Santa's Got A Brand New Jag
The worst ad on TV, and what to give every rich yuppie Bush-ite on your gift list
By Mark Morford

It is a time of great national need. It is a time when the country is demanding you step up and do your part to help prevent terror and prevent independent thought and prevent boys from becoming priests and also please buy lots and lots of crap because, well, we've got two false wars and a tanking economy to pay for.

For these reasons and more, it is also, apparently, a perfect time to express both "I love you" and "I hate those swarthy terrorists" by snapping up a $50,000 luxury car and giving it to your happy picture-perfect S.O. for Christmas, and calling it patriotic.

This is the message du jour. This is the latest car-ad campaign you can't ignore because it makes you all guilty and greedy and sort of sad, but in a sweet holiday sort of way.
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