Limbaugh Not Buying Nissan’s New Polar Bear Ad
- Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:11pm by
Meredith Jessup
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When I first saw the ad for the Nissan’s new electric car I chuckled at its hokeyness; a polar bear travels from the Arctic to America to hug an owner of the new Nissan Leaf. Apparently buying a new Nissan these days amounts to saving a polar bear, or something.
But conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh isn‘t buying into Nissan’s new ad campaign. On his radio program Monday, Rush said the Nissan ad “misses the mark.”
The whole thing is just a fraud. Now, they’re entitled to do it. They got market research that obviously says this is the way to sell the electric car. Sell it with guilt, sell it to these Nimrods who think like this idiot who took hostages at the Discovery network building. But man, I thought we were past this. …
In the midst of all of this being exposed as a hoax, all of these photos showing stranded polar bears also to be Photoshopped and misrepresented.
Putting politics and the unsettled science behind global warming aside, Rush cautioned listeners about what to do if a polar bear showed up in their driveway:
My friends, don’t ever try to hug a polar bear. You will die. A polar bear will rip your head off. If a polar bear shows up in your driveway, run for the hills — or don’t leave your house. Do not go out there and let it hug you.
It really is good advice. Maybe Nissan should be honest with their customers and tell the truth about polar bears.
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Comments (136)
Maybe the GEESE Know More than the BEES Know
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:30pmi drive a nissan pathfinder, kind of a gas guzzler as it’s an early 90s model.
Report Post »i think i’ll drive that puppy for ever.
just to p.o. the polar bears.
wheresmystick
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:18pmtry not to run over any leafs.
Report Post »Maybe the GEESE Know More than the BEES Know
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:24pmjust wait til fall, i’m going to pummel every one
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:25pmGod forbid that there really are young people who believe this ad for we will have raised a generation of fools. If they can be sold this load of crap, they can be sold anything! Come to think of it……..they have…..
Report Post »dogma
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:23pmThis is a ripoff of ads used in minnesota for the last 3 year for the wildlife checkoff on the tax return
Report Post »NancyPalousy
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:19pmI’m going to be laughing when I start seeing all of the smelly hippies driving these things because of this stupid commercial. All you have to do is play on their GoreAl warming hypersensitivity, and you have closed the deal with them. If you label ANYTHING as green, the sheep flock to buy it.
Has anyone read the Puffington Compost comment section on this commercial, its hysterical. They’re all saying how it made them want to cry… dip$#!ts! Yeah, please, go hug a polar bear.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:16pmThe proposals to combat “GLOBAL WARMING” have more potential to destroy our freedom and prosperity than any issue since WORLD WAR II. The cost of energy is increased by all these proposals. Energy is contained in all the products used to sustain our lives.
These proposals will be devastating to the poor, where the cost of survival consumes all their income.
Do you realize that these proposals are to combat an issue that has not even been proven to exist?
AND YOU LAUGH AT DON QUIXOTE?
THESE PROPOSALS WILL ONLY ENHANCE THE POWER OF THE “PEERS.” “CAP AND TRADE WILL DESTROY YOUR WEALTH AND FREEDOM!!
BRACE YOURSELF, THOMAS PAINE, REJOICE YOU “PEERS” THE POWER OF
KING GEORGE III IS BEING RESTORED BUT UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT!
http://commonsense21c.com/CLIMATE.html
Report Post »Stupid Windmill
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 1:00amWhat are you talking about?
Report Post »cruisemates
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:11pmI am all for protecting our environment. I see no problem with wanting our children to have the same earth experience we have. Just don’t blame ME for what the earth does noaturally.
The Emperor penguins of “March of the Penguins” were 500,000, now they are 400 mating pairs – but they die when it gets too cold OR too warm. If you want to foist “science” on me – at least make it accurate – not politically motivated. And what is Nissan doing about the millions of Chinese cars now burning gas with no pollution standards?
The same people buying this car for the polar bear are the ones knocking the “Wizard of Oz” ad where Pelosi is depicted as the wicked witch.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 10:13pmMy grandaughter had to do a report on Global warming. She got an F, b/c she had the nerve to point out in her report that GW was a false premis. She was very upset. I took her out to dinner and we discussed that she was a victim of progressive propoganda and sometimes telling the truth has consequences. Then I took her to the mall, gave her 50 bucks and let her run amok for a job well done!
