Is A-B getting a bit too patriotic?

Ever since the first used-car dealer set George Washington’s wooden teeth on edge by standing before a fluttering American flag and pledging to uphold your right to low, low prices, advertisers have tapped into our sense of patriotism to sell everything from homemade threads to a cherry-red Ford Mustang. I generally look the other way when Americans flock to the mall instead of a VFW flag ceremony on Memorial Day. That’s capitalism. But Anheuser-Bush’s jingoistic campaign over the past year has besmirched even the name of used-car dealers.