A toast to Skyy Vodka, the beverage of anti-reconquistas
Check this out. SKYY Vodka responds to Absolut’s reconquista ad campaign:
SKYY® Vodka, Made in the USA, Proudly Supports Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
America’s Most-Popular Domestic Vodka Decries Absolut® Vodka’s Suggestion to Redraw North American Map
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican-America War (1846-1848). With the signing of this treaty, the United States gained control of what was to become the Golden West, including California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and parts of Colorado and New Mexico. Today, SKYY® Vodka, the number-one vodka produced in the United States, spoke out against suggestions by Absolut® Vodka to disregard that treaty, as well as the joining of Texas to the Union in 1845, as depicted in Absolut’s recent advertising.
“Like SKYY Vodka, the residents of states like California, Texas and Arizona are exceptionally proud of the fact that they are from the United States of America,” said Dave Karraker, SKYY Vodka. “To imply that they might be interested in changing their mailing addresses, as our competitor seems to be suggesting in their advertising, is a bit presumptuous.”
In the ad, an “Absolut World” is depicted where the map of North America is re-drawn with Mexico claiming much of the Western United States, negating the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, as well as the Gadsden Purchase (1853), and the independence of Texas (1836).
“Don’t get me started on the Gadsden Purchase,” continues Karraker. “I think the folks in Tucson and Yuma would be rubbed the wrong way if they hear this landmark deal was somehow nullified as suggested by Absolut, a Swedish-owned brand.”
SKYY Vodka was founded in San Francisco in 1992 and continues to be produced in the United States. Premium SKYY Vodka is made from American grain carefully selected from the Midwest and 100% pure filtered water. SKYY’s proprietary four-column distillation and three-step filtration process consistently ensures exceptional quality. SKYY Vodka products include luxury SKYY90® and new SKYY Infusions™, a unique, all-natural infused experience made with premium SKYY Vodka and succulent real fruit.
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Getting a bottle in 10, 9, 8…..
Founded in San Francisco (or “Baghdad by the Bay” as MM would put it), pro-American? How could that be?
posted just in time for Happy Hour…what a way to kick off the weekend!
Wow! A company that understands the history of our Southern border, next time I’m in the Class IV I will pick-up a bottle for the occasions when we entertain. I never have a trouble buying American.
If we made a bowl of punch with Skyy vodka, we know what you would be,
POSTOS.Wow. Life is better in the Air Force. In the Army we had to go to the Class VI to buy vodka.
Ehhhh…that would be Class VI, I think.
Got a little inversion problem with your Roman numerals ????
Hey I have lived here 20 Years (Santa Rosa) and YES there are some conservative here on the Front Lines Fighting for you all….
Cheers to an American company that will publicly refute the politically correct crowd of anti-Americanism and say no to invasion!
(raising glass) God Bless America!
Clever marketing team. Bonuses all around.
Bravo – I’m now a Skyy Guy.
Exactly Neo. Me, I consider quality and price as a consumer when making my buying decisions. Don’t pay much attention to marketing campaigns or political considerations.
Ahhh, the free market
I’ve always been a Smirnoff triple distilled guy……I think I might give Skyy a shot….get it…a shot I crack myself up….
We cannot assume everyone is a brain dead idiot in San Francisco. SKYY may be a isolated bastion of good sense.
Another good example of this is to consider that Jack Daniels bourbon is distilled in a dry county (a holdout from prohibition). Those poor folks can’t legally taste their own product with fear of arrest – yet they perservere there just as SKYY does suppoting our country while surrounded by US-loathing moonbats.
I rarely drink alcohol and when I do it’s in pretty small amounts, but I will be buying a fifth of Skyy tonight to have on hand for guests, and yes, I will have a shot.
God Bless America!
Semper Fidelis!
Cool
Cheers!
that reminds me, I got one chilling in the FReezer.
nothing but Blue SKYY from now on.. (figuratively)
The same Skyy vodka that sponsors the Sundance Film Festival,the Sex and the City movie, OUT Takes Dallas, Sexx and the Skyy nights, SF Gay & Lesbian film festival, Planet Out, LOGO and events at bars during the Folsom St. Fair is now a darling of the Right?
Progress!
I am another San Francisco Bay Area conservative.
We’re not that rare. It’s just that 70% of the people around here are liberals and assume everyone else is, too.
You should see their faces when confronted with the truth. One of my co-workers told me that “everyone” was voting for Obama. I told him I was voting for McCain. He literally screamed at me and asked me to leave his office.
And this is a GOVERNMENT office.
I told him to stuff it and get used to it.
