The Silent Majority is Back
Simple Justice:
When Turley posted about some local Ford dealer’s radio commercial directed to the “84%” of true believers in a Christian nation, it was worth a few chuckles. After all, most people assume that they represent the norm, and there’s no reason to expect some wacky Ford dealer to be different.
But then comes the pathetic retraction, after the dealership, Kieffe, after it turns out that they may have offended slightly more than the 14% of heathens out there. The claim is that while they reviewed the advertisement, they didn’t “closely review” it. Well, that’s that, right?
Wrongo. It seems that while Kieffe et fils may recognize that its franchise was on the line, the fellow who writes their advertising is less concerned about commerce than his client. According to J.W. Horne, proclaimed author of the radio spot (note that I’ve broken up his statement into paragraphs because it was just too painful to read otherwise):
For those of you out there in never land or la la land or maybe underground and under the radar who are so called non believers, I am the man who wrote and recorded the Kieffe and sons spot. In fact I write and produce all of the Kieffe and Sons ford spots. I have had the pleasure of serving the advertising for the dealership for many years. I am a believer and I am pretty sure that most everyone at Kieffe and Sons ford are also believers. I wrote and produced the spot that so many of you “unbelievers” find offensive.
Frankly I don’t give a flip whether you are an athiest or just plain doubter. I wrote and recorded the truth. There is a great silent majority of Americans that are believers. The difference between them and you is this. Believers do not have to justify…