Yesterday, Hot Air posted the pre-Super Bowl ad of Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother. The ad was easily the least controversial I saw throughout Super Bowl Sunday- especially compared to the many Bud Light and men in underwear commercials, or the taxpayer-funded census ad and the American debt commercial, during the actual Super Bowl.
However, nobody in the general public had seen the real ad until the game. You know, the one feminists and pro-abortionists went crazy over because Tim and Pam Tebow, along with CBS, were allegedly pushing a radical pro-life agenda. So after seeing the pre-game ad, I was prepared for anything- you know, maybe a mention of God or perhaps even a a hug between a mother and her son?
Turns out I was wrong. Tebow actually tackles his mother- which is pretty funny, no matter what the fruitcakes say- while she is expressing concern about his safety and toughness. She then pops up before he does and “lectures” him about interrupting her sharing their story. He apologizes, stands to her left with one hand on each shoulder, and asks her if she still worries about him. She says that she does, because he’s “still not as tough as I am.”
All in all, this is a knockout, home run, touchdown, hat trick, whatever you want to call it, for Focus on the Family and the pro-life movement. Whether intentional or not, by not releasing the ad’s content until the Super Bowl, Focus on the Family let the crazies on the left run wild with speculation. The pro-life movement now looks kind, gentle and loving, if you even picked up on the sub-text of the ad. Focus on the Family, which has the background of the Tebow ad on its main page, in particular looked like a non-controversial organization to those who have never heard of it. The only mention of the organization is a few seconds at the end directing people to the Tebow’s story on Focus on the Family’s main page.
However, the victory does not end there. The Tebow ad has been discussed for some time on blogs, in articles, on The O’Reilly Factor, The View, The Laura Ingraham Show, Megyn Kelly’s “America Live” and of course on the websites of Life News and Planned Parenthood. Why? Because feminists and pro-abortionists went off the deep end to take the ad down. Had they waited for the commercial to come out before making a statement, they could have attacked from a base of knowledge. Had they ignored it, the ad might have caused a piffle of notice among Super Bowl watchers and been promptly ignored. However, by taking the path more traveled by attacking the ad with every weapon possible as soon as possible, they guaranteed the ad would be carefully observed by millions of Super Bowl commercial watchers.
When it comes down to it, the pro-life movement is increasingly in line with the views of Americans, especially young Americans. By making the Tebow ad a mainstream point of discussion for many days before the Super Bowl, pro-abortionists have made themselves look both the fools and out of touch with mainstream America, and placed the pro-life movement squarely in touch with the softer, kinder side of Americans, who by and large only want what’s best for everyone. This ad, or more precisely the pro-abortion reaction to it, will most certainly guide Americans to the side of the abortion debate that is truly about helping women and children, and helping families make the right decisions about life.
February 8th, 2010 at 9:42 am
THERE SHOULD BE MORE MOMENTS OF POSITIVE COMMERCIALS, MOST OTHERS DON’Y MAKE SENSE TO PEOPLE WITH AN IQ OVER 2… THANK YOU
February 8th, 2010 at 9:56 am
Yes, the Tebow ad was a sheer delight. As a woman attorney who has dealt with far too many cases involving women getting battered, it was positively hilarious (NOT!) to watch Tim Tebow violently knock a woman (in this case, his own mother who heroically gave birth to him) to the ground. Since Tebow is a quarterback and QB’s don’t typically tackle, the fact that he had to push his mother down seemed a bit out of place. but when you take it in combination with the ad’s implied message (women who exercise their reproductive rights should be shamed), then it all makes perfect sense.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Ms. Quinn,
With all due respect, you are definitely stretching here:
1. Tebow is a football player. I doubt most people realized that QBs don’t usually tackle. Football involves tackling, he’s a football player.
2. There was no implied message. The message was that life is precious. Period. I saw the ad several times (online) and nowhere saw implied messages that shaming was the goal.
3. How is Tebow abusing his mother? She jumps up from getting tackled before he does, lectures him on her worrying about his being hurt, and says she’s tougher than he is.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Susan,
Lemme’ get this straight….
You support fatal violence against babies (which you euphemistically call “reproductive rights” as if any pro-lifer objects to a woman’s right to reproduce) and decry the “violence” of Tim Tebow playfully ‘tackling’ his mom?
That’s very strange.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:55 am
MWS, you get right to the heart of the matter much better than I.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:56 am
This is really good. Even after this ad showed that the pro-death crowd were completely off the radar in their screeching, now they will attack this ad as “domestic violence”. Real smart, this will only continue the discussion of the mental sanity of those who claim to be pro-choice when in reality they wish that every “choice” is a violent death to the innocent unborn child.
You over played this right into to your worst fears pro- death advocates. The discussion about the responsibilities of “reproductive rights” is now being openly and honestly discussed.
February 8th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
This ad was not the one most detrimental to the left’s agenda. The Audi ad, which ridiculed over-the-top greenies, really made the left look stupid. I’m sure that wasn’t Audi’s or their agency’s intent, but it was the message that came across.