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Size Matters In Creepy Government Motors TV Commercial

By Mark Finkelstein | December 26, 2009 | 19:50

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There I was, watching the perfectly harmless Meineke Car Care Bowl, when a truly creepy Government Motors commercial for the Chevy Silverado pickup broke out . . .

GM spokesman, and former NFL player, Howie Long is not-so-subtly comparing the stats of the Silverado with an intimidated, younger, Ford F150 owner.

I have my own Freudian interpretation of what's going on here, but let me invite readers to watch—and psychoanalyze—on their own.

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