Pizza Hut ad makes fun of Dennis Kucinich and UFO's

[2rth2pwr]

http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2007/12/pizza-hut-ad-trashes-dennis-kucinich.html
A new Pizza Hut ad (see YouTube video below) that uses slices of presidential debate commentary to tout a cut-rate pizza deal has angered backers of Cleveland Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich.

"Are people seeing lower prices now?" the announcer in the ad asks before cutting to a debate segment where Kucinich says: "More people in this country have seen UFOs."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIXrQ-47Fa0

I am going to encourage all Kucinich supporters to boycott your restaurant until you change your “debate” advertising. That was a low blow to a viable, electable presidential candidate. Consider the word OUT! I also think Pizza Hut should publicly apologize to the Congressman! http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/derogatory-ad-featuring-congressman-kucinich-video/

[1corona4u]

1. Oh Good God...

get over it. I thought it was fine, and not degrading at all.

[no name no slogan]

2. Pizza Hut eats ass anyway

It makes Dominos look like haute cuisine

[sniffa]

3. agreed

now, this will hopefully get bi-baby to stop eating it.

[bicentennial_baby]

5. !

You liked the thin crust! x(

[Whisp]

22. puffy cardboard sprayed with tomato juice. yummy. nt

[Zorra]

31. It's worse than 79 cent "cheese flavored" frozen grocery store pizza.

The first time I had a Pizza Hut pizza, I said, "But...this isn't really pizza. Why are they calling this pizza"?

[Joe the Revelator]

4. This is the battle you want to pick? Maybe if you showed this much anger towards Dennis

He'd grow a set and run a real campaign.

[no name no slogan]

7. You mean, take lobbyist money, and sell his ass off to the highest bidder

like the other candidates? I highly doubt that will happen.

[bluedog]

8. No, he'll take your $ and visit other countires

and take another honeymoon.........

[sniffa]

23. oh come on now

he really loves his 3rd wife.

[DutchLiberal]

36. As much as Hill loves Bill?

[sniffa]

40. more so

i don't think he married her to advance himself.

:yoiks:

[DutchLiberal]

43. Whose business is it anyway who they marry?

[Kucinich4America]

6. I've boycotted those assholes ever since they had Mush Limpdick doing their ads

Was almost ready to give them another chance, but now, I guess not

[Vincardog]

9. isn't Pizzas Hut owned by the Carlyle group?

[2rth2pwr]

13. Actually YUMs

http://www.yumfranchises.com/

[southerncrone]

26. Owned by Yum! Brands

But support Repukes mainly.

[goodgd_yall]

10. Pizza Hut is ultra conservative

They are anti-reproductive rights, for one thing. This has been known for years.

On edit: Dominoes is the anti-reproductive rights company. I confused one lousy pizza with another.

[LTR]

12. Sure you don't mean Dominos?

Pizza Hut is owned by Yum Brands (w/ Taco Bell and KFC). Formerly part of Pepsico.

Dominos was founded by a hardcore fundie.

[rucky]

27. Pizza Hut is owned by Pepsico

which is owned by the Mormons.

There are also ties to the John Birch Society, so you're not that far off.

[seriousstan]

11. All Kucinich supporters? Will Pizza Hut notice the drop of 2 pies a month?

[Cha]

14. Shows ya how

freakin' outta touch and corporateassholedom pizza smut is.

Their pizza is corporatesmut.

[flvegan]

15. Actually, I'm going to disagree. If a big-money advertisement puts Dennis on the screen

for a couple seconds LONGER than the other candidates, I say that's a good thing. It's not bad publicity. The making fun of him for UFO shit is such a non-gainer...most Americans believe, in some way, that UFOs exist.

Shit, Pizza Hut, suckage that it is, is the only entity giving Dennis more time than the others.

The average American won't be turned off of something/someone over an embarrassing soundbyte. Look at Tom fucking Cruise?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

17. and a sizable number of people believe in UFOs

not just "woo woos".

