Best Commercial of 2009

While trying to recover from the worst Sunday of the NFL season (Week 15: “All hopes are crushed and the Cowboys are going to the playoffs”), I’ve noticed that pretty much every newspaper is writing some top ten list about something in 2009 (shoes, articles, books, moments of economic and political crisis).  Well, in case they haven’t noticed, there are a few days left, and a lot can happen in two days!

Well, I could write an impassioned post about how this is the same kind of unified creep (thanks Gregg Easterbrook!) that gives us 2010 cars in August 2009, Christmas shopping before Halloween, and lifetime achievement awards for the living, but it’s been awhile, so I’m going to ease into it.  To that point, here is the top commercial of 2009:

And here’s what I think.  Mr. President–next time let a kid catch the ball!