Ok, seriously, it's time to stop making 'stimulus package' ads

OK, maybe it's really time to declare a moratorium on all these advertising and marketing campaigns that evoke the stimulus package. With this ad from fast-food chain El Pollo Loco, the trend has officially jumped the shark. In the commercial, Pollo Loco CEO Steve Carley announces the formation of The Dinner Party (yuk yuk) and bats away a question about pork by stating, "We don't do pork" (groan). The thing is, the news media has moved on from the stimulus package to AIG bonuses and the Obama administration's planned seizure of non-bank financial companies. The stimulus bill is so February.

—Posted by Todd Wasserman