I saw this AIG ad on the back of the October issue of Money magazine but I forgot about it until your Top Ten Corporate Blunders article mentioned AIG again.
Since it was on the October issue it would have arrived sometime in September, just about the same time as AIG hit the fan, but the copy would have been written well before that.
The number of ironic statements are incredible, basically the whole ad — "got 'em right where we want them", "we've been in tougher jams than this", "Now we have the ball", and the more prescient than ironic "we'll be there whenever you need us" and "never outlive your money".
All we can say is, "NO GOOD. WIDE RIGHT!"
]]>Bin Ladin said that he would do to America what he did to Russia - bankrupt us. HA! We showed him... our own bankers took care of that first.
]]>Die in a fire AIG.
]]>@TrueBlue63: Yeah, it's very non-obvious that the "down by nine" and "+8" don't have anything to do with each other. And I understand optimism, but to kick a field goal, recover the on-side kick, score a TD AND make the two point conversion with 2 1/2 left to play, that's a harsh demand. Notice they don't say how many time-outs they have. My guess is that they've wasted them all on challenges.
]]>I can't wait until AIG goes to kick the ball and Lucy pulls it away at the very last second...
]]>They have WHO where they want them? Who's defense is tired? The American taxpayer? Goddamn marketing people - someone should kick them in the nuts.
]]>@Saboth: Which helps them secure the wildcard slot.
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