Absolut Reconquista Update: Coming to a billboard near you?
Scroll down for updates…Photoshop time: How about a fence?
The beverage of open-borders used to be Miller Light. Now, it is Absolut Vodka. The vodka maker’s latest ad redraws the map of North America to please Mexican consumers. (Hat tip – Snapped Shot and Jim Hoft).
Reconquista? What reconquista? Oh, yeah. That reconquista:
I hear McCain campaign advisor Juan Hernandez and Hillary campaign advisor Dolores Huerta both approve.
Bottoms up!
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The “In An Absolut World” ad campaign site is here.
Laura Martinez, who apparently approves, spotted the Absolut open-borders ad in the print edition of Quien magazine.
Contact information for Absolut:
Jeffrey Moran
Director of Public Relations and Events
The Absolut Spirits Company, Inc.
1370 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
USA
Phone, direct: +1 212 641 87 20
E-mail: jeffrey.moran@absolut.com
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The Absolut Reconquista ad is on billboards as well (hat tip – reader Scott):
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Categories: Reconquista
Any time they’re ready to take it, come and get it.
San Francisco city officials confirms this map-
http://numbersusa.com/news?ID=9885
Explain.
They are still living here like 3rd worlders, uneducated and poverty stricken. How exactly are they taking over?
Oops! “…maybe the Fins are just doing a little preemptive anti-American advertising in anticipation of the sale becoming final.”
Well, I don’t drink vodka, but I’m worried about Ireland. If Guinness and Jameson start doing the Absolut thing, I’m in huge trouble. I’ll have to drink Michael Collins Irish whiskey. Tis expensive but with the name of the Big Lad on it, I can trust it….lol
Hey, and while I’m at it, for those of you who care to imbibe, why not switch from vodka to good ol’ KY bourbon? There’s none better bourbon to be had in the world and rest assured, your purchase dollars stay in this country.
By sheer numbers they are taking us over by increasing American citizens taxes to pay for everything they are stealing. Medical sevices, incarceration, welfare, language and JOBS!
Thanks for the list, JS Ragman. Well, at least they don’t own Grey Goose (yet). But Kahlua… I enjoy a good White Russian now and again. /sigh. What a shame… this is the problematic nature of Multinational Corporations. More stuff to boycott, less stuff to enjoy.
I say enjoy some good American wine. There’s plenty to choose from. At least this company doesn’t own too many American wine companies (yet).
From the link above, sorry it’s long but worth the read:
Absolutely smart “past Mexican” and now an American.
#109 shooter; RIGHT ON! Same mindset applies to the black community that still lives in the days of ‘slave trade’. All they have to do is think positive, work hard and let the past go.
Nice post.
I wonder if the Hollyweird left would be in such support of illegal immigration if they thought it meant that La-la land would need to be moved to… Kansas?
No offense to Kansas intended. I just figure the pacific coasters wouldn’t be too thrilled about it.
Think it will do any good?
I don’t drink alcohol anyway, but I hope this really blows up in Absolut’s face. Disgusting.
Sorry buddy, but check out J S Ragman’s post #89. Jameson is owned by the same corporation.
#107 On April 3rd, 2008 at 11:53 am, rooster said:
“On April 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 am, yt1300inHtown said:
They are still living here like 3rd worlders, uneducated and poverty stricken. How exactly are they taking over?
By sheer numbers they are taking us over by increasing American citizens taxes to pay for everything they are stealing. Medical sevices, incarceration, welfare, language and JOBS!”
Exactly, rooster.
You beat me to it.
When I first saw that poster’s question, I thought he might be kidding; I could not believe that he was actually posing that as a real question.
And, I assume he can also vote…*(sigh)*…we are in big trouble, folks.
I just sent off an Email to Mr Moran:
Dear sir,
I am trying to find out all of the products sold which contribute to the financial success of the Pernod Ricard holdings group. I do not believe in doing half measures; instead of just refusing to ever buy Absolut Vodka again I would like to keep ALL of your products out of my life if possible.
I must say, your decision to run such an insulting advertisment has to be one of the finest examples of corporate stupidity I have ever seen. Have fun selling the stuff in Mexico, this is quickly spreading over the entire blogosphere. Where people with brains and money and good jobs like to live. People who like to drink, too. I will enjoy watching your stock values drop.
