The opinion piece below contends that Pizza Hut’s offer of pizza for life to anyone who asks the candidates whether they prefer pepperoni or sausage cheapens the electoral process. I didn’t think that was possible. Our owners are shelling out $2 billion in marketing expenditures to convince us that one pizza is better than the other pizza. The truth is that they are both baked in the same oven, with the same ingredients. They just have a different topping, to give the appearance of choice. I think a marketing gimmick is a perfect analogy for our electoral process. The two pizzas were chosen for us by the people who run the country. They have us fill out questionaires, pretending to care what we think about their products, but they are thrown into the trash. They don’t care what we think. They will tell us what we like. And they will sell us the product.
You will learn more from reading a Pizza Hut box than you will from watching tonight’s presidential debate. You will be treated to marketing slogans that have been approved by focus groups. Sound bites and promises that can’t be fulfilled will be the order of the day. Enjoy the pizzas tonight because you are going to pay the price tomorrow.
Opinion: Pizza Hut debate offer cheapens election process
SOME 67 MILLION people tuned into the first presidential debate on Oct. 3, and that’s the kind of number that makes marketers stand up and salute.
That number is certainly why Pizza Hut wants to give a lifetime of free pizza — or a check for $15,600 — to anyone who asks a really inappropriate question of either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney during their live town hall debate on Tuesday.
Relax. It’s nothing obscene, in the get-you-tape-delayed-on-TV sense.
Pizza Hut just wants to know whether the candidates prefer sausage or pepperoni on their pies.
NOW, SOME of you may remember when MTV got a teenybopper to ask Bill Clinton whether he wore boxers or briefs in 1992. It was a groaner at the time, but most people shrugged it off because it was on MTV, after all, and mostly harmless — aside from making everyone think about Bill Clinton’s underwear.
This issue with Pizza Hut is different. Much different.
This time, we have one of the mega-corporations that already enjoy an inordinate amount of influence on U.S. policy inserting itself into an arena that should remain free from opportunistic profit grasping.
Say what you want about the Clinton question — at least it wasn’t instigated by Fruit of the Loom.
We’re not marketing a consumer product this year.
We’re tryingto elect a president of the United States of America.
And we need relevant information to make good choices amid political campaigns that frequently lie and distort; campaigns run by operatives openly hostile to the notion of truth and fact-checking; post-truth campaigns that rely on a media mostly content to echo the lies and the let the voters sort it out.
One of the reasons people had a problem with the moderation of the Oct. 3 debate is that Jim Lehrer never forced an ‘are you for real?’ follow-up to the statements from either candidate.
It seems unlikely that the “sausage or pepperoni” question will make it through the debate moderation.
WE SUPPOSE Pizza Hut will achieve its goal, to some extent, even if it doesn’t. We suppose we’re helping just by bringing it up.
But it was worth it just to point out the obvious: National political campaigns have already achieved a regrettably sufficient degree of farce and cynicism.
We don’t need naked profiteering piled on top, like so much mozzerella.
— Chambersburg Public Opinion
You will have the same reaction to watching the debate or eating a Pizza Hut pizza.
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Maybe Proctor & Gamble can get in on this marketing bonanza
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It seems that Candy Crowley — that fat porker who’s never had a sausage stuffed in her — is going to inject herself into this debate. Seems like SHE wants to be the story.
I’ll probably watch it though, at least the beginning, as I suspect Ms Freud will be wanting some of my pepperoni.
Yeh, they will take your order then put anchovies under the cheese then have the delivery guy whack off on it.
I wouldn’t watch it if you paid me to do it. Didn’t watch the first one, won’t watch this one or any future debate of two numbnuts that cannot discuss a single thing of importance for the country.
Politicians i general make me want to barf and these two are as bad as I remember. The subject matter is alway banal and bland, no mention of an exponentially growing debt that will tumble us into depression (and despair for many!) or war avoidance or excessive military spending or excessive Federal salaries and benefits or how there are 5 times as many Federal employees as is needed to do what the Feds should do under the Constitution AND NOTHING ELSE..
We are doomed to another revolution to solve the disasters growing around us and neither of these two boobs will take the point.
Besides, they don’t run anything anyway – just follow instructions from the banking cartel and corporate money farms.. Bah.. Not my America anymore.
