The Best Thing Mr. Bush Has Done For Women In 8 Years!

Jan 16, 2009 3:45 PM

"Say Good Bye To Mr. Bush"

Your Mr. Bush that is.  This ad for Townhouse Spa and Beauty Bar, showcasing their 40% off a bikini or Brazilian wax is the best inaugural promo advert email newsletter we've seen yet.  Townhouse Spa, on 56th street in NYC, a "classy" place, accurately identified a Bush issue that maybe Republican and Democrat women can all agree upon. In fact, as Chris said, this may be the first good thing that Bush has done for women in 8 years.

And in a down economy, creative risqué non-partisan advertising is the way to go.  Why appeal to only one group, when you can reach all kinds of women?  And why stick to boring, stale advertising, when you can link politics with personal grooming?  Yes, "Good bye Mr. Bush.  Hello Mr. Obama."

Filed under: Advertising, Politics
To contact the author of this post, email rachelle@guestofaguest.com

January 16, 2009

8:48pm

Is that what we're gonna call that "area" now?  

January 16, 2009

9:11pm

hmmm ok guys...fess up who copied who? [gawker.com]  

CHRISTOPHER CONFESSORE

January 16, 2009

9:17pm

Actually, I think Bliss and Townhouse are the ones who have to throw down...  

david wayne osedach

January 16, 2009

11:03pm

Absolutely brilliant! Please start your own advertising firm on Madison Avenue and you will be a huge success.  

britvox9

January 17, 2009

12:15am

"Hello Mr Obama" - are you implying you think Barack is a pussy??  

mikewritesright

January 17, 2009

1:03am

With all of the secrecy of the Bush administration, they should have called it Area 51.  

Lucinda

January 17, 2009

2:07am

Brilliant? I think its tacky and sexist using a this slang word in an ad. The thing is as an aesthethician myself I make an effort using correct terms for body parts. People are uncomfortable and awkward as it is to get a bikini or brazilian wax, especially for the first time. We don't need to be using slang terms in a professional setting.  

STANLEY STUYVESANT

January 17, 2009

4:28am

Yes (cough) Lucinda is right!  

wemba

January 17, 2009

9:26am

Two things involve. [www.youtube.com]  

Simond

January 17, 2009

9:47am

Lucinda, You are a little bit precious honey. Chill out. (I think the girls are uncomfortable because they are about to have their Obama's plucked like a chicken whilst they scream every folicle clear)  

wallpapers

January 17, 2009

1:43pm

watch sexy wallpaperz at www.wallpaperz.info  

Ed

January 17, 2009

1:57pm

Yes Lucinda is correct. Lets use a pre-heated mixture of natural beeswax and tall oil to apply directly to the vaginal area near the vulva removing the coarse pubic hair from that reagion. All for a discount of 20%. That's much funnier and will sell more services, your phone will be ringing off the hook.  

Anonymous

January 17, 2009

2:38pm

I think it's great. Lighthearted and funny, what we need in these troubling times. I'd get a wax there if I lived close. If people are uncomfortable about hearing it called a bush, they need to get a life.  

Tyler

January 17, 2009

2:39pm

How is it sexist?  

partypants

January 17, 2009

2:57pm

sigh we can refer to mine as a dead president.  

Rick

January 17, 2009

3:42pm

Well I do own an ad agency and I only wish I would have thought of something this good. I'd like to know how many people are viewing this website because of this brilliant ad; I bet it is getting hundreds of thousands of viewers!  

Hillbilly Darrell

January 17, 2009

4:07pm

Can men have their bushes removed as well at this service establishment? Or, is brazilian and bikini waxing exclusively offered for women? Many men probably will be glad when their bush is removed as well.  

Cristo

January 17, 2009

5:36pm

GemVie Medispa is offering free laser hair removal to get rid of bush too.  

Cristo

January 17, 2009

5:37pm

Millard's Owner

January 17, 2009

7:12pm

All very well and good for the ladies, but where can I get my "Fillmore" groomed?  

Anonymous

January 17, 2009

8:51pm

Hillbilly Darrell, guys can have their bits done too. Its sometimes called a "man-zilian", but I don't think every waxing salon will do it? Not sure.  

markus78

January 17, 2009

10:31pm

Not only did the ad make me laugh, but the comments as well. Not sure that the intent was to equate Obama with "pussy", though. I think they were aiming for "get nice and clean-shaven for the big event on the 20th". Although, that too, in a sense, is a bit disturbing. Can you imagine hoards of women getting a brazilian to be ready for a presidential inauguration? Does Obama turn that many women on? LOL  

Ad Agency

January 18, 2009

3:53pm

Bush won't be gone soon enough if you ask me!  

scallywag

January 18, 2009

9:48pm

hey weren't women also responsible for voting Bush in, or are we too believe it's all us guys fault again...?  

informed bikini waxer

January 18, 2009

10:36pm

i think bush just gave bikinis a bad connotation for the past 8 years, so hopefully we can get over that connection, because obama is in no way a bikini. shobha, nyc's hair removal expert, actually sent out a press release about being bush-free on super tuesday that everyone else in the waxing world has seemed to have copied. they are offering 2-for-1 bikinis and they don't double dip, which is a common dirty practice many other salons do. [www.myshobha.com]  

Lola

January 19, 2009

11:55pm

This spa is fantastic: [www.askmelissa.com]  

partypants

January 20, 2009

1:12am

stop promoting your website! don't you already have a link over on the right? sheesh  

Amanda

January 20, 2009

11:02pm

Bliss Spa is getting into the act, too. Offering a very tongue in cheeky Farewell to Bush Bikini Wax Special starting now thru February 1st.  

john

January 28, 2009

8:44am

sexy girl!!!!  

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