{"id":1727538,"date":"2022-11-07T06:15:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T11:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1727538"},"modified":"2022-11-07T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T14:08:00","slug":"cringeworthy-2016-john-fetterman-ad-resurfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cringeworthy-2016-john-fetterman-ad-resurfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Cringeworthy 2016 John Fetterman Ad Resurfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcringeworthy-2016-john-fetterman-ad-resurfaces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1727538&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/473915be-6211-434a-b266-14879500ed23-1110x740-1.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s getting weird out there. A campaign ad was released for John Fetterman but, as it turns out, it is an ad that has resurfaced from 2016. The ad is a parody of a classic Coke commercial with legendary football player Mean Joe Greene.<\/p>\n<p>Those of us of a certain age remember the original ad. The Pittsburgh Steelers player, in the 1979 ad, is seen hobbling down a stadium tunnel and he\u2019s being followed by a young boy. The boy tells Greene that he\u2019s the \u201cbest ever\u201d and offers Greene his bottle of Coke. It was a sweet ad at the time. In contrast, during Fetterman\u2019s 2016 run for the Senate, his campaign cut an ad that was a parody and shows Fetterman also hobbling away as a young boy stops him, drinking a bottle of Coke.<\/p>\n<p>The ad is unfortunate at this time as Fetterman\u2019s gait is a part of the ad. As we know, Fetterman suffered a serious stroke a few months ago and his health is under scrutiny, as it should be, as he continues to run for office. You can tell the ad isn\u2019t current by how Fetterman is speaking to the boy. He\u2019s clear and he doesn\u2019t hesitate as he struggles to find the right words, as he now does. In other words, he appears normal, as he did pre-stroke.<\/p>\n<p>A reporter for the Washington Post blames Republicans for the ad resurfacing at this time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Some Republicans in PA and elsewhere resurfaced a 6-year-old Fetterman ad, apparently not knowing it was an homage to a famous Coke ad from the 70s featuring &#8220;Mean&#8221; Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>Here they are, side-by-side.<br \/>\nFetterman&#8217;s is 90 seconds, Greene&#8217;s is 30. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aYraBD1pH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/aYraBD1pH6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Azi\u2122\ufe0f (@Azi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Azi\/status\/1588625204468514817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Azi\/status\/1588625204468514817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Needless to say, there was a lot of confusion when the ad surfaced on Twitter. Some people didn\u2019t understand the context. Some were just confused by the purpose of the ad. It is also creating some controversy because an old Coke jingle plays in the background. That brought about questions of whether or not Coke is officially endorsing Fetterman in the Pennsylvania Senate race. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/resurfaced-john-fetterman-mean-joe-greene-inspired-ad-viewed-2m-times\/ar-AA13L3DK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What a mess<\/a>. Oz\u2019s campaign weighed in on it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fetterman\u2019s tribute started catching attention when the ad was reposted on Thursday by Kyle Martinsen, a rapid response director at the Republican National Convention in Washington, D.C. Martinsen tweeted along with the video, \u201cWHAT ON EARTH is this Fetterman ad\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martinsen\u2019s video, which received over 2 million views as of Friday evening, was later given context by readers connecting Fetterman\u2019s ad to the original.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s old advertisement, while not intended to be used during his tight 2022 Senate run against Republican nominee Mehmet Oz, also received criticism from Oz\u2019s senior communications advisor Rachel Tripp, who reposted the video saying that viewers \u201cdidn\u2019t get\u201d the reference.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fetterman team: People will get the reference, right? Yeah, they\u2019ll definitely get it! \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>*Narrator*: People didn\u2019t get it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xbYeDUegUy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/xbYeDUegUy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rachel Tripp (@retripp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/retripp\/status\/1588406317601140736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/retripp\/status\/1588406317601140736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I would say that many of the viewers \u2013 there had been two million views by Friday \u2013 do understand the context but it\u2019s confusing. It\u2019s confusing because, without realizing it is an old ad, it appears the Fetterman campaign released an ad that compares Fetterman to an NFL athlete. It\u2019s not any athlete, either, it\u2019s a Hall of Famer who played for Pittsburgh. Why would a man who has suffered a stroke and is still recovering from it, both physically and mentally, wish to make such a comparison now? It\u2019s just weird all the way around.<\/p>\n<p>If the ad was released by Republicans, I\u2019d say that surely there are other ads to use to show his weakness as a candidate. This looks like a lazy misfire that is being turned back on the GOP. With just a couple of days to go before Election Day and this race being one of the really tight toss-up races that may determine the majority in the Senate, this is no time to make careless mistakes. This just seems like an unforced error.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the ad didn\u2019t work out so well for Fetterman in 2016. He didn\u2019t become Pennsylvania\u2019s senator that year. Let\u2019s hope he doesn\u2019t win this time around, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s getting weird out there. A campaign ad was released for John Fetterman but, as it turns out, it is an ad that has resurfaced from 2016. 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