much better speaker. Where were the teleprompters?
I dislike just about everything about Obama, but the ad is funny. I’m not sure what the problem is with it.
I fol one recome Obama clushed by frish.
Does the sandwich come with a Dr. Pepper?
“There you go fishbulb”
a) Obama is black, and the KFC mascot is a Southern colonel:
or
b) It's a Chinese commercial:
Cheers!
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ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!
Now that's a lot of fried chicken.
Terrible marketing.
That's because one is the President and the other is an actor.
If nothing else, it's a great thread title.
Wu Jintao has probably had the producer and director of this commercial sent to the gulag or had then turned into fish fertilizer by now!
To the degree that it was disrespectful, I'm sure it was not unintentional.
“That’s because one is the President and the other is an actor.”
Thank you, Captain Obvious.
Change
His mind was bitterly twisted
His heart knew no shame
The darkest shadows persisted
As he cravenly played the game
He gazed hard at his reflection
Searching why his goals had failed
As the mirror showed the last election
Of a being politically impaled
The walls around him shown softly
The sky above him dark as night
His soul was feeling tawdry
As he reveled in his great might
His friends were wanting exemptions
From the laws that he had passed
He had promised these exceptions
So he signed their requests real fast
Standing alone in his bedroom
He came face to face with pain
Hate had filled the room with doom
He felt the hatred eating his brain
No angels came to his rescue
No cheering crowds yelled his name
Just the pain of realizing what was true
And he knew from where it came
The change he had widely promised
Turned out to be all lies
The only change to be honest -
KFC’s fish sandwich with french fries
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