Report Post »I thought the commercial was cute and incredibly stupid at the same time. No doubt some enviro-nut will climb into the polar bear compound at the local zoo, just to prove you really can hug a polar bear.
Stupid Windmill
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 12:59amWow you guys are too smart for science!
Report Post »Karama
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:11pmOk that’s more stupid than I can handle. What was the message here? Let’s make a man eating killing machine look cute so we can guilt people into buying our over priced cars? You know that raccoon would have been lunch if this wasn’t a hokey commercial.
Report Post »MESO71
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:26pmI caught that too, however the raccoon would have been the appetizer. The guy with the silly “car” would have been the lunch. The car would have been pulled apart for toothpicks.
Report Post »jarasan
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:01pmI want one as a pet, so I can invite my enviro nut case friends over for dinner, er‘ I mean that is Snowball’s dinner. Snowball likes the drumsticks!
Report Post »squeezeboxdood
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 1:58amThey’re nice and crunchy
Report Post »sabichan
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:58pmSo the polar bear is happy that the guy bought the Leaf. Is the polar bear happy about how it was taken from its environment, raised in captivity, and trained to be in commercials? What’s the carbon footprint of that, I wonder?
Report Post »BernieKittyCat
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 10:27pmLol!
Report Post »Rev. WC
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:48pmPolar Bears are sooooo white..I think they are raciest…
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:05pmFunny!! :)
Report Post »peterMN
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:58pmThey don”t allow black bears in the artic
Report Post »Rev. WC
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:39pmThe only thing I dislike about Polar Bears is their Breath!
Report Post »cruisemates
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:38pmAs the cruise columnist for FoxBusiness I just wrote an article on Arctic cruises. It is illegal to travel in Norwegian Svalbard without a rifle to protect yourself aganist Polar Bear attacks. That’s right, you are legally required to carry a rifle (or have an armed guide with you).
If a Polar Bear attacks you must aim for the head – because even a clean shot to the heart is not enough to stop them from mauling you to death.
In fact, there are parts of the Arctic that are still uncharted that are full of Polar bears (The Russian Wrangell Island above the Bering Starit is one), Plus parts Arctic Canada. The Polar ice cap is 653,000 sq. miles – the size of Texas. They are all over it. They may seem “sparse” but they are just spread out.
Report Post »steve4u55
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:36pmHa, Have you seen the McDonalds commercial. LOL Bears goin out for fast food. I liked the part about getting the last fry. Rush you and Mark Stine are the two funniest guy on thr radio.
Report Post »TwoMinuteMan
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:35pmWhat a LIE. That polar bear was WAY under scaled when he “hugged” the man. I’ve been to Cabelas in Hamburg, Pa. and they have a stuffed polar bear there. The thing is about 12′ tall when standing.
But Rush was wrong. If you see one that close to you there really isn’t anything you can do. A mature polar bear can haul a 1 ton seal or small whale out of the water and onto the ice to eat it and can run down any thing it’s close to.
Report Post »wheresmystick
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:09pmIn the unlikely event that a Polar Bear shows up in my driveway (more likely than a liberal who pays his taxes) there‘s a good chance I’d have a stuffed bear myself.
Report Post »baldwin4freedom
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:35pmI seen this commercial yesterday. I just rolled my eyes. Whatever.
This is what is actually important about this subject. Going green is expensive on the consumer and the tax payer. There will be a day when electric vehicles will become cost effective as technology furthers, but that technology is not here yet. It would take rich people to be the test buyers for this technology, but the government is giving tax credits and such B.S. to entice and shame the average consumer into buying these cars. These cars are not cost effective.
Just like selling or trading a vehicle that gets 18 miles per gallon that you do not owe money on to get a vehicle that gets 30 miles per gallon. Driving 15,000 miles a year a person will only save $ 1,000 a year. That sounds good until you make your loan payment of 250 dollars a month. You just went in the hole $ 2,000 in one year. Enough said!
