Comments on: Douglas L. Hoffman’s America

By: g

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:53:19 +0000

To quote Nelson Muntz – “Hah Hah!”

By: Greybeard

Greybeard — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:24:35 +0000

Is this the best you liberals can do? Bitch, piss, and moan about an ad? Your president has the fastest dropping popularity rating in American history, Harry Reid just announced they can’t be rushed (meaning, we can’t get the votes) on health care, etc. You’re screwed!!!!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:03:33 +0000

American Muscle with some nerd standing next to it in front of his fathers tire/gas station? I can’t tell from this image. And to be clear, I don’t mean “nerd” in the sense that Obama might be the coolest nerd ever, I’m going more for the dork side of the equation. Since the constituents of Watertown, NY and the vast surrounding (hardly populated) areas have lost their former congressman to the Obama adminstration (Army Sec’t) it’s no wonder the teabaggers want to fill that void with their choice. This region is home to the 10th Moutain Division. These are hard fighting Americans who leave their spouses at home to live in this district. They deserve more than putting smiles on the faces of outsiders. VOTE!

By: Vorhese

Vorhese — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:09:28 +0000

Jesus people, I dislike the right just as much as anyone else. Maybe he’s just a car guy? I’m pretty damn liberal and own nothing but pre 60’s cars and motorcycles.

By: g

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:52:24 +0000

Oh, I don’t think he faked the photo – goodness knows, I have photos that scratched and faded from that era myself. But I think the photos he or his PR people chose were deliberately chosen to evoke a “pre-sixties” era – I find that very interesting from someone his age.
Who is he trying to appeal to – a demographic a generation older than he? Is he deliberately turning away from his own generation and the memories we have (I was born in ‘54). Don’t forget that this picture was taken the same year as Woodstock, which took place just 260 or so miles away. Many of his classmates would have been long-haired hippies.

By: KingElvis

KingElvis — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:21:52 +0000

Most interesting aspect is what ‘g’ said: It seems like its doctored (’sepia toned’) somehow to make it seem like 1959 (an era of ‘innocence’ – if you don’t count the U2 spy plane incident) instead of 1969 – the year of Manson.
But weren’t those green S&W stamps a form of communism?
Alert the Club for Growth – tell them to excise that sign immediately!

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:29:44 +0000

But that strange scratch on the photo surface (I assume)… He’s cut off at the knees.

By: Aurora

Aurora — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:36:00 +0000

What a cynical job of ‘branding’…(sigh)

By: g

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:27:21 +0000

He was born in 1953, according to Wikipedia. So at age sixteen, when he rebuilt that 1955 Chevy, it was 1969. The Christmas-in-uniform photos would have been during the early ’70s.
Interesting how deliberately retro it all feels – I’m sure the intent is to evoke an earlier time than Nixon’s America.

By: Rab

Rab — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:43:03 +0000

The photo is faked. The tiretreads shown weren’t available until 2 years after that GM model was introduced ;}