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Still hot: Sit down and shut up
Radio ads for Kieffe and Sons Ford dealerships in eastern Kern telling non-Christians to "sit down and shut up" continued to boil passions Thursday, blogs and e-mails show.
One reader sent us an e-mail allegedly from Ford Motor Co. saying the company had investigated the ads and "determined that the advertising was placed in error," among other things.
We have a call in to Ford's main spokesman asking him to elaborate on what that means (and confirm the e-mail was from Ford; if not I'll let ya know ASAP).
The dealership's Web site is fronted with an apology, but the Oklahoma man who claims to have written the ad, JW Horne, is reveling in the outcry.
Some locals find Kern's voracious thumpery oppressive and even threatening, this blog indicates, while some faraway observers are puzzled by the sales tactic. ...developing...
-- Gretchen Wenner, staff writer
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posted by
catpaw
on May 29, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Some years ago a commercial portrayed the owner of a tire outlet very somber and serious saying that if he did not sell 100 tires by the end of the week, the Lord is calling him home. So, please, please, buy these discounted tires on special sale..... Laughed so hard my sides hurt. Don't know that this ad will sell any SUVs, but it sure has gotten alot of attention. Which is what an effective ad is supposed to do.
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