Carl's Jr. ads defend the pursuit of fattiness

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This being election season, it means lots of patriotic imagery used in somewhat cynical pursuits. Carl's Jr., never one to miss an opportunity to hawk a new meat-product innovation, is rolling out a stop-action commercial in which Lego-like figures reenact the deliberations over the Declaration of Independence. The twist here is that the Founding Fathers take time out to come up with a nutritional abomination called the Philly Cheesesteak Burger. (Get it, they're in Philadelphia?) You might think this is just a cheesesteak on a hamburger bun.

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