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Topic: Paul Harvey´s 1978 ´So God Made a Farmer Speech´ |
Paul Harvey´s 1978 ´So God Made a Farmer Speech´
Atlantic, by Garance Franke-Ruta
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 2/3/2013 11:15:50 PM
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| A decades-old speech from a conservative radio broadcaster who passed away in 2009 became a major topic of chatter when it was condensed and delivered as the audio backdrop for a Ram Trucks ad during the second half of the Super Bowl Sunday. The speech was originally delivered in 1978, smack dab in the middle of the Carter era, and with its folksy timbre and talk of God, Harvey´s words stood out amid the stream of ads that ranged from salacious to ridiculous to sentimental on 21st-century CBS. This New York Times obituary well-situates Harvey politically
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
thelmalou, 2/3/2013 11:20:45 PM (No. 9156676)
I liked the ad, but the voice of Paul Harvey is what made it simply spectacular. That one is tied with the anheiser Busch Clydesdale ad as my favorite.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 2/3/2013 11:21:16 PM (No. 9156678)
I thought it was pretty cool. But then within minutes, a Mercedes ad seemed to glorify Lucifer (Willem Dafoe) and another thumb-in-the-eye of Christians was the Joe Montana likeness on a 49ers jersey.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Patchy Groundfog, 2/3/2013 11:21:41 PM (No. 9156679)
Never thought of Paul Harvey as especially conservative.
Shows you how lefties view normal people.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
rabbit, 2/3/2013 11:22:33 PM (No. 9156681)
This was the best ad this year. Clydesdales were number 2 in my book.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
alliecat, 2/3/2013 11:33:45 PM (No. 9156693)
Interesting how we are looking for our values...in Superbowl commercials! And we will choose the values oriented commercials even over the humorous ones. American life is pretty funny sometimes....
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
fritzilou, 2/3/2013 11:37:33 PM (No. 9156697)
This was a beautiful advertisement, one that elevated humanity and lauded the great family farmer...BRAVO!!!!
The rest of the ads were useless or trash.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
ragu, 2/3/2013 11:57:07 PM (No. 9156717)
I agree with #4.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
smcchk, 2/3/2013 11:57:08 PM (No. 9156718)
I miss Paul Harvey. Pre- Rush, I used to call his daily broadcast my 15 minutes of sanity.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
tenncon231, 2/4/2013 12:00:28 AM (No. 9156722)
So nice to hear his voice again, he was one of the best "I love America" voices ever in the media!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
4Justice, 2/4/2013 12:06:55 AM (No. 9156728)
Before KGO turned hard left, my mother used to have talk radio on all day, every day. I always loved hearing Paul Harvey and his famous "Good ...day!" at the end. Those were the days!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Grant Hodges, 2/4/2013 12:15:01 AM (No. 9156738)
Made my eyes sting.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Me?Opinionated?Nah!, 2/4/2013 12:25:18 AM (No. 9156747)
Hello Americans!
If Paul Harvey were alive today, I believe he would see through BHO in a heartbeat and be critical as can be, yet he would be his professional, erudite, elegant self in so doing. In many ways, Mr. Harvey was one of our most precious national treasures. My radio and I miss him.
Good Day?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
GraniteBayTom, 2/4/2013 12:38:16 AM (No. 9156753)
It was heartwarming (and surprising) to hear Paul Harvey again. He was a few minutes of sanity for years in an increasingly insane world. He is missed.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
killerbee, 2/4/2013 12:44:02 AM (No. 9156756)
#3: I never thought of Paul Harvey as conservative either. He was apolitical. I guess if you´re not a frothing-at-the-mouth, keening, judgmental, self-declared Socialist, then you´re a conservative. Who knew?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Yo Yo, 2/4/2013 12:48:10 AM (No. 9156758)
Even after two full strength Hurricanes, this ad grabbed my attention from the start. By far the best. Bravo Dodge Ram for this beautiful tribute to those great Americans who feed us.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Nodak, 2/4/2013 12:55:51 AM (No. 9156760)
I grew up listening to Paul Harvey nearly every day. Thought about him during the coverage of the murders at Sandy Hook and how he would have reported it. I believe that he would have given the facts, without ever mentioning the name of the murderer, and ending with "he would have wanted his name to be mentioned". Paul Harvey never did.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Smart11344, 2/4/2013 1:11:15 AM (No. 9156769)
Paul Harvey, a true American icon. What an amazing surprise to hear his voice again. Thanks to the advertising ageny that created the commercial and to Dodge for realizing how wonderful that commercial was.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
annie xango, 2/4/2013 1:32:06 AM (No. 9156774)
Bravo...I have saved it in my favorites..to watch again and again..I loved the Budweiser Clydsdale foal all grown up..sniff, sniff. I also loved..the Jeep/Uso We Will Be Whole Again..maybe "The Oprah" is coming around....
