Now we know why those town halls of August were so hostile. The angry mobs were high on caffeine from pumping Starbucks coffee into their bodies.

The ad strikes me as a smart play by Starbucks. It pokes gentle fun at enlightened rednecks who know how to laugh at themselves.

As Allahpundit said at Hot Air: “Mediaite does its best to stoke some outrageous outrage but I’m not feeling it. What’s ‘risky’ about this? If they had the guy carrying an AR-15 or an “Obama = Hitler” sign, that would be one thing, but only in Nancy Pelosi’s tender mind does shouting indicate [Timothy] McVeigh-ish radicalism.”