I had better buy some stock in Rehorst or Turi, i suspect that they will be going up soon.
#109 On April 3rd, 2008 at 11:54 am, shooter said:
“From the link above, sorry it’s long but worth the read:
Fabricio Says:”
Well worth the read, shooter.
Thank you.
And, God bless you, Fabricio, our fellow American!
Here’s what I told Mr. Jeffrey Moron:
Your “reconquista” ad for your mediocre vodka is
an insult to the American Consumers you’re trying to
appeal to. I don’t drink your product because it’s
frankly, not very good; I drink Kettle One. Now, i’ll
go out of my way to appeal to family, friends, and
acquaintances to not buy your product.
It used to be Newspapers that attempted to start wars. Now it is a vodka company.One day this reconquista thing will go to far and Baja will be renamed.
I just left a geography lesson on Jeffery’s phone and told him I will only buy Tito’s or Dripping Springs Vodka from now own. They are good Texas made vodkas. I just read that the Border Patrol is so hard up for candidates that they are now taking anyone, even persons who did not graduate from high school or have an GED. Gov Perry has beefed up the border with more personnel but I wonder where they came from???
Exactly. Remember, folks, we’re talking about the only country on the planet to strike oil and still somehow manage to lose money. That’s no small accomplishment.
Doesn’t work that way, although the notion is tempting. Back in the 1980s, when Western Europe was flirting with the idea of simply rolling over before the Soviet bear, I once said to a friend that we should just let the Russians have the lot of ‘em; but he corrected me by saying, “Yeah, but then the Russkies would whip them into shape and then where would we be?”
In a similar sense but with a different outcome, even if we handed the southwest states over to it Mexico would simply run the whole region into the ground until every major city in “Aztlan” would be indistinguishable from Tijuana.
I’d be willing to wager that whoever originated the phrase, “Good fences make good neighbors” probably lived in close proximity to the border with Mexico.
PBoilermaker #78 let the shrieking begin. Map of New America, Mexico, Canada, and the State of LaRaza.
Aztlan is a mythical place anyway! it never existed.
I get all that but they are still bottom-feeders at 20 million or 200 million.
I am with you JoAnn in VA. I will be buying Rehorst from now on. Great stuff.
coming from a marketing/design perspective (as i usually am), i don’t even get the message of this ad. is it “when i’m drunk, i wish it was the 19th century?” also, this particular vision is nowhere to be found on the campaign site. curious.
Oh.my.dog. I can no longer drink my most beloved, liquid stress remover: Wild Turkey. Good grief. Some effete french outfit bought Wild Turkey. This country is truly going to hell in a handbasket. Know this, my crossover was built in Lansing, and my runabout was built in Bowling Green. My day is ruined. Back to Jack.
P.S. BitBoy, you are the best!!! Seeing that map made less depressed. Could I suggest we extend our southern border to include the Yucatan and my favorite Mexican place, Cozumel island. Great diving, tremendous locals, Chevy dealership. Terrific place.
My friend, this is the United States of America. We are the land of opportunity.
Even bottom feeders can rise to the top of society, but with so many invading our land at once, the opportunities for American citizens to achieve success becomes harder and harder.
I’m grabbing the Harley, my Jack Daniels, and I’m gonna ride! Oh wait, where? Anyway, don’t drink Absolut, but will leave them a comment.
I don’t drink Vodka, but if the “Absolut vision” was: In an Absolut World, Border Jumping Scumbags Would Be Shot, then I might try it.
#109 shooter and #117 granite – I agree completely. The post by Fabricio was the best two paragraphs by a legal Mexican immigrant that I have read. This lady speaks from the heart and is qualified by experience to do so. Born here or not, that lady is a real American. Pity, she will never be invited to be interviewed on MSNBC or PBS.
Absolutely brilliant, shooter. I met a great gal who hailed from Mexico City. I actually met her in a Spanish class that I was taking to finish up my Spanish minor in college. Anyway, she was getting her accounting degree (which her father paid for) and in exchange she agreed to work for her father’s accounting firm.