MA
Stucks pepproni
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I don’t think the headline is true, and no real info will likely come from teh debates regardless of Pizza Slut gets it wish or not.
it doesn’t cheapen it. the election process is a f’n joke, at it’s core it is a cheap fascist sham. this marketing scheme just takes away the gold plated wrapping paper to display the true cheapness of the product inside.
How the fuck do you cheapen a process that has no meaningful value to start with?
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I for one am SHOCKED any corporation would try to influence our political process……
MITT ROMNEY will win and RON PAUL will watch .OBAMA will blame THE RICH. WALL STREET BANKERS.
I’m watching in hopeful anticipation of another Obama beat down, followed by a series of exploding heads on MSNBC. I might even give up a new episode of “Restaurant: Impossible”, heh.
Here’s my prediction: 1) Obama will come out swinging, trying to get in the 47%, the “war on women”, the “I killed Osama”, “recovery”, “tax cuts for millionaires”, blah blah blah. He has to throw some red meat to base to fire it up.
2) He will have to be aggressive and animated without looking like an angry black man. He will have his Snake Charmer mojo in high gear. Will interrupt Romney more than Biden interrupted Ryan without the moderator stepping in.
3) The Obama camp has already co-opted Crowley so expect her to be the third debater. If Romney is smart, he will ask her to be the third debater and ask for a new moderator, heh.
4) Romney will use the closer physical proximity to Obama to intimidate him. Obama hates it when people get in his personal space unless they are about to (fellate) worship him. Obama cannot control his facial expressions when he is mad and Romney will use this to further unsettle Obama. Obama’s big shit eating fake ass smile is also another sign he is getting mad, look for that every time Romney whomps him. Look for the deer in the headlights look of Obama has just given up.
5) They will both praise the military, encourage expansion of veterans benefits and advocate military involvement in Libya, Syria, Iran.
6) Neither will have a clue how to cut fed.gov spending – Obama cuz he thinks it is good, Romney cuz he wants to get elected.
7) Michelle will climb on the stage after Romney whomps Obama and slap (Obama) Romney around – if she is done with her shopping trips. Gotta put those perfectly tones arms to use, dontcha’ know.
8) Viewship will likely be >70 million.
I will try to give my real time analysis cuz I haven’t heard from flash lately and it always makes him mad so it’s worth the effort.
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there is always a way.
think about the twinkie, could it get anymore unhealthy?
enter the deep-fried twinkie
Results of the presidential election: Goldman Sachs wins the American middle class loses.
Again.
Both candidates are pizza? only different flavors? Is that what you’re trying to say?
It’s pretty simple who’ll people will vote for:
Either you work (R) or you get free money, free food, free housing, free healthcare, free meds, free phones (D).
Obama is going to try and pull a little Joe Biden tonight. I’m sure as hell not going to watch, but I’ll wait for the analysis on TBP in the A.M.
Joe ‘Malarkey” Biden
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The Great Pizza Debate begins….
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I’ll be looking forward to Hope’s analysis – it’s so much better than mainstream!
Harry, don’t forget chocolate-covered, deep-fried twinkies!
Trying to make folks believe that Romney is different than Obama
Only a ProstiTroll would attempt that.
TPTB are surely concerned the magnificient myth is about to be dashed.
Just imagine how her back boobs look Stucky and your nausea will be cured in less than 5 minutes.
Anyone here surprised that Hillary is “suddenly” taking all the blame for Benghazi?
Or, like myself, did you think “well, that political cunt whore will stop at absoutely nothing to further her own slimey career and save her skank ass?”.
Just curious.
Well, what the hell, since I’m posting pics of skanks, how ’bout one more?
Kirstie Alley was on Dancing With Stars last night …. she finished last.
AWD Erection Eliminator, Backup
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Skank Patrol!
Sarah Palin watching Dancing With Stars to support her beloved child, Bristol ….. who better not marry some guy named Myer Squibb.
Say what you will, she still has MILF qualities.
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Place blame where blame belongs….
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Why not just order a pizza with both. It pretty much doesn’t matter at this point which of them gets in. The meat comes from the same place.
BREAKING News —- literally
Obama Preparing Military Strike Against Benghazi Terrorists
BY KIMBERLY DOZIER AND RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oct 16, 3:36 AM EDT
“Administration officials say the White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to hit militant targets from Libya to Mali, if U.S. investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador in Libya.”
