Pro Life Commercial to air during Superbowl (comments on other commercials...)
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I don't recall ever seeing a "political" ad during the Superbowl, but the focus of the message certainly fits....
The Associated Press reported this week that the ad’s theme will be “Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life,” with Pam Tebow sharing the story of her difficult 1987 pregnancy -- instead of getting an abortion she decided to give birth to Tebow, the now-famous quarterback who went on to become a Heisman Trophy winner, leading the Gators to two BCS wins.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/campuschatter/2010/01/univ-of-florida-anticipat...
Peter King, Sports Illustrated's Monday Morning Quarterback on Tebow, and his dedication to the pro-life cause:
"That's always going to be a part of who I am, and I won't try to hide it,'' Tebow told me from Nashville, where he was working out with Bratkowski, the former Packer quarterback and longtime NFL assistant coach. "A team that doesn't want that shouldn't take me. Pro-life is very important to me... "
Impressive kid, and there are legions of them as evident in crowds of (mostly) students who showed up in Washington last week for the 37th March for Life - Students for Life was well represented and sold out their conference with an enthusiastic response from students across the country:
“The overwhelming response of students to this year’s conference is very exciting,” said Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life of America. “Recent polls have indicated that more and more Americans are identifying themselves as pro-life and the number of students we have attending the conference this year only reinforces the sentiments many of us hold in the pro-life movement - that the nation is waking up...”
Game change, ladies and gentlemen, - American youth are increasingly pro-life - as they like to say, they are the pro-life generation.
I sometimes wonder if the womens rights groups are upset
Feminists? Upset?
As the old joke goes, "THAT'S NOT FUNNY!"
quote from above: American youth are increasingly pro-life - as they like to say, they are the pro-life generation.
I hope they would be, 40,000,000+ of their generation has been decimated by abortion.
Associated Press 1/27/10:
CBS continues to draw heat for its decision to allow a Super Bowl ad funded by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family.
CBS says it has received numerous e-mails -- critical and supportive -- since a coalition of women's groups began a protest campaign Monday against the ad. It says it will accept other advocacy ads if they are "responsibly produced."
Not sure why these womens groups have their knickers in a twist, I thought they were about a women's right to choose. Unless they have another agenda...
I am curious how this affects Tebow financially. The higher one is picked in the NFL draft, the more money involved. There are a few football skills issues which could already drop him out of the first round (like yesterday's constant fumbles off the center during Senior Bowl practices) but might some owners be too cautious about offending a segment of customers and pass on him? Usually, an established pro later in a career comes out politically as did Curt Shilling, but this is one of the first times a collegian awaiting a chance to turn pro has come out in public other than in support of a parent (as did Boston College basketball player Ayla Brown for her father's Senate campaign.)
Tebow may owe his fame and future earnings to football, but he owes his life to his mother and her decision - against the advice of medical doctors - not to end his life. It seems as though he has his priorities in order.
I've only seen clips of The View over time (mostly Rosie whining about Elizabeth a while back) but one of the liberal banshees apparently said this today...."(Tebow) could have become a rapist pedophile..."
The DOLLS at NOW take a hit from, Sally Jenkins, in today's Washington Post"
I'm pro-choice, and Tebow clearly is not. But based on what I've heard in the past week, I'll take his side against the group-think, elitism and condescension of the "National Organization of Fewer and Fewer Women All The Time." For one thing, Tebow seems smarter than they do.
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR201002...
American youth are increasingly pro-life - as they like to say, they are the pro-life generation.
They've doubtless all seen 4-D sonograms. It's pretty hard to deny that in week 10, while the brain is developing and he begins to kick his feet, a baby is indeed a tiny human. Or that between weeks 10 and 12 -- both within the first trimester -- Doppler can pick up the baby's heartbeat and that all of his/her major organs and systems are completely developed. .
The View is still on the air ??? LOL..I can see why the NAGS (National Association of Gals) have got their panties in a bunch...CBS is supposed to be in their pocket and college kids that made it thru without being brainwashed...Good Lord what is the world coming to....I don't think this will hurt his pro career...Role models are few and far between now a days....Besides there are to many teams that need a QB....
While I'm on the opposite side from Tebow, whoever he is, if the network is selling ads and he's buying, what's the big deal? If the Pro Choice people are so worked up about it, they should buy some air time as well. If nothing else, it would show us if CBS really is sincere about accepting these types of ads.
Think of all the free advertising they have gotten and the ad has not even run. It does highlight the hypocrisy of the Pro-choice folks, Tebow 's mom made a choice.
I have no problem with the airing of the commercial. I am Pro-Choice. I support any woman who carries a pregnancy to term. And I hold in the highest honor, anybody that can do a truly good job of parenting..for that is where the rubber meets the road ( pardon the pun !!! ).