She used to tell me how much of a hell hole Mexico City really was. It’s run by corrupt cops/politicians and criminals. She told me that was pretty typical in Mexican cities. She felt a lot safer in the States as an international student than going to school in her home country.
It was pretty evident that she didn’t want to go back to Mexico after graduation. However, she had promised her father that she’d work in the family firm. This thread makes me wonder if she ever decided to come to the US legally. She’s talented, bright, and really appreciates the country.
Wherever she is, I hope she’s okay…
This thing stinks about as bad as fermented potatoes!
collinb said:
Since they are a foreign owned company, it’s not treason.
Though don’t we have a policy of no import trade with countries or companies that openly advocate the destruction of our country? As a foreign entity, they don’t have freedom of expression rights here. Customs & Border Protection could give them a headache by inspecting every stinkin’ bottle they try to import. Make them think twice about insulting us again. (Though that would require true leadership of courage with a focus on national border security, something we don’t have with our current administration {and won’t have for another 4 to 8 years}.)
feebiebabe – Ha! But seriously, have you ever accidentally forgotten about the potatoes in the back of the pantry and let them go bad? That is one of the worst smells!
It is VERY tempting to let the conquerers HAVE California, isn’t it? California and Mexico: Perfect Together!
#133 On April 3rd, 2008 at 1:40 pm, emjem24 said:
“Absolutely brilliant, shooter. I met a great gal who hailed from Mexico City. I actually met her in a Spanish class that I was taking to finish up my Spanish minor in college.”
Slightly off-topic:
emjem:
I hope that this Spanish class the student from Mexico was in was an advanced, or at the very, very least, a high-intermediate, Spanish class.
When I was in college, thems were the rules.
In fact, if one were a first-generation- or second(as I am)-generation-born-in-the-U.S. individual who was fluent (as I am) in, or had a good command of one’s parents’ or grandparents’ native language, one would have to enroll in an intermediate or advanced course in that language.
Or, was your friemd helping out as a teaching assistant in the class?
Just curious (but would not be surprised) whether things have changed….
#136 – oh yeah-dont that…and much worse.
i had a friend that spilled milk in my car once and never told me. it was driving me bananas.
(Image of a grown woman in her drive way with her nose to floor boards of her car for 1 week straight…”what is that smell?!”.)
PPPEEEE-UUUUUUUWWWWW
Feebs and Bear,
Good to see you again. It’s not quite the same without you.
CC at #140
Megga ditto’s!
Yikes! I think you win.
Actually, no. It was Spanish Literature. Yes, this was an advanced class (since it had prerequisites).
I’m not sure if there were any specific rules per se in regards to Spanish language classes. You definitely had to take classes (prerequisites) to register for the class I just mentioned. So, you may be correct.
My friend wasn’t a TA for the class. She really loved Spanish literature plus she was taking it to graduate. Now, I don’t know if she TA’d for the Spanish language classes.
I had just come back from Spain the semester before (I did a study abroad program over there) but my mastery of Spanish was still not as good as hers. Needless to say, she had a lot more language fluency in that class than I did. Her English was just as perfect as well.
Feebs and RR,
Whatever you do, don’t ever agree to take your mother shopping after she tells you that she wants to purchase a bushel of crabs. Me, not thinking, agreed to take her to pick them up. Well, what I didn’t think about was where that bushel was going to go after she bought them… they ended up in the trunk of my car and it was a nice summer day. The trip from the market to her home wasn’t that far but the stench the crabs left was wretched. At any rate, I dropped her and her crabs off (ok, that doesn’t sound right!)and I went visit to my boyfriend… I didn’t realize that the stench was in my clothing as well!!! My boyfriend gave me a look that prompted me to explain straight away where that smell was eminating from. Never, ever take mom to pick up a bushel of crabs.
#143 emjem24:
Gotcha!
Yep, language literature classes are considered advanced.
Took one as my fifth semester in German (not the language I’m fluent in) way back.
Thanks.
I agree with Zorro…Turi is SO much better than Absolut. Those Estonians really know how to make Vodka!
iowavette #128, wow you want the whole thing. The Yucatan/Cozumel Island were set aside after the New America Mexican war as a Mexican employment base. You know, hotel/motel use maintenance, restaurant services, rich folk’s nannies, yard maintenance, mid night auto export/imports, undocumented pharmaceutics, and new construction. The kind of jobs American’s won’t do.
