Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. And when this literary faux pas emanates from a professional copywriter, well, how do you say “insupportable!” (Hopefully with Gallic disdain.) Shame on you, Mssr. Vinny Manchillo, chief creative officer of Scott Howell & Company and guest columnist for AdAge. “Electing a public official is almost exactly like working on another type of traditional advertising account. One that, unlike political advertising, everyone is clamoring to work on. Political advertising is just like working on a car account.” Yes, “Barack Obama is a stunning orator and tremendous motivator. More than a candidate, he’s a personality-driven movement. For his supporters, that far outweighs any shortcomings he may have in his experience or voting record. He is a Ferrari.” So what does that make McCain? A Toyota Camry. So much for Obama, then. Take that as gospel from a guy who was a stand-up comic and lawnmower racer before he worked on the Subaru account. Unless you’re Scott Monty, Global Digital Communications guy for Ford Motor Company, who thinks it’s “interesting that you [Vinny] chose two foreign cars for candidates for President of the *United States.*”
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McCain is a Checker Marathon. Not stylish, been around forever, has had the crap beat out of it but it still works.
Obama is unusual, comes with tons of hype, seems cool in principle but has no actual productive use at all. He’s a Segway.
A Camry and Ferrari, I dunno. I say a Bimmer 3 or 5 for Obama and actually a Camry is ok for McCain. I choose no domestic because reliability is scary.
I took that last comment as a dig; sort of like these guys who talk smack on McCain for owning a Lexus. When the “American” auto suits make comments like that, it just makes me want to buy “foreign” even more. As long as they insult people for buying the cars they prefer, these jokers will never recover.
McCain would be an old full size Ford replete with rust holes. Old tech, reliable, but stone knives and bearskins.
Obama would be a 1 series, a lot of potential but ultimately a bit disappointing in the end.
Obama’s the Genesis. Foreign, newbie, disappointing, and the media STILL LOVES THAT MOTHERFUZZER.
Too bad we can’t take either for a test drive, first.
Hey, segways are fun; while permanently assigning you the label of “dork” for the rest of your natural life.
I see McCain as a Volvo, kind of quirky, but you know it will take care of you, be comfortable and last a very, very long time.
Obama would be some kind of “hot hatch”, he’s youthful, energetic, appealing, but also carries a lot of stuff with him.
McCain is a ricer. After 2000 his campaign handlers decided that the old Civic just was not cutting it with the chicks, so they added a wing, a fart tube, and some ridiculous body work. Every week they give the car a new paint job, making it look completely different than the week before. The car is now unrecognizable compared to the 2000 version.
Obama is a Shelby Series 1: Lots of hype but the finished product falls short of expectations.
McCain is the old CTS he owns: decent but rough around the edges. Safe but not great.
They’re both all show and no go. It is truly a shame that the political parties control the process, because in the end we get people who can campaign, rather than people who can govern.
I hate politics, can we talk about cars again?
–chuck
Obama is an Infiniti G37 — the smart, fast-moving new kid on the block. Still isn’t clear whether he has staying power.
McCain is a Hummer H3 — he swaggers around like some super-Alpha male but underneath the sheetmetal is just another old, tired politician who talks out of both sides of his mouth.
These analogies are simply nauseating.
Obama is like the Tesla Roadster.
McCain is like the Chevy Volt.
They both fail to deliver on promises made. One is sexy and is fun to drive, the other will leave more people stranded when the company goes bankrupt.
McCain is a Buick Lucerne V-6.
Sarah Palin is a Hummer H2.
Obama is a Chevy Malibu.
Biden is an el cheapo stripped-down full-sized pickup truck from any one of the big three.
Obama is a Yugo. Germinated and mal-nourished under communist tutelage. Doesn’t wear well.
McCain is a ’65 Mustang. Old but still desirable. Reliable in a simple way. An American original that keeps getting better. Though it was tortured in the 70s.
Bill Clinton of course IS the Hummer. Depending of course what IS means.
Qwerty :
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:54 pm
McCain is a ricer. After 2000 his campaign handlers decided that the old Civic just was not cutting it with the chicks, so they added a wing, a fart tube, and some ridiculous body work. Every week they give the car a new paint job, making it look completely different than the week before. The car is now unrecognizable compared to the 2000 version.
Best analogy here!
Also, I was under the impression that it really is ok to end a sentence in a preposition. I remember reading somewhere that it was just something arbitrary that we adopted along the way because someone didn’t like how it sounded. Same with split infinitives. Wow, grammar is boring. Back to cars.
If this exercise is an indication of the state of political discourse in the US, we are then, as a nation, like the Chevy Impala.
A has-been.
And the scary thing, nudave, is that the Chevy Impala is flex-fuel, so it’s busy using up food to try to fuel itself a little longer – ignoring the fact that actual food prices are skyrocketing because of it.
Oh and the 4 speed automatic is way out of date and likely to only last 40,000 miles.
And the windshield wiper motors will crap out just as they did on my last GM product the 1997 Crapalier.
I’ve sat and watched the swirling action since about 1972, and I have to tell you, it’s been one awful and terrifying 36 years, to see my once great home country completely going to krap. Yes, the pace has accelerated over the past 16 years, with both “Hummer the incompetent” Billybob and then “Deer in the headlights” King George at the helm. As for Congress, it does not seem to matter whether the Dummycrats or the Repugnicans are in supposed control.
It’s been a parallel to watching what was the #1 selling car in the US, imperfect as it was, overly large and cheaply made as it was, become what it has become too (i.e. we’re back to the Impala again).
I’m with Chuck, can we get back to cars?
This politics stuff is scary!
I used to have an awful lot of respect for McCain, back in 2000. I began to lose it after he spoke at the 2004 gop convention. This process accelerated after he decided he was for the Bush tax cuts for the top 1% that he had originally opposed. The pick of SnowJob SquareGlasses for veep was the last straw, a woman whose muse is an anti-semite who wanted to see FDR and Bobby Kennedy assassinated.
But, yeah, I agree with Chuck. We need to get back to cars
cars cars cars please so I don’t get fired up and then banned from the site.
I’m with nudave on this one