A LOST TABOO: Like It or Not, Expect to See a Lot of Clinton in Ads

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The torn-out clipping from The New York Times excerpts a diary of a Clinton outing in Santa Barbara, including a stop at the Nugget Bar & Grill: ‘Ate a hamburger and drank a Moosehead draft beer.’ Small type at the bottom of the ad (via New York’s Weiss, Whitten, Carroll, Stagliano) makes the most of this: ‘Make no mistake about it, our new commander-in-chief definitely ordered a Moosehead.’ Some readers will look askance at a beer ad (for a foreign brand, no less) that takes such liberties with the nation’s new leader.



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