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Yeah, baby! Let’s bomb the fuck out of some Libyan homes and shit. Whoppeee! Obama saves the day!!! …. Anybody seen the movie “Wag the Dog”? You can now watch the real thing … bomb those fuckin’ Libyan asses!!!!
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” ready to hit militant targets from Libya to Mali, if U.S. investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador in Libya.”
Ooooh, I bet we can find some hiding in Teheran!!!
What an obvious attempt to curry votes in the weeks before the election. Shameless and stupid.
It appears my “m” and “s” keys don’t always work.
I was over at AmCon reading…
Its like Papa Johs versus Pizza Hut
Oooohh, it’s starting!!! I watched MSNBC last time, so I’m going with Fox this time, just to piss off Admin, heh.
Megyn is whispering in a sexy voice to introduce the debate, I wonder how many pairs of fake eyelashes she is wearing?
Brett Baier is sooo cute, in a nerdy sort of way. Is that his real hair?
I think Brit Hume has a broomstick up his ass, he’s so stiff.
Chris Wallace looks way too serious. The corners of his mouth look like Heath Ledger’s Joker got ahold of them and surgically removed his chin on the way out.
Gawwwd, look at the chins on Candy Crowley. This will be the first presidential debate in US history to be moderated by Jabba the Hut.
Uncommitted voters in the audience, my fat Texas ass, let’s see their bank records for the Axelrod wire cash transfers.
Obama is swaggering again, eyes look a little empty again, uh oh.
Romney looks cool, collected, nice tie.
First time voter, heh, doesn’t look old enough to shave, a young man asking about whether he will join the ranks of Obama’s unemployed college graduates:
Romney focusing on Obama’s crappy job situation, emphasizing his experience, the 50% unemployed college grads, engaging well with this young man.
Obama: The left professorial hand coming out, speaking directly to the guy. Saying he wants to build manufacturing jobs – the auto industry is “surging” back. I guess he missed the memo on the billions that GM still owes and all the green jobs/shovel ready jobs that never materialized. Talking about student loans. Now he’s talking about “creating energy” – oh god the GREEN eco loon car crap. Now he wants to spend more money on infrastructure.
Crawley: Asking Romney for specifics about the long term unemployed. Nails the 23 million figure. Obama looks unhappy. Romney gives the REAL unemployment number – 11.6%. Responding the reason for taking companies through bankruptcy to emerge stronger and nailing Obama for the auto bailouts. Obama lying about the 1 million jobs “saved” and now going into the “tax breaks for the rich” crap. That will play well with the stupid college students where he has been campaigning.
Crawley telling Romney to shut up and not leting him respond — SHOW ME YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS CRAWLEY!!
Obama: Increased oil production – guess he forgot the memo that all this fossil fuels development is happening on PRIVATE lands. Coal production is up? I guess that is why all the coal miners are so happy. Our oil imports are LOWER? Yeah asshole because CONSUMPTION IS DOWN!!. Gas prices lower? What a marroon. Gas is twice what we paid in 1/2009!!!
Green jobs of the future, Obama says! Guess he missed the memo that Spain lost 2.2 jobs for every green job created and is now on the brink of insolvency.
Romney rebutting Obama well about the reduction in fossil fuels on federal lands. Speaking to the regs. Quoting Obama about making coal companies to bankrupt. Wants NA energy independent in 8 years, hmmm. Yahhh! Mentioned Keystone.
Crawley to Obama: Are we in the new normal with high gas prices?
Obama: We are drilling MORE on public lands than previous administration, WTF? What a liar. Oohh, Obama called out Romney standing in front of a coal plant and calling it a killer. Obama says we are producing coal cleaner and smarter, really, where is that happening, because the EPA is about to close 175 of them.
Obama and Romney going toe to toe about licenses and permits. Obama says his cutting of permits was because the oil/gas leases were terminated because the lands were not be utilized. Romney has just literally put Obama back in his chair, weird.
Thanks, Hope – you are far more interesting than the debate (not that I would ever watch!).
OOOh, back to prices paying at the pump, yah buddy, $3.79 /gal to fill up the beemer today.
Yeahh, Keystone again, Anwar, drilling off coast of VA. by Romney – that’s good.
Obama says price of gas low in 1/2009 due to economy about to collapse, oh good grief. So Obama is equating economic collapse with low gas prices? Good grief.
