Blow My Hummer Down

“You can huffington and you can puffington, but you can’t blow my Hummers down.”

That is the tag line to an email campaign spearheaded by Marcie Brogan, managing partner of Brogan & Partners in respose to Arianna Huffington’s “SUV Owners Promote Terrorism” campaign.

You’ve got to love the creativity in that headline. This is why I love the advertising business. Thank you very much, Marcie, for giving me my daily dose.

Details on how this whole thing started here.

Ad Age: AD EXECUTIVE SKEWERS SUV-TERRORISM CAMPAIGN

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