Well, not sure if you read about the commotion about Obama wearing a Weatherproof jacket in this ad. Well, several years ago, President Bush received his second SCOTTEVEST, and I got this picture, but never circulated it. Now that he is out of office, and in light of the Weatherproof ad, which I disapprove for reasons stated by the White House in the article, I thought it would be ok to put this out there. He is shown getting an SeV Stealth Jacket with Solar Panels, and if you look closely you can see Karl Rove in the background.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/01/president-obama-used-in-jacket-ad-without-white-house-approval-.html
President Obama Used in Jacket Ad, Without White House Approval
January 06, 2010 5:43 PM
President Obama’s picture is being used without White House approval in an ad campaign for a jacket company.
The company Weatherproof Garment Company has put up a billboard in Times Square featuring a photograph of the President wearing one of their jackets while on a recent trip to the Great Wall in China from November. Beneath the photo it says, "A Leader In Style."
The White House says they do not approve of Mr. Obama’s image being used without permission.
“The White House has a longstanding policy disapproving of the use of the President’s name and likeness for commercial purposes,” White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton says in a statement.
The White House says they will be contacting the company and asking them to take the billboard down – as they feel the ad is clearly misleading because the company suggests the approval or endorsement of the President or the White House that it does not have.
But Weatherproof feels that they have done nothing wrong, and are not taking down the advertisement. In fact Weatherproof president Freddie Stollmack says they will are looking for additional places to display the ad since it has gotten so much attention so far.
“We are very proud of the ad and we have no intention of taking it down,” Stollmack tells ABC News, “we’re not demonstrating that Obama is endorsing our product. We are just basically very happy to see that after 100 years we finally got a stylish president.”
The company attained the photograph through the Associate Press’ photo service, and say they have not been contacted by the White House yet about the advertisement.
This of course follows First Lady Michelle Obama’s photograph being used this week, also without White House consent, in a fur-free campaign by PETA.
-Sunlen Miller
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