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		<title>Wodka Vodka Continues its Offensive Ad Campaign</title>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:57:43 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Drew Grant</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_222390" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 225px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-222390" href="http://www.observer.com/2012/02/wodka-vodka-continues-its-offensive-ad-campaign/wodka2/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-222390" title="Wodka2" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/wodka2.png?w=224&h=300" alt="" width="215" height="287" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Wacky Wodka Vodka&#039;s latest ad (Copyranter)</p></div></p>
<p>Back in the mildly cold days of November, Wodka Vodka made a statement with their billboard. Unfortunately, it was a statement that many construed as antisemitic, stating "Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing." We <a href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/wodka-vodka-not-just-offensive-to-the-jews/">dug a little deeper into the wormhole of Wodka's wacky website</a>, and found out that the spirit distiller has a whole host of other offensive stereotypes to promote their alcohol, including "Dehli Neil," "Sumo Shu," and an ad for Black Russians. (You can probably guess.)<br />
Now Wodka, a subsidiary of Panache Beverages LLC, is at it again <a href="http://copyranter.blogspot.com/2012/02/vodka-billboard-harshly-insults-nyc.html">with this ad above the Brooklyn bridge and near Penn Station</a>.<br />
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<p>We don't know what's worse for Wodka: the fact that they're trying to sell vodka by comparing it to prostitution, or that they're using the same copy from their last campaign, substituting Christmas for escorts and Hanukkah with hookers.</p>
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<p>Back in the mildly cold days of November, Wodka Vodka made a statement with their billboard. Unfortunately, it was a statement that many construed as antisemitic, stating "Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing." We <a href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/wodka-vodka-not-just-offensive-to-the-jews/">dug a little deeper into the wormhole of Wodka's wacky website</a>, and found out that the spirit distiller has a whole host of other offensive stereotypes to promote their alcohol, including "Dehli Neil," "Sumo Shu," and an ad for Black Russians. (You can probably guess.)<br />
Now Wodka, a subsidiary of Panache Beverages LLC, is at it again <a href="http://copyranter.blogspot.com/2012/02/vodka-billboard-harshly-insults-nyc.html">with this ad above the Brooklyn bridge and near Penn Station</a>.<br />
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<p>We don't know what's worse for Wodka: the fact that they're trying to sell vodka by comparing it to prostitution, or that they're using the same copy from their last campaign, substituting Christmas for escorts and Hanukkah with hookers.</p>
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		<title>Wodka Vodka: Not Just Offensive to the Jews!</title>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:30:34 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Drew Grant</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_201230" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-201230" href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/wodka-vodka-not-just-offensive-to-the-jews/enhanced-buzz-15420-1322073916-44/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-201230" title="enhanced-buzz-15420-1322073916-44" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/enhanced-buzz-15420-1322073916-44.jpg?w=300&h=180" alt="" width="300" height="180" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Wodka Vodka: the anti-Semitic spirit of choice! </p></div></p>
<p>If you hadn't had the pleasure of checking out Wodka Vodka's billboard alluding to the stereotype of <a href="http://gawker.com/5861864/vodka-billboard-christmas-quality-hanukkah-pricing?tag=badvertising">Jewish dogs being really cheap</a>, you've missed your chance. The ad has been torn down and put in a "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/nyregion/billboard-ad-for-wodka-vodka-called-anti-semitic-is-pulled.html?_r=3&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">crumpled heap near the road</a>."</p>
<p>But don't worry...Wodka has so many more mascots to offend you!</p>
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Trying to get in touch with Wodka's PR, <a href="http://welovewodka.com/About/">we went to the product's website</a>, where we were directed to email "New Dehli Neil" (an Indian man dressed as a snake charmer):<br />
<a rel="attachment wp-att-201245" href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/wodka-vodka-not-just-offensive-to-the-jews/dehli/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-201245" title="dehli" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/dehli.jpg" alt="" width="452" height="315" /></a><br />
And Sumo Cho (who is apparently in charge of sales):<br />
<a rel="attachment wp-att-201248" href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/wodka-vodka-not-just-offensive-to-the-jews/sumo/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-201248" title="sumo" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/sumo.jpg" alt="" width="459" height="327" /></a></p>
<p>Or their "Black Russian" campaign, which thankfully has not run over NYC yet:<br />
<a rel="attachment wp-att-201249" href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/wodka-vodka-not-just-offensive-to-the-jews/5n2ssvfj-tw1/"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-201249" title="5n2ssvfj tw1" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/5n2ssvfj-tw1.jpg?w=625&h=415" alt="" width="625" height="415" /></a><br />
(Photo via <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/RealWodkaVodka/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyfrog.com%2F5n2ssvfj">Wodka Vodka's Twitter</a>)</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_201230" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-201230" href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/wodka-vodka-not-just-offensive-to-the-jews/enhanced-buzz-15420-1322073916-44/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-201230" title="enhanced-buzz-15420-1322073916-44" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/enhanced-buzz-15420-1322073916-44.jpg?w=300&h=180" alt="" width="300" height="180" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Wodka Vodka: the anti-Semitic spirit of choice! </p></div></p>
<p>If you hadn't had the pleasure of checking out Wodka Vodka's billboard alluding to the stereotype of <a href="http://gawker.com/5861864/vodka-billboard-christmas-quality-hanukkah-pricing?tag=badvertising">Jewish dogs being really cheap</a>, you've missed your chance. The ad has been torn down and put in a "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/nyregion/billboard-ad-for-wodka-vodka-called-anti-semitic-is-pulled.html?_r=3&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">crumpled heap near the road</a>."</p>
<p>But don't worry...Wodka has so many more mascots to offend you!</p>
<p><!--more--><br />
Trying to get in touch with Wodka's PR, <a href="http://welovewodka.com/About/">we went to the product's website</a>, where we were directed to email "New Dehli Neil" (an Indian man dressed as a snake charmer):<br />
<a rel="attachment wp-att-201245" href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/wodka-vodka-not-just-offensive-to-the-jews/dehli/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-201245" title="dehli" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/dehli.jpg" alt="" width="452" height="315" /></a><br />
And Sumo Cho (who is apparently in charge of sales):<br />
<a rel="attachment wp-att-201248" href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/wodka-vodka-not-just-offensive-to-the-jews/sumo/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-201248" title="sumo" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/sumo.jpg" alt="" width="459" height="327" /></a></p>
<p>Or their "Black Russian" campaign, which thankfully has not run over NYC yet:<br />
<a rel="attachment wp-att-201249" href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/wodka-vodka-not-just-offensive-to-the-jews/5n2ssvfj-tw1/"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-201249" title="5n2ssvfj tw1" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/5n2ssvfj-tw1.jpg?w=625&h=415" alt="" width="625" height="415" /></a><br />
(Photo via <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/RealWodkaVodka/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyfrog.com%2F5n2ssvfj">Wodka Vodka's Twitter</a>)</p>
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