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:49pmA H2 Hummer is more environmentally friendly than a Prius when you take into account industrial costs and lifespan. When you take into account all the energy used to build a Prius and the environmental impact of producing batteries for a Prius, there is no comparison. It’s the “inconvenient truth” the environmentalists don’t want you to know about.
Report Post »sabichan
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 12:36pmI don’t really think there will be a time that they will be economically viable either. People have been pushing electric cars since 1918. The problem is that the only reason a car like the Leaf can be “affordable” is due to government subsidies. http://autonews.gasgoo.com/global-news/nissan-says-needs-5-years-of-subsidies-for-evs-100728.shtml
It’s pretty simple just to say, gasahol has over 60 times the energy density of the best Lithium-ion battery (which is why the Leaf can only go 100 miles). But that overlooks a few things with recycling and recharging the battery.
The biggest issue, in my opinion, is the US has surprisingly little Lithium reserves. We rank 6th in the world for Lithium reserve base, and the US reserve base pales in comparison to the first and second, Bolivia and Chile respectively. South America hold 80% of the world’s know Lithium. http://evworld.com/library/lithium_shortage.pdf
I don’t understand how people are behind getting off oil, to jump to a mineral that is in much shorter supply and is much less present in the US. Reduce our foreign dependence on oil, and replace it with foreign dependence on Lithium!
Report Post »sabichan
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 12:38pm@Vegasguy, do you have a link to where you saw that? I’d like to be able to read up on that. I think that’s a great argument if true.
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 2:09pmSABICHAN, here is the supporting article from the op-ed section of our paper. Look for the paragraph that starts out saying, “Meantime, let us contemplate the CNW Marketing Research report ‘Dust to Dust: The Energy Cost of New Vehicles From Concept to Disposal,’ which concludes the gas-guzzling Hummer is more ‘environmental friendly’ than another familiar electric vehicle, the hybrid electric Prius.” The topic is covered in the next few paragraphs.
Story is here in the Las Vegas Review Journal by Vin Suprynowicz:
Report Post »http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/electric-cars-and-the–clean-energy–myth-98696104.html
Rev. WC
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:32pmI think a Polar Bear Burger with my new Fur Coat works!
Report Post »Kataklysmic
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:30pmA tool and his money are soon parted.
Report Post »RojBlake
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:30pmI gotta say it, I’d buy the leaf long before I bought a Volt, & the price tag is only part of the reason.
Report Post »Damage6
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:27pmIf you do find yourself in that situation I also wouldn’t suggest jumping in the teenee clown car either. Dispite their clumsy appearance bears are astonishingly quick and agile and could open up that little roller skate as easily as you or I could open a bag of chips.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 6:30amAs the Polar Bear says….ooooo loookey!! A box of crackerjacks with a prize inside!!!
You know, why do we even need Polar Bears? Maybe use them as an alternative source of energy, I am sure when you got all that fat and hair burning it would make a nifty fire…Think of it…One bear could heat one home for 3 days!!
Report Post »FoundersKeeperUSA
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:25pmI almost smashed my remote through my flat screen when i saw this commerical.The nerve of these people to still try to push this kind of propaganda is rediculous.Global warming is not happening the way liberals and tree huggers want you to belive i think we all found that out for sure this year.Thing is Nissan has to try to appeal to that demographic to sell that ugly crappy car.Sad part is its about 10,000 less than the “green” Chevy Volt Obama has pushed GM to make.How do think thats gunna work out for GM and Obama?Im thinkin not good.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 7:10amIt’s frickin ridiculous. I’m tired of the left wing agenda.
Report Post »liesnomore
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:23pmYes and Obama Motors will get Al Gore to look like he is just returning from his latest planting of saplings in Indonesia to give the purchaser of the Chevy Volt a hug
Report Post »BernieKittyCat
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 10:25pmShe‘ll be a massage therapist with her table strapped to the roof of her car because it won’t fit inside! “My 2nd chakra needed to be cleared.” I could listen to Pat as Gore ALL THE TIME!