LaRaza now has it’s own home land doing jobs Cuban won’t do. They miss American free medical, schooling, and welfare. They had to learn Spanish. Cuba’s native language.
Yucatan/Cozumel fly fishing.
Someone needs to put the fear of G_d in these people and fast! I’m really not sure our government would do anything even if the Mexican army rolls across the border in force. Please don’t tell me this is not a conspiracy. Nobody can be so stupid as to indulge and tolerate this slow bleed takover unless it was the desired result! The reason these people thumb their noses at us is because they must know something the rest of us dumb schmucks don’t.
Yo shooter #109, I’m way back here applauding your I’m an American testitomial. Thanks for sharing
30 pcs and feebiebabe –
Wow! Did you ever see that episode of Seinfeld with the stench in the car that was so bad, it made everyone who entered the car stink?
That looks like all of nine states plus most of Idaho and the Oklahoma panhandle. Was it Mexico or Spain when the border was that far into the present-day United States? I guess they’re saying if you wish all of this belonged to Mexico, then buy our product! I think I’ll forgo the pleasure of drinking their product.
ROFL…and he couldnt sell it.
“The Entity” – oh, how could i forget. It turned out to be Kramer’s blood donation. ha!
That’s right, Bruce. The U.S. has no need for the products made by Northrup Grumman or Raytheon or McDonnell Douglas or …
I can’t imagine the Mexican military successfully taking San Diego, let alone making it up to Orange County.
#114
yeah I saw that. So no Jameson, Michael Collins its you and me, lad!
They couldn’t possibly pay for all this publicity.
Here’s my email to Jeffery Moran:
Mr. Moran,
You’d better hope Absolut’s “Reconquista” ads generate a lot of sales in Mexico, because you’re done in the U.S. I’ll never purchase Absolut or any other Pernod Ricard product. Ever. I look forward to the day when Absolut is bankrupt and all you assholes are unemployed.
Sincerely,
Not a big vodka drinker but that’s it; Absolute is ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN. Doesn’t look like any of their other products are anything I can’t live without. I’ll keep a weather eye on the distillers of sweet, brown, lovely bourbons though I doubt those guys are likely to do something like this.
Not to worry, we’re well armed and ready for them in The OC. Only problem being that we have Mexico 2 (whoops, I mean LA) to the North of us so we are surrounded. But as you mentioned, I trust the good folks in SD to take care of things and we’ll back them up. Lord knows Bush would never order the military to defend our border.
How in the hell is antics like this advertising meant to bring Americans together. American socialist who never cease to advocate multiculturalism in the name of solidarity always undertake policies that do the opposite.
1. They should have stuck with the bottle ads, they were working. Ironically they see growth in the US market, I have to assume from illegals.
2. it is now clear why they could not achieve success with Stoylinchia (which they have had to divest) I see Harvard Business Review writing about this debacle in few years. “How to destroy a brand in one fell swoop”. It seems clear that Pernod is filled with idiots.
3. Will Absolut do an ad in Spain showing Mexico as part of Spain? Also when will they do an ad that shows Japan, the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Turkey, Iraq, Africa (the continent), and all the WW2 countries) as belonging the the USA? Not holding my breath.
4. and most importantly: As a Texan whose fore-fathers died in the fight against Santa Anna I am outraged, disgusted, and angry. These bastards just walked across the graves of my family and pi**ed on them. All so they could sell another bottle of Vodka. I thought Europeans were sensitive and loving. What a crock.
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
Jiobaobubai #159, we got your back down here San Diego way (and there are ALOT of us); this ain’t Gavin Newsom territory even tho the San Diego City Council would like you to believe it is.
Pity Jeffrey Moran…his e-mail should crash in 3…2…1
BOYCOTT
If I see Absolut behind a bar I will politely tell them I will return when the Absolut is removed.
That’s why San Diego is one of my two favorite cities in the world. I know from what I hear from the members of one of my Mustang groups in North County that they are not putting up with it.
I think the nice folks at MCRD San Diego would let the Recruits have some live fire experience if the Mexican military decided to do something stupid like that.