Rocco Rossi Ads

[Rockslinger]

These new Rocco Rossi ads are bizarre. They might even be racist. Why would anybody allow them on the airwave?

Disclosure: I am not Italian (even though I love Italian women and I have an Italian friend who does not work).

 

[GPIDEAL]

Do you have a link?

(Sorry but loving Italian women doesn't absolve you, lol).

 

[Rockslinger]

Do you have a link?

I saw the ads on CTV. They are really bizarre. I initially thought they were put out by one of his opponents. "Wiseguy."

 

[Rockslinger]

(Sorry but loving Italian women doesn't absolve you, lol).

I had an Italian GF once. Spoke English with a beautiful accent but always swore in Italian.

 

[alexmst]

http://thestar.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bf8f353ef013487852a1c970c-pi

Here is a link to his Tony Soprano print ads

 

[djk]

Are you guys offended by Jersey Shore and their constant use of guido?

 

[FOOTSNIFFER]

Are you guys offended by Jersey Shore and their constant use of guido?

I really don't get why non-eyeties find characters like Soprano and the Jersey shore gang so interesting. To me, they're just uneducated lugheads with nothing much interesting to say.
I guess people like tp poke fun at those types, and by extension italians.

 

[Rockslinger]

I guess people like tp poke fun at those types, and by extension italians.

I saw a documentary titled "The Italians in America" on PBS narrated by Chazz Palminteri. Did you know that there is something like 800 million Americans who trace their pedigree back to Italy? Joe Dimaggio, Frank Sinatra, The Godfather, Dean Martin, Robert De Niro, Lindsay Lohan, etc.

 

[AJstar]

He just turned into a cartoon.
We need another one of these guys on the 'take' like a hole in the head.
Of course that's what happens to most of those 'wise guys' anyways. A bullet to the head.

 

[Rockslinger]

He just turned into a cartoon.

Didn't his handlers run these ads by a focus group before going primetime? I think he is doing a disservice to all Italians, especially my Italian friend who doesn't work (inheritance).

 

[gcostanza]

I saw a documentary titled "The Italians in America" on PBS narrated by Chazz Palminteri. Did you know that there is something like 800 million Americans who trace their pedigree back to Italy? Joe Dimaggio, Frank Sinatra, The Godfather, Dean Martin, Robert De Niro, Lindsay Lohan, etc.

~800,000,000 ?

Documentation please.

 

[Rockslinger]

~800,000,000 ?

Documentation please.

I think some of them entered illegally so they don't have documents. Hee, hee, hee.

 

[Don]

Didn't his handlers run these ads by a focus group before going primetime? I think he is doing a disservice to all Italians, especially my Italian friend who doesn't work (inheritance).

Apparently many Italian Canadians agree with you
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...--mafia-themed-ads-go-over-like-stale-cannoli

 

[GPIDEAL]

I had an Italian GF once. Spoke English with a beautiful accent but always swore in Italian.

That's amore!

 

[GPIDEAL]

I think some of them entered illegally so they don't have documents. Hee, hee, hee.

You mean all those WOPs? Hee, hee, hee.

 

[GPIDEAL]

Didn't his handlers run these ads by a focus group before going primetime? I think he is doing a disservice to all Italians, especially my Italian friend who doesn't work (inheritance).

I thought you were referring to your mob friend? Tee, hee.

 

[GPIDEAL]

Apparently many Italian Canadians agree with you
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...--mafia-themed-ads-go-over-like-stale-cannoli

It's exactly as that Ryerson Poli-Sci prof said.

 

[moviefan]

It's exactly as that Ryerson Poli-Sci prof said.

The ads may or may not be clever, but the messages about Rossi simply reinforce themes that, up to now, haven't been working -- such as the idea that he's not a professional politician.

I don't think the ads speak to the issues that voters care about, particularly high taxes and out-of-control spending at City Hall. In my view, they won't work.

 

[elwoodinontario]

What offends me about Jersey Shore is that they let that crap on TV.

 

[Brill]

A hint of corruption might bump up his numbers, look at how Ford's criminal charges helped him. Having wildly idiotic ideas is no longer enough to get a guy elected anymore.