Report Post »Bengal68
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:21pmClever ad. I’m sure it will attract a few potential buyers.. I;m not one however :-)
Report Post »RojBlake
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:20pmOK, I don’t buy man made global warming, I know that the polar ice caps are actually getting thicker; but this commercial is just flat-out cute…& don’t ask me, ask my daughters.
Also, I believe that alternate sources of energy are a good thing, fresh ideas & innovation is always healthy, I just don’t think that the government should subsidise & force the issue.
Report Post »BernieKittyCat
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 10:20pmIt alternative forms of energy were viable and profitable we would already be using them. My dad taught me that 25+ years ago!
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 11:27pmRoj, I do hope that you’re being a responsible parent and telling your little girls that the idea that the commercial is based on is just a pack of lies. Yes, the commercial is cute on it’s face. But CUTE LIES ARE STILL LIES.
Report Post »RojBlake
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 11:43pmActually, my daughters are well aware that global warming is bunk. We are also aware that at the moment alternative energy is not a viable alternative to more standard forms of energy, but it is becoming viable as a supplemental energy source (a good start) that might ease some of the burden on the national grid & help reduce energy bills…also a good thing.
As I said, I like the IDEA of alternative energy, as a choice…not a mandate.
Report Post »Stupid Windmill
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 12:55amhttp://www.skepticalscience.com/antarctica-gaining-ice.htm
No.
Report Post »Povertywithaview
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:16pmNow that’s funny! Thanks Rush :)
Report Post »Contrarian51
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:16pm“My friends, don’t ever try to hug a polar bear. You will die. A polar bear will rip your head off. If a polar bear shows up in your driveway, run for the hills — or don’t leave your house. Do not go out there and let it hug you.”
Wow. Who knew?
Report Post »redneck
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:39pmAs with Islamic terrorist, those who support Islamic terrorist, and those who fail to denounce people and groups who are Islamic terrorist.
Report Post »kotchadog
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:56pmHow true, how true.
Report Post »Scootin_Fool
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:11pmI don’t know what polar bears taste like, but I do know that if an Eskimo offers you polar bear liver, they are trying to kill you.
Because of their fishy diets, their liver contains so much vitamin A that it is toxic to humans.
Report Post »mrk5panzer
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:15pmEnough said! Why do the tree huggers always play the Goble warming card?
Report Post »bookhound63
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:42pmI just wonder what Volt buyers will think when their electric bill doubles because they have to “plug the car in” every night. Idiots!
uneedmorekoolaid
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:46pmCome to think of it I love when these hippies call us tow truck drivers, driving big 6-8mpg gas guzzlers to tow there crappy little cars when they get blown over by a butterfly flapping their wings!! white bears do seem nicer then black bears just saying, wonder if the lady screaming about the non african american named hurricanes is going to complain there wasn’t a black bear interviewed for this commmerical! Wonder how this white bear got the job? he must be one of van jones’ buddies.
Report Post »PeterBreitholtz
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 10:05pmColorless green ideas sleep furiously.
Report Post »~Noam Chomsky
C.H.A.O.S.
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 11:25pmROTFLMAO!
Oh, my! That hurt. Well done.
Report Post »srdem65
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 11:45pmDoes the polar bear know how much energy it takes to produce electricity? Does he care or is he just really hungry when he sees the *big white hairless seal climb out of the metal can with wheels*?
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 12:25amOne showing up in my driveway= new bear rug for the man cave.
Report Post »Jeff in Miami
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 6:00amWhat ever you do, don’t eat Polar Bear Liver, it will kill you. The toxins in their liver will make you very sick and can eventually kill you. The only tidbit I remember from artic training while working for an oil company.
Report Post »Trad
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 7:52amPersonally I think more of these hippies and global warming eejits need to seek out polar bears to hug, Might make the world a better place by weeding out the lemmings.
Report Post »danglingbags
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 8:28amOnly thing Rush is buying is more oxycotin.
Freelancer
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 11:16amThe law of unintended consequences….. Thanks to Cash for Clunkers and the pushing of this less than adequate technology, my 2000 Jeep inline 6 gas guzzler is now worth three times what it was last year. My 1999 Olds SUV is worth twice as much as it was. Keep it up and I‘ll turn a huge profit by the time I’m ready to upgrade to a Hummer.
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