Olive Garden pulls Letterman ads over Palin jokes (fast food, Mexican, death)

[ozzie679]

Olive Garden stinks anyway! It's like a McItalian restaurant.

[Jadex]

Originally Posted by SLCPUNK

Maybe so, maybe not, but any restaurant in this economy would be stupid to choose a side in this non sense.

To many mothers it is an issue

Just because its not one for you dont assume that its not for others

[jlhct]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

I have a feeling that the Olive Garden is popular with the Palin crowd - maybe not overwhelmingly, but like the Outback Steakhouse and other suburban mid-priced chain restaurants, they probably have more of a Republican clientele.

So you think they didn't say the "truth" (whatever it is) for fear of upsetting the other side? Since there may not be an overwhelming majority?

[ViewFromThePeak]

Originally Posted by odanny

Yet you just said you'd stop by more often.

I wonder what the intellect is of your average OG customer.....

A few more IQ points than Popeye's or Bojangle's (or as we call it, Bo-han-gu-layz)

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by ViewFromThePeak

How Karl Rove of you to pigeonhole their customers?

I don't care what slurs you use against me. I'm talking about real demographics.

Cracker Barrel appeals to a more Republican crowd too, although I would say it's more of a Mike Huckabee-type of place.

And guess what? Whole Foods is chock full of Democrats. Better stay away!

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by SLCPUNK

I guess they give out crayons with the menus?

Yep. The kids can pretend it's lipstick.

[NCN]

Originally Posted by odanny

Yet you just said you'd stop by more often.

I wonder what the intellect is of your average OG customer.....

Probably better than the customers in those unhealthy places.

I graduated in the top 5% of my class.

My son graduated third in his class at NC State.

My daughter graduated with honors from nursing school.

We all love Olive Garden!

[SLCPUNK]

Originally Posted by Jadex

To many mothers it is an issue

Just because its not one for you dont assume that its not for others

That's not the point, the point is revenue in a down economy when restaurants can be off by as much as 40% or more. No business in their right mind (uh no pun intended) should be thinking about getting involved with anything that may hurt their business.

[RayinAK]

Originally Posted by odanny

Olive Garden has long been a punchline in his monologue. This was payback, and nothing else.

OG is gonna end up looking stupid

Not if they play the advertisements with Conan

[ViewFromThePeak]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

I don't care what slurs you use against me. I'm talking about real demographics.

Cracker Barrel appeals to a more Republican crowd too, although I would say it's more of a Mike Huckabee-type of place.

And guess what? Whole Foods is chock full of Democrats. Better stay away!

Whole Foods (whole paycheck) is for pretend hippies.

My Ron Paul supporting, organic food eating, sustainable development, crunchy granola friends go to the local farmers market where we don't buy company brand anything.

Keep pigeonholing, champion of the Rovians!