In Response to Rebecca...

At the end of her post Rebecca posed this question, Do you think this commercial was political? If so, do you think it should have been allowed to be aired during the Superbowl?

I watched this ad and have to agree that it is a political commercial. Although it may of not settled with watchers well, the message was strong. I felt this commercial was trying to keep in mind our current economy and that things will get better. Clint Eastwood spoke in this ad, and I felt he was trying to inspire the average american to make changes to better their own lives, and economic well being.  He brings up the term halftime, which relates to our current lives being at a stand still. And I felt from the commerical it was saying we are capable of doing two things. One we could keep going the way we are going and dig ourselves more into debt, depression and chaos. Or second change the way we are living and fix it.

On the other hand however, its hard to ignore that this commerical was always tied back to car company and that I'm sure corporate funding and ideas had a say in this ad. Not to say that it's always a bad thing, but it can create a lot of commerical and ads to be biased and to almost "brainwash" consumers giving them the wrong message.

I absolutely think this commerical should be allowed to air during the Superbowl. The television itself is a popular distraction from our worries of everyday life. On the Superbowl instead of getting sucked into funny dog commercials, drinking beer and yelling at the television, we take a step back and actually see the world we are living in. Regardless of who won the Superbowl or much money you placed on a team to win tommorow we still face all these problems in our society. Commercials like this should be allowed because they bring people back to reality and the actual problems we face. It's a commerical that doesn't prompt consumerism because buying that new car can't bring the economy back.

Do you think that commercials and other distractions are shielding people from all the problems our country is facing? If so, who is at fault??