[2rth2pwr]

18. Many people believe in the possibility of intelligent life

in places other than Earth.

Very few claim to have communicated with them as they smelled roses.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

20. Kucinich didn't claim that

I think it was a lady named Shirley McClain who did.

[2rth2pwr]

30. McClain was right about the UFO and she has not retracted

any part of the story. Neither has Kucinich.

McClain and Kucinich are good friends, why would she leave a false story out there that he could deny?

[1corona4u]

35. No, he did confirm it though....

in a national debate no less....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G980aLrAwoM

(PS. Shirley is the Godmother of his kid)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

16. I already boycott Pizza Hut

My stepson was an assistant manager there forever, always sent from one failing restaurant to another, always turning things around. He was promised a managerial position in the next store he went to. Instead, they told him he had to work on his birthday (he'd requested the day off six months before) to train someone else to be the manager of that store. He quit in disgust. I've boycotted the chain ever since.

[msongs]

19. is obama gonna get athletic shoe endorsements next? he can play basketball ya know nt

[sniffa]

24. interesting

[Chovexani]

32. Interesting, indeed.

Things that make you go hmmmm.

[sniffa]

39. i'm surprised there weren't more stereotypes

i can think of many that can be posted under the radar all innocently and such.

[ronnykmarshall]

21. Oh dear.

[DBoon]

25. Maybe hold DK meet-ups at Pizza Hut?

No such thing as bad publicity, particularly for a candidate who does not command big media attention.

[rucky]

28. Obama's Grandmother is repsonisble for this!

From her "little hut" in Africa.

I'm sure of it.

[Kucinich4America]

33. But the real question is.....

What kind of TEA do they serve at Pizza Slut?

[democrat2thecore]

29. I hate to say it - but he IS a flake

I like many of his positions, but I like a lot of the positions from a man down the street too. That doesn't mean I think the guy down the street should be president.

Kucinich is a wayyy out there Shirley McClainer new-age kind of guy. Most people find that flakey. Like walking on the House floor and telling everyone he just KNEW that he met his next wife. "I know she's the one." People were embarrassed for him. It's just - well - weird. He's excitable like a little kid. Shallow on issues except those he is passionate about. He simply is NOT presidential material. All our other candidates are, imo. Dennis Kucinich? President? It's a comical notion to me.

Flame away - but we're all entitiled to our opinion.

[no name no slogan]

34. Granted, he attracts a number of "flakes", but he's quite down to earth himself

I've actually met him and had conversations with him before (I worked on his 2004 campaign), and he's a fairly down-to-earth guy. Say what you want about his supporters or positions, he is quite normal.

BTW, MANY people I know have known that they've met "the one" when they've met their spouses/partners, and have said as much to their colleagues, so that's really not that unusual.

[flvegan]

41. Shallow on issues?

Which issue? The one about being against the war from the start? Impeachment?

Please, fill me in.

[depakid]

37. "Pizza Hut should publicly apologize "

For pimping it's crappy, obesity laden products to kids....

In the midst of rising concerns about childhood obesity and school commercialism, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood is urging parents and educators to end their school’s involvement with Pizza Hut BOOK IT! programs. The advocacy coalition wants Book It out of schools because it promotes bad eating habits, uses schools to market a corporate product directly to students, and is educationally counterproductive by undermining their interest in reading.

“Any one of these issues is a serious concern,” said CCFC’s co-founder Susan Linn. “Taken all together, it’s clear that Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! has no place in schools.”

Reaching 22 million school children in 900,000 classrooms each year, BOOK IT! is one of corporate America’s most insidious school-based brand promotions.

http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/pressreleases/pizzahutbookit.htm

[maxanne]

38. I don't support

chain restaurants - but I gotta say, if this ad makes someone look bad, it is Ron Paul flapping his limp wrist!

[MethuenProgressive]

42. I ordered two pies for halftime of the Pats Giants game

Pizza Hut makes good pies.