{"id":16541,"date":"2016-11-01T23:12:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T04:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/?p=16541"},"modified":"2017-11-07T11:06:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T16:06:39","slug":"conservatives-stop-pouring-bud-light-down-their-throats-after-3-commercials-shoved-politics-down-their-throats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/2016\/11\/01\/conservatives-stop-pouring-bud-light-down-their-throats-after-3-commercials-shoved-politics-down-their-throats\/","title":{"rendered":"Bud sales plummet after 3 commercials shoved lefty politics down customers&#8217; throats"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><div class=\"patheos-gallery\"><div class=\"gallery-blurb\"><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BKuK7ighy4y\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Very proud to perform with this group tonight. @rachelfeinstein_ was on stage @therealjeffreyross @alfranken and my fav Andy Kindler! #strongertogether<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by @amyschumer on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-09-24T02:10:46+00:00\">Sep 23, 2016 at 7:10pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer><\/script>When Bud Light hired comedians Amy Schumer and Seth Rogan to promote their beer during an election year, they were supposed to sell beer, presumably, to both Democrats and Republicans. \u00a0But they just couldn\u2019t help but push liberal talking points while extolling the virtues of their beverage.<\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, their sales dropped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ijr.com\/2016\/11\/725340-amy-schumer-and-bud-lite-just-learned-what-happens-when-you-cram-politics-down-americas-throat\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_campaign=afternoon-newsletter&amp;utm_medium=owned\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to IJR<\/a>, Anheuser-Busch\u00a0pulled the ads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDespite continued positive signs in brand health evolution, driven by millennials and Hispanics, 3Q was the softest performance of Bud Light for the year from a volume and share perspective.<\/p>\n<p>The Bud Light Party campaign helped us improve these brand attributes, but it did not translate to improved volume and share performance. While we are clearly not satisfied with Bud Light\u2019s performance, we are already leveraging what we\u2019ve learned to develop and execute new work.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I would say so. \u00a0For example, check out Bud Light\u2019s commercial that focuses entirely on gay marriage:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NiavhnkrZRU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Classy.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>To see Bud Light\u2019s commercial that talks about \u201call genders\u201d and the spectrum of femininity and masculinity, click CONTINUE:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- MOBILE AD -->\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 visible-xs-block\">\n    <div class=\"ad ad-container visible-xs-block\" id=\"incontent-mobile\" style=\"height: 320px !important;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"by-line clearfix pull-left wide-decorated\">\n    <div class=\"pull-left\">Slide: 1 <i class=\"styled\">of<\/i> 4<\/div>\n    <\/div><!-- START GALLERY CONTROLS BUTTONS -->\n\t<div class=\"patheos-gallery-control\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/2016\/11\/01\/conservatives-stop-pouring-bud-light-down-their-throats-after-3-commercials-shoved-politics-down-their-throats\/2\/\" class=\"full-width btn btn-prime-1 continue-btn fc-preview-contextmenu\"><i class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right pull-right\"><\/i>Continue Reading<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- END GALLERY CONTROLS BUTTONS --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These three beer commercials pushed lefty politics down the throats of beer drinkers everywhere.  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