I had a special project to do a campaign for a Philadelphia politician named Arlen Spector (sic). When do I get to see Arlen Spector? I asked. You don’t. Spector was a district attorney in Philadelphia, running for mayor. He wanted New York advertising but he had placed through a Philadelphia agency. I complained about not being able to see Arlen Spector. Are you crazy? his people said. Nobody gets to meet Arlen Spector. We can’t even see him. All right, I said, what’s Arlen Spector for? Arlen Spector is for getting elected. All right, I said, what’s Arlen Spector against? Arlen Spector is against losing. I did the campaign, but Arlen Spector lost.
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Jerry Della Femina was American advertising executive. Jerry Della Femina is an American advertising executive and restaurateur. Starting from a poor Italian background in Brooklyn, he eventually became chairman of Della Femina Travisano & Partners, an agency which he founded with Ron Travisano in the