Obama blathering about wind farms and ethanol.
Crawle y #2 telling Romney to shut up, zero for Obama.
“This will be the first presidential debate in US history to be moderated by Jabba the Hut.”
ROTFLMAO.
Where’s the applause icon?
Come on, Hope – type faster.
Oohh, a question about tax breaks and closing tax loopholes asked by somebody whose hairstyle looks stuck in 1970 – asking about all the FSA credits – education credits, I think Earned Income tax credits.
Romney speaking about lower taxes on middle income tax payers – using the Joe Biden “buried” comment. Talking about rise in food, energy, health insurance premiums. Obama looks lost, still sitting in his chair, weird. Refuses to raise rates on the top – notes that the top pays 60% of all federal income tax credits. Very good discussion of his tax plan. No interest on savings, capital gains or dividends -yeah!! That will get him the senior vote. Oooh, the “buried” comment again.
Obama now says that middle class has been hit for last decade. Says he has dropped their taxes by $3600. Too bad that the MC is now paying $4000 more in gas!! And thousands more for food and insurance premiums, Maroon.
Ooh, Obama says that wealthy is >$250K. In NY that means you are eating at Jack in the Box. if you live in NYC and make that money.
Now blaming Repubs in congress for styming his plans. Calliling on the Clinton tax rates and the projected surplus. Obama now confusing tax rates with amounts of tax per the Romney 60 min interview. What a marroon, doesn’t know the difference between capital gains and income.
Obama basically saying that taking money from the rich grows the economy, really? Well, let’s just confiscate ALL their wealth!!
Romney explaining why lower taxes on businesses create jobs. Nails the unemployment rate >8% for 43 months, increased of women in poverty. Mentions his 5 point plan again.
Obama sits in his chair like a trained marmoset.
Crawley: Redirect to Obama about the top 5% not getting a tax cut. Axelrod must have paid her big to do that.
Obama talking about the “cost of lowering rates” repeats the LIE about this all costing $5 trillion dollars plus 3 additional trillion in something. OOohhh, talks about Romneys rate of 14%.
Obama is now talking about math and blowing up the deficit, WTF? What a liar!! He is basically saying that Romney is making a “sales pitch” about all this plan!.
Romney now rebutting about is businesses experience balancing the budgets of the Olympics, MA and businesses. Nailing Obama on $4 trillion dollars of deficits.
ARRRGJH, Romney is using his grandmother, whom it threw under the bus, as his inspiration for this equal pay crappola.
Obama is making a pitch, saying that women are mainly the breadwinners of the family. Sure as shit asshole because YOU HAVE DESTROYED ALL THE JOBS FOR THE MEN.
Now blathering about expansion of Pell grants, – yeah, because THERE ARE MORE FUCKING PEOPLE IN POVERTY THAT NOW QUALIFY FOR THEM!!!!
Romney on pay equity for women – using experience as Mass gov, touting that his cabinent and senior leadership had highest % of women. Recognizes flexibility of working mom schedules. Says women have lost 580,000 jobs in the last 4 years. Obama wincing.
Oh great, the Pizza Party Preznit Debates Has Become A Drinking Game Where No One Can Remember Tomm. What Was Debated Tonite
Obama rebuttal to Romney – implies that Romney is indifferent to women’s concerns. Bringing in the contraceptive coverage issue under Obamacare. Ya buddy, must be the ones that the Catholic Church is suing your ass over, bah. Obama now going for the Planned Parenthood issue as “cancer screening” . What a lying POS. PP makes 85% of its money from ABORTION.
Obama bringing in his daughters – must be the two he doesn’t want “punished with a baby”.
This audience is totally stacked for questions to bring up the Democratic taking points.
Now we have a so -called “independent” asking Romney to distinguish himself from Obama.
Romney again touting 5 point plan, can’t these people read a plan when they hear it? Libtard proglodytes do not get to ask about specifics anymore.
Romney nailing Obama bout his $tillion dollar deficits. Obama squirming in his seat.
Romney calling for regulators to be objective not burdensome.
Romney calling out Obamacare as a small business killer. Obama with the shit eating grin.
O bama talking about the 800K/month job loss when he was elected. Guess he forgot that PELOSIE and RIED were in charge for the preceeding TWO YEARS.
Oohh, yeah buddy 5.2 million jobs, WTF???? LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES ARE LOWERS SINCE THE 1970s.
