{"id":2611508,"date":"2026-06-06T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-it-would-never-air-today-cokes-pro-america-commercial-from-the-bicentennial-captures-the-america-leftists-are-working-to-destroy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:42:44","slug":"video-it-would-never-air-today-cokes-pro-america-commercial-from-the-bicentennial-captures-the-america-leftists-are-working-to-destroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-it-would-never-air-today-cokes-pro-america-commercial-from-the-bicentennial-captures-the-america-leftists-are-working-to-destroy\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: It Would Never Air Today &#8211; Coke\u2019s Pro-America Commercial from the Bicentennial Captures the America Leftists Are Working to Destroy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/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%2Fvideo-it-would-never-air-today-cokes-pro-america-commercial-from-the-bicentennial-captures-the-america-leftists-are-working-to-destroy%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=2611508&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--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-claims-to-have-obtained-scotus-draft-opinion-overturning-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"POLITICO Claims To Have Obtained SCOTUS Draft Opinion Overturning Roe v. W...e\">passage argues<\/a> that Coca-Cola\u2019s patriotic advertising for the American bicentennial (1976) embraced customary, broadly shared symbols-flags, bands, founding figures, and small-town Americana-creating an \u201call-in\u201d patriotic message. It contrasts this with what the author sees as modern Coca-Cola\u2019s America250 materials, claiming they look more like generic, socially themed, and less traditional patriotism (with a soundtrack and visuals aimed at contemporary tastes).  <\/p>\n<p>The author\u2019s broader point is that advertising always tries to sell by aligning products with whatever values or assumptions people are already inclined to accept, and that today\u2019s version reflects a more modern, divided interpretation of \u201cunity\u201d rather then constitutional, self-governing patriotism. The piece concludes by suggesting this approach might potentially be inevitable and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-withdrawal-leaves-navy-vet-in-talibans-hands\/\" title=\"Biden Withdrawal Leaves Navy Vet in Taliban\u2019s Hands\">urges readers<\/a> to favor an America that isn\u2019t divided and self-destructive.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>This July 4, our nation will celebrate 250 years of independence. For some individuals and entities, this is bad news, as a guy they don\u2019t like occupies the White House.<\/p>\n<p>This state of affairs shouldn\u2019t be unusual. After all, when America celebrated its bicentennial, we were two years removed from Richard Nixon\u2019s nomination, with the ceremonies presided over by the man who pardoned him, Gerald Ford. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meet-vietnam-veteran-grandpa-gone-viral-ruthlessly-sniping-enemy-players-battlefield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vietnam<\/a> had just come to its very protracted end. I would assume there were plenty of angry libs back then, too.<\/p>\n<p>What a difference that 50 years makes, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>In 1976, America\u2019s bicentennial was made possible by our d patriotism \u2014 Republican, Democrat, independent, whoever. As long as you weren\u2019t in Weather Underground, you were probably feeling good about America, even if cracks in our social edifice were evident.<\/p>\n<p>Advertising back then reflected that, too. Consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/coca-cola-reveals-commemorative-inaugural-diet-coke-ceo-gifts-trump-first-bottle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coca-Cola\u2019s<\/a> advertisement for the bicentennial, something that would never be made today.<\/p>\n<p>You can almost feel the patriotism coursing through your veins:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title='1976 Coca-Cola Commercial \"Bicentennial\"' width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lWk8e0xUu7w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Okay, so I don\u2019t think Paul Revere started out his ride by drinking a Coke \u2014 it wasn\u2019t invented yet, and the ride started at night \u2014 but that kind of anachronism connecting the American revolution to 200 years of Americana as a throughline for the ad is enough to bring a tear to your eye.<\/p>\n<p>Were conditions in America perfect at the time? Naturally, no. But it\u2019s not as if Coke was manufacturing fake patriotism.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, advertising exists for one purpose: to sell something to you based on the values, predispositions, or pure consumer urges you currently hold by convincing you that the product will fulfill those and then some.<\/p>\n<p>Coke\u2019s message in 1976? Marching bands, the founding fathers, flags everywhere, small-town America exemplified.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Coke\u2019s execs didn\u2019t dig in this sort of thing \u2014 they\u2019re the ones who greenlit that hippie-tastic \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1VM2eLhvsSM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I\u2019d Like to Buy the World a Coke<\/a>\u201d ad a few years earlier, obviously \u2014 but they believed <em>you<\/em> did, and they were going to sell you delicious caffeinated goodness under the banner of the red, white, and blue.<\/p>\n<p>This would never air today. I know this because I\u2019ve seen some of their advertising for America\u2019s quarter-millennium celebration, and they apparently think this country is a massive yoga mat with some woke, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >hip modern choir music<\/a> and some screensaver backgrounds:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drink in America | Coca-Cola\u2019s America250 Anthem Film\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l2mDYCmXZVk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Some of it isn\u2019t terrible \u2014 but if that\u2019s the best you can say about something, damning with faint praise is an act of Brobdingnagian understatement. (Or Lilliputian statement, should you so choose.)<\/p>\n<p>What changed? What they think will sell you something. And they\u2019re probably right. If you view America as a country in need of a lot more toxic empathy, a lot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anti-ice-rioters-assault-conservative-force-man-take-off-american-flag-hoodie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">less flag<\/a>, and a bumpin\u2019-but-not-too-bumpin\u2019 soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>These people believe America is an idea, but not one in constitutional self-government: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/talarico-tries-pivot-away-leftism-gaining-party-nomination-statements-certainly-regret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That idea<\/a> is an Upper East Side hot pilates studio\u2019s Instagram feed, which is currently drenched in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-gives-green-light-to-fly-rainbow-flags-at-u-s-embassies-worldwide\/\" title=\"Biden ...min Gives Green Light To Fly Rainbow ... At U.S. Embassies Worldwide\">rainbow flags<\/a> for the month of June before briefly switching over to the Stars and Stripes between July 1-4.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this was all inevitable. Divide through \u201cunity\u201d and you have a recipe for this kind of pap passing as patriotism. We can either accept this, or fight for an America that isn\u2019t divided and self-destructive by default, because we don\u2019t need it to be.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t believe me. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/goodie-bags-vip-inauguration-attendees-got-leaving-diet-coke-bottle-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Believe Coke<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]] = document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display = 'block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display = 'none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src = firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display = 'inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id'] = firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting = jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display = 'none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display = 'block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]] = document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display = 'block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display = 'none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src = firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display = 'inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id'] = firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting = jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display = 'none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display = 'block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independence Day: 250 years-some see it as \u201cbad news\u201d with the White House occupied by someone they dislike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2611509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-2026-06-06T115823.450.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5374,58401,5813,5894,50531],"class_list":["post-2611508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-america","tag-bicentennial","tag-commercials","tag-politics","tag-video-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-2026-06-06T115823.450.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611508"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2611512,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611508\/revisions\/2611512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2611509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}