"Spaceman" Kucinich Backers Want to Boycott Pizza Hut

It doesn't take much to set off the wacky left these days:

A new Pizza Hut ad (see YouTube video at left) that uses slices of presidential debate commentary to tout a cut-rate pizza deal has angered backers of Cleveland Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich.

"Are people seeing lower prices now?" the announcer in the ad asks before cutting to a debate segment where Kucinich says: "More people in this country have seen UFOs."

When the vegan congressman disappears from the screen, his image is replaced by meat-covered pizzas.

Operators of several websites that admire the Cleveland congressmen are urging readers to complain to Pizza Hut. They're not mad about Kucinich being linked to pepperoni despite his meat aversion, or being linked to chain pizza despite his anti-corporate rhetoric. It's the UFO reference that's given them indigestion.

"I am going to encourage all Kucinich supporters to boycott your restaurant until you change your "debate" advertising," wrote the operator of a website called Dandelionsalad. "That was a low blow to a viable, electable presidential candidate. Consider the word OUT! I also think Pizza Hut should publicly apologize to the Congressman!"

It's a clever ad. Next weekend I'll be making my annual visit to the Rockport Gospel Music Festival in Rockport, TX, and on Sunday night we usually hit the local Pizza Hut for dinner. This year I'm going to order an extra pie in honor of this ad. Well done, Pizza Hut!