Obama trying to tie Bain outsourcing to Romney and some Chinese companies. Now saying he has been bringing unfair trade practices law suits. Guess he meant how many times he let Jintao suck his dick.
Obama saying Romney is more extreme than Bush.
Obama – ooh, Osama is dead and Al Queda is dead. Then who the fuck atttacked FOUR US EMBASSIES in the last month, Obama, you dickwad.
A black guy is disappointed in the economic progress of the last four years. Obama is going over his campaign talking points. Oooh, he hasn’t suceeded because of the Republicans are so mean.
More class warfare – the rich aren’t paying their fair share so I can’t create my utopian socialist fantasy, basically, from Obama.
The fellow who mentioned everything he needs to live being “very expensive”; note how Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve somehow escaped mention during the President’s answer.
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Didn’t make Romney’s answer either. Funny how insignificant the Federal Reserve and tripling the monetary base over 4 years seems to be…..
Romney’s response to the black guy – hammering the unemployment rate, lack of entitlement reform (or a proposal), lack of immigration plan, doubling the deficits, the rise in health ins premiums by $2500. Obama is squirming in his seat.
Romney just hit the ****gasp****racist FOOD STAMPS issue and the slow growth of GDP.
Why does Obama sit between his turn with that goofy expression on his face? He looks like he has gas.
Romney saying that 5 million jobs doesn’t even keep up with population growth and the UR merely reflects people not even being counted.
Yahh menationes drop in famly median income by $4000, Obama still looks star struck.
Crawley cut him off, good for her.
Did Lorraine Osario just call Romney “president”? OOOh.
Need more split screen cuz Obama can’t control his poker face and that was so effect last time.
Uh oh, , Romne will not grant amnesty, Highspanics just stampeded for the exits. Wants a pathway for the kids, a la the Dreamers. Make the parents get their green cards. Wants to stop ILLEGAL immigration – that gets my vote right now.
Obama bloviating about how great immigrants are to US. He has said he can’t get it down because Congress is obstructing him, WTF when he had a full 2 years of both houses.
Oooh, Obama says the flow of illegals loweest in 4 years. Yeah, dumbfuck because the Mexicans realize what a POS the economy is and aren’t coming adn are, in fact, are going home.
Now he’s going to idealize the DREAMERS kids. Those must be the kids waving Mexican flags and rioting in La Raza rallies.
Obama bashing the AZ law – another Dem talking point. LYING THAT THAT LAW MEANS CHECKING SOMEBODY’S PAPERS – WHICH IS TOTALLY NOT TRUE. What a fucking liar.
Romney now speaking to “correct” the President’s points – basically called Obama a liar.
Joe Wilson must be basking in the glow of total vindication tonight about all the lying Obama is doing tonight.
OOOHH, they are about to fight about Romney’s blind trust. He’s asking Obama about his pension syaing it is not as big as Romney’s and that he has investments in another country.
Obama is talking about Romney’s advisor being the architect of the AZ law – Obama must have forgotten how popular the AZ law was to the majority of the country, so he won’t get much traction there.
Crawly is trying to shut up Obama, Obama as the shit eating grin, that means he’s nervous.
OOOHH, a Libya question – about the refusal for extra security and the subsequent deaths.
Obama is now trying to praise the ambassador corps. He is sOOOOOO concerned about the Libya attack that he FUCKING WENT TO BED THEN FLEW OFF TO A FUND RAISER IN LAS VEGAS.
My head needs more duct tape.
Obama is criticizing Romney’s response to the Libya attack – saying it was a polticial play.
Bringing up the National Security stuff and how he takes it soooo seriously- Oh Lord, this from the man THAT ATTENDS <50% OF HIS NSA briefings!!!!
Ronney speaking now to the total lies about the video tapes inciting the riot.
Romney bringing up the debacle in Egypt, Iran’s nuclear ambition, the 30K deaths in Syria, the “daylight” between US and Israel. Pounding the policy of “leading from behind”.
Crawely bringing in Hillary falling on her sword today. Oooh, he reminds us that he is the president, like we didn’t know. Obama must have some real dirt on Hilliary for her to do that.
Obama did not call it an act of terror, Crawley is lying, Romney is saying that this Libya thing was in a reaction to a video tape NOT an act of terror.
Crawley is moving them along.