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan, 2/4/2013 2:08:58 AM (No. 9156781)
RE #20:
Those are my three favorites as well. After the USO ad, I looked down at the novel in my lap and thought "how am I supposed to read this damn book with blurry eyes??!!!"
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
eorsc, 2/4/2013 3:42:14 AM (No. 9156797)
I don´t believe Paul said rustle calves. I think it should be wrestle. I remember hearing him the first time he broadcast it. I too, teared up when I saw this ad. Remarkable, considering what we usually see. I thought the little Darth Vador Volkswagon add could never be beat but I think this may do it.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Linda in Seattle, 2/4/2013 3:59:35 AM (No. 9156800)
Paul Harvey and farmers go together like eggs and bacon. Both represent what America and the majority of Americans are. None of the pseudo-intellectual, metrosexual, condescending snobbery of the big city liberals who wouldn´t know how to milk a cow, shoot a gun, or be neighborly can hold a candle to farmers.
Jeep blew when they chose Oprah. She was instrumental in getting Obama elected the first time. Now she does the voice in an ad that centers around the military and look what her "man" is doing to them.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Mike PHX, 2/4/2013 4:19:45 AM (No. 9156806)
I steel myself against sentiment, especially during Superbowl, when they lay it on thick. But this had me in tears, almost immediately.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 2/4/2013 5:23:52 AM (No. 9156828)
The Ram truck manufacturer apparently didn´t get the message from Barry´s Agricultural Secretary that farmers are passe and aren´t needed anymore.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
MOBeef4u, 2/4/2013 8:20:37 AM (No. 9156991)
It´s not just what we do, it´s who and what we are. I, a girl born and raised in the big city (Chicago), became a farmer´s wife and thus a farmer, as well, almost 40 years ago, have never looked back and can´t imagine doing anything better.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 2/4/2013 8:41:48 AM (No. 9157035)
I agree - the commercial was awesome. The part about the farmer staying up all night to see a colt be born, and then see it die, was enough to bring tears to anyone´s eyes.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
MattMusson, 2/4/2013 9:04:45 AM (No. 9157094)
In the back of my mind I can hear Obama saying:
"You didn´t grow that."
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
nonsense, 2/4/2013 9:55:15 AM (No. 9157220)
An ad made for American loving Americans, the Left will never "get" it.
Seems as if someone knows that real Americans are still out there holding America together. More bad news for the Left.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Envirodude, 2/4/2013 10:00:44 AM (No. 9157248)
Paid for by theUS taxpayer.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
radvet1, 2/4/2013 12:55:22 PM (No. 9157729)
This was an excellent poen written in 1978. Farming looks nothing like that now. It was a glance back at American values at one time. I live in farm country, to a farmer. Big Lobbies and Farm Subsidies have driven out 75% of the farmers. Most I know are overseers that hire people to check in on the hogs once a day. We raised eggs for 30 years. We did work 15 - 17 hour days until we sold the livestock portion of our farm 5 yrs ago because taxes would have made it unprofitable and a younger man wanted to take over. He can do it and make a profit for 10 yrs before it catches up to him. Now just grain, like most farmers. Farming twice a year for a few weeks with subsidized crop insurance. I don´t blame Dodge - good ad, nostalgic.
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