Posted on 02/01/2020 8:32:33 AM PST by Hojczyk
First of all, the game should be good, and the teams are relatively new to the national spotlight. (“What do the Super Bowl and the Democratic presidential field have in common? No Patriots!”) I am not one of those who think the commercials are more interesting than the game; on the contrary, to the extent I watch them, I often find myself scratching my head over what product or service is being advertised.
But this year, there will be some ads, at least, whose purpose can’t be misconstrued:
About 100 million Americans will tune in for the Super Bowl battle between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs [Sunday] but some in Washington will be watching out for the other showdown: Donald Trump vs Michael Bloomberg.
The two biggest spenders in US politics have each forked out $11 million for a 60-second slice of the world’s most expensive television advertising pie, the first time that presidential candidates have bought into the showpiece finale of the American football season.
It looks like there will be two ads for each candidate. One of the Trump ads won’t be unveiled until Sunday; the other, I previewed here. It is so good, it is worth watching again:
I look forward to seeing the second Trump ad. Meanwhile, what is on offer from Bloomberg?
The stakes are higher for Mr Bloomberg, 77, the media-to-finance billionaire who is not competing in the first four caucus and primary contests for the Democratic presidential nomination but banking on a breakthrough later in the process, fuelled by an enormous advertising budget. His team believe that their advert, narrated by a mother whose football-fanatic son was shot dead aged 20, will “stop people in their tracks” amid “the dancing raisins and souped-up cars” that are usually shown during breaks in the game.
Bloomberg will score well among Democratic voters who believe that 1) what America needs more than anything is more laws constraining gun ownership, and 2) the prisons should be emptied of thousands of violent criminals. Seems like a weird combination, but there are quite a few Democrats who thread that needle. And we shouldn’t forget: 3) What size soda containers you buy is the government’s urgent business.
Be that as it may, I doubt that Bloomberg’s ad will come close to matching the proud, optimistic spirit of the Trump ad we have seen so far. Or, I am pretty sure, the top-secret second ad we will see on Sunday.
Pardon me, but what is a bowl... why is it super?
I support the 49ers because the original 49ers were largely men who knew Epstein didn’t hang himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4sVnOsXlAA&feature=emb_logo
Will the secret ad bet this???
Be that as it may, I doubt that Bloomberg’s ad will come close to matching the proud, optimistic spirit of the Trump ad we have seen so far. Or, I am pretty sure, the top-secret second ad we will see on Sunday.
He should have said no democrat ad will ever be proud and optimistic
There’s a lot of hype about Chiefs and their QB, but let’s not forget the Niner Defense. I am not an SF Fan, but their Defense is formidable. If SF gets out to an early lead, KC is done.
Here’s hoping the stadium electricity goes out — and doesn’t come back on until Wednesday.
Super bowelmovement
Watch it at your own risk
Great athletes used as transmission belts to further the social agenda. Watch the ads. Watch the halftime show. Don’t speak.
I am suprised there letting political ads on the Super Bowl..
Bloomberg is wasting his money...the gun owners are the majority watching
I live in Florida so this will be my second game...the last one I watched it was raining all day...that does not happen often down here..
I sent the NFL an email after the “wardrobe malfunction” and said I wouldn’t watch another game. I haven’t. It’s easy to keep the promise because the Lions suck.
It’s the final game of the NFL year among the two best teams in arguably the sport with the most talented athletes in the world.
Men love the sport.
So you not knowing what it is point to one thing... :)
I support the Chiefs because they don’t even recognize Elizabeth “Fake Squaw” Warren.
Stupor-bowl . . . beer fueled moronic activity . . .
While I dog have a dog in this fight, if I had to choose, I see it as Kansas (middle America, flyover country) against San Fran Nan’s shitty San Fransicko and another blow at Pelosi.
Go Chiefs!
Fox won't show abortion survivors' Super Bowl ad but OKs drag queen commercial
Go Chiefs, but most likely I’ll just peak in once in awhile to see how it’s going.
Can’t stand sitting through 4-hour plus games anymore.
Plus all the SJW crap they’re going to throw out there. I’ll pass.
I am going to work in my shop and have the Flintstones on in the background tomorrow. The National Felon League doesn’t need my support and I refuse to give it.
If the 49ers win, should we poop on our sidewalks?...
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