I'm actually very surprised that CBS is going to air this ad... it will enrage the women's libbers (NOW), pro-abortion advocates (NARAL, NAF, Planned Parenthood, et al), atheists, Joy Behar AND Chris Matthews! The AUDACITY!!! This controversy reminds me of the stir last year around PETA's banned soft-porn "Veggie Love" ad... in that case, though, there was a legitimate concern about prurient indecency but none of those previously listed groups became enraged when the ad was proposed, only when it was banned... Apparently, they save their vitriole for pro-family, pro-life, pro-decency groups like Focus on the Family. CBS has my appreciation for defying the pressure and daring to promote family values, even if it is only for 30 seconds.
Welcome to AMG Justamainah. After looking at the headline on Drudge it seems like CBS is glad to have the money. And Focus on the Family got free advertising.
It's a free market, and the First Amendment applies to both sides of any issue. I see no problem with the ads.
ps - I fully expect to see the same response from the pro-life crowd when a Planned Parenthood ad shows up on the Super Bowl, or another big sports game.
While I'm on the opposite side from Tebow, whoever he is,
lol.
Bob you didn't see that ad, you don't know who the Tebows are - but you just KNOW you are on the opposite side of them.
lol.
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Mr. Grumpypants, if Mr. Tebow is producing a"Pro-Life" commercial, I can safely assume we're on opposite sides of this issue.
Bob - You are too kind - LOL
Mr. Grumpypants, if Mr. Tebow is producing a"Pro-Life" commercial, I can safely assume we're on opposite sides of this issue.
Brilliant reposte!
lol.
It's a free market, and the First Amendment applies to both sides of any issue. I see no problem with the ads.
While it is true that the First Amendment applies to all, I don't think it's a consideration where network television is concerned. They are free to air or not air anything they want to, as long as it is not illegal.
Michelle is right. (!) But CBS would be in a tough spot IF they refused to air an opposing view, I think. Another slippery slope!
I thought it was a pro choice ad and now because Tebow's mom chose life it becomes a pro life ad. How about instead of pro life and pro choice we call it like it is pro abortion and pro life, less gray area.
Planned parenthood made a "counter-ad" using two pro athelets see video here.
I think they are trying to appeal to men, by having men talk about how they are pro-abortion.
Watching it, though, it had the OPPOSITE effect to me.
When I think of men who are pro-abortion, I think of John Edwards:
Obama, Edwards Blast Abortion Ruling by Court
With John Edwards, though, his support of abortion wasn't just hypothetical:
Ex-Aide: John Edwards Made Sex Tape, Pushed for Abortion
Ann Coulter addressed this phenomenon:
Seventy-two percent of women and 58 percent of men said they thought abortion should be illegal after the first trimester. (Among men currently listed on NBA rosters, the figure was even lower.)
Note that men in the poll were more supportive of abortion than women, which is perfectly in keeping with the pro-abortion orthodoxy that men should have no say in this matter, unless they're saying "yes, dear." Once again, NARAL and I are in agreement! It's a "woman's issue"; could you men please just butt out?
WHERE'S THAT RELIGIOUS FANATIC WE ELECTED?
Why do more men that women support abortion? Coulter muses:
"On the basis of casual observation, single men between the ages of eighteen and thirty are strongly supportive of a woman's right to have irresponsible, casual sex with them" (Godless, p. 83)
How about instead of pro life and pro choice we call it like it is pro abortion and pro life, less gray area.
We were having this discussion in the other thread- on the labels and what they represent, but I think the pro-choice label indicates a view in which an individual’s right to choose trumps another’s right to life. The ethos of the egoist.
In other words - the problem with the term "pro-choice" is that the baby, or the father, for that matter, doesn't have any choice under that scheme.
It's misleading.
Well, yes, but that's the slippery thing about equality rights - some are more equal than others.
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The…television networks have…declined to air polarizing advocacy ads. In 2004, CBS…rejected an ad by the United Church of Christ, welcoming gays and others who may have felt snubbed by conservative churches. At the time, CBS was criticized.
"There is nothing political or controversial about the spot. It's a personal story about the love between a mother and son," Schneeberger said.
A national coalition of women's groups is calling on CBS not to air the ad.
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I saw this tonight on channel 8 tonight. It is kind of like a change of policy at CBS has taken place. First they didn't want to run political type issue based commercials 5 years ago and now they see nothing wrong with it, especially when you look at all the health care blitz advertising we have been bombarded with over the last year. I sometimes wonder if the womens rights groups are upset because they have no time or no idea how idea how to react to this ad.