Posted on 10/02/2006 10:38:46 AM PDT by Dan Nunn
The radio talk show host Sean Hannity is the voice in a GM car giveaway, and the company is getting some grief about it.
In what it calls the "You're a Great American Car Giveaway," GM is awarding five free cars a week through Nov. 6. But it has hired as the star of the promotion someone many Americans do not consider great: Sean Hannity, the conservative Fox News radio and television host.
Hannity, known for incendiary comments like comparing a vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton to support for Hamas or Hezbollah, is announcing the winners of the contest on his radio show -- only people who are listening for their name can win.
GM officials made some attempts to distance themselves from Hannity, saying that the company did not endorse his political views and that he did not speak on behalf of GM. They said the promotion merely used Hannity's daily radio program as a platform to reach a broad range of listeners because the show is broadcast on more than 500 stations and heard by 13 million people.
Actually, I don't know if GM planned it this way, but the timing is brilliant. The promotion just happens to coincide with the last 5 weeks building up to the election? If I were a liberal I'd think GM was a part of the VRWC! Sean wears thin on me, but I admit I'll be listening! And if he can bring in some new listeners right before the election, I'm all for it! I have to give Sean credit for that. (I think new listeners can last at least 5 weeks before they realize how repetitive Sean is!)
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