Skyy is fine. (Grey Goose is better and yes, it’s French).
Yup Mookie…pretty funny. If the price is right, buy what you like. Who the hell cares about marketing campaigns and political purity.
Got any info on Grey Goose or Three Olives, Mookie?
I wouldn’t say that Skyy is a “darling” of the right at this point. Having an alternative to Absolut, for some, is a good thing. We all need to do our research. I’m not familiar with all the events you mentioned, but the Folsom St. Fair is troublesome due to some of the “activities” taking place with children present. I don’t object to Sex in the City at all. It’s almost as though you think those of us on the right are opposed to anything that has the word “sex” in it and that just isn’t true.
Yes. Tito’s is better than all of them.
Does it come in Mango, Mookie?
Sadly, no. And Absolut’s Mango vodka was really good, which is a shame.
Never had it. I prefer Three Olives.
I don’t think we have Tito’s in FL, but I will look into it since so many have had great things to say about it.
Mookie,
I don’t know where you live, but we have a Capital Grille here and they have a delicious pineapple infused vodka they sell as a “martini-type” drink called a Stoli-doli. It’s wonderful!
I’ve had it!! Both at Capital Grille and its younger, less snazzy brother, Bugaboo Creek. You’re absolutely right, it’s wonderful. They make another drink that I really like called a Stoli Golden. It’s Vanilla Stoli with golden gingerale and lime. Mmmmm.
Cheers! to Dave Karraker and SKYY Vodka ~ My new favorite brand. Thanks for putting your country first, it will come back to you a thousand fold!
I really think I should stop talking about liquor before I’m branded a lush.
Have a good night, Mookie!
I’ll drink to that!
Same to you, navywife91!
I have heard nothing but good things about this Tito’s vodka. I would try it, but, sadly, it’s still just a vodka.
I like my Basil Hayden’s neat, thanks.
Where is the cynicism? Skyy is doing nothing but playing to the crowd. Kudos to their marketing department. Well-played.
A fermented potato is a fermented potato….blech
I stick to the vino.
I don’t drink alcohol, but I’m willing to buy a bottle just to support this patriotic American company. Plus, the bottle looks cool!
It’s good to see ABSOLUT on the receiving end of an Elton-slapping, but given their target demo, ABSOLUT probably enjoyed it.
Yay, thanks to my history class, I knew what the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was before the article explained it!
Well in November, our country is going to be forced to pick the lesser of the two evil candidates, so why not be forced to pick the lesser of two evil vodkas? At least SKYY is made in the good old U.S. of A.
On second thought, if my choice consists of picking a vodka company who supports illegal aliens running through our streets versus a vodka company who supports horny sex-crazed naked people running through our streets….
The choice is an easy one for me.
Now where did I put my camera?
I think I will just quit drinking anything but Fat Tire Ale. At least until I find out what evils they have perpetrated … but last I heard, they were run by environmentally conscious people but still made a great ale. As long as they can stay out of politics, they can count on me.
SKYY’s now my Vodka of choice, cheers
Sounds like a big strong corn fed vodka! It’s going on my shopping list.
Gentleman Jack and a good CA Pinot Noir are my favorites… OKKKK……
I’ll purchase a bottle of SKYY tomorrow.
a couple of points..
A:
That sounds like good marketing to me..
B: not trying to sound like a wet blanket but why drink at all?
(full disclosure, I did have one beer tonight.. )
I suspect it won’t be long before the protesters start hanging out at SKYY headquarters. There will be demands for a boycott and the city council will introduce resolutions condemning SKYY. It wouldn’t surprise me at all. Actually, the ceding of the Southwest to the U.S., was no big deal for Mexico. They couldn’t control the territory anyway, and there was little economic gain from keeping it, at the time. They just decided it would be a good idea to hand over a big “headache” to the U.S. for some money. They got off pretty light, considering the position they were in, at the time.
I’m not really a vodka drinker, but hell I’ll buy a bottle this weekend simply for the mention of the Gadsden Purchase.
Hooah SKYY Vodka!
If left alone, without Government intervention (and those on the Left), Capitalism works every time. Cheers!
Thanks for the correction TexasTiger. I hate my fat fingers!
Gee, which vodka is in my liquor cabinet right now? Well, Skyy, of course! Good job, Skyy. Good to know some American companies still have pride in their country.
New slogan: In an Absolut world, I’ll be reaching for the Skyy.
Waiting for the photoshop on that one.
An add mans nightmare is a Liberals idea!
Good one! CO2 Producer said,
“In an Absolut world, I’ll be reaching for the Skyy.
Like Mexicanos know anything about Vodka?
Stolichnaya is Vodka.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgjNq-Y8NGk&feature=related
Nuff said here!
As a result of the Absolut fiasco, I went out and bought a bottle of Tito’s Handmade Vodka (made in Austin, TX) to try…Wow! Great stuff. I don’t need no stinkin’ Absolut!
I am disturbed at how this site has become a free agent of liquor advertising. Liquor is one common thread of immorality that is woven through virtually every culture and should not be promoted by so-called “Conservatives.”
Dr. Lead, for your information many anthropologists believe that what started civilization was the desire to cultivate crops that could be used to brew beer and make wine and spirits! That may be one large factor in what made us stop being nomads, and start permanent villages and cities…
Immorality? There is no inherent immorality in a beverage, just like there is no inherent evil in a weapon. Like the t-shirt says, “Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) should be a convenience store, not a Federal agency”.
SKYY is ‘absolut/ly the best.
Makes me happier about the bottle I already had in the freezer
Dr. Lead,
Why is alcohol immoral? There is no prohibition against it in the Bible, only against drunkeness.
Someone has been eating paint chips again.
I favor Colorado Premium Vodka myself, made with real Manitou Springs water and Midwestern grains. My ex-wife’s Finnish friends have tried it, and they’ve said it’s superior to even the Russian vodkas, let alone that Absolut crapola.
Erbo, wait… aren’t all Midwestern grains supposed to go into ethanol to save the planet??? (Not that I mind ethanol… a splash of French bottled water & some lime & it goes great with
$100 a pound ham…)
Ooooh, and a few sprigs of arugula on a croissant w/$100 a pound ham, a splash of balsamic, Oh sweet! it almost makes the whining of workers bearable…
OH How True! Look at how much ABSOLUT vodka this site’s conversation has sold. Great bit of advertising!
(sarc off
Fortunately for you, this site promotes free speech – even if it’s a questionable comment from you deciding we Conservatives need to pass your moral litmis test on the discussion of liquor or the consumption of it..
Please don’t confuse the term Conservative with abolotionist. There are plenty of Conservatives who like to kick back with a beer or a drink, Pilgrim.
This. Is. Awesome.
Skyy just got a new customer.
Can anyone post the address to their president or someone in the upper level? We should write them letters!
Okay, we’re out of Grey Goose so maybe we’ll try Skyy. Seems like this Tito that everyone’s bragging about might get a try too if I can find it in the Commonwealth of VA or the Class VI.
As for the lead paint whiner, lighten up.
One for Sky! Way to go, to you who fight I salute you!
someone is awake at Sky vodka headquarters way to go free marketers.
I heard somewhere that Grey Goose is the drink of choice for Paris Hilton..
if anyone should know anything about alcohol, it’s her…
Pretty funny….. but the sad thing is, I don’t even like Vodka.
Real Texans drink Shiner Bock, anyway.
Maurice Kanbar “invented” SKYY on a whim. A noted American inventor, he naively believed he could make a vodka with no cogeners (residual contaminants/chemicals) and reduce hangovers as a result. Not a big drinker he still wanted a pure drink that was void of residual crap. He did what the industry said could never be done and the rest is history.
Oh GOD that beer is SO good! Last time I had it was in Nederland, right before all the moonbats invaded Pearl Street in Boulder, several years ago. Pale Ale is my fav Fat Tire.
Smirnoff is made in the USA and bottled in Norwalk, CT. (At least that’s what our bottle said). We’ve also been drinking Finlandia which is really good. Skyy is just okay, but in light of this, I’ll be having a SKYY and pomegranite martini later!
Absolut served up an easy one to all of the Vodka companies, but it looked like the marketing department at Skyy was the only one to take advantage of it. I’m kind of in shock at how easily taken advantage of you guys are. Do you guys really believe that Skyy Vodka cares about the Treaty of Guadalupe? The press release sounds like a packaged corny empty gimmick to me. I guess a response, no matter how empty and devoid of meaning it is, is more important then no response at all to some.
But to each his own. Enjoy your Skyy vodka. Being a Texan, I prefer Titos.
I wouldn’t call it that. In fact, I emailed Absolut and told them they should enjoy their customers going to different brands, now and that I bet they never thought they’d get such free advertisement for all of that.
I think it’s great that they did this, and I’d love to see others do it too, just to continue to rub it in the faces of Absolut. But that’s not exactly a business move, so for that, what a great publicity stunt. Absolut pulled an easy one, so SKYY did too. I like SKYY’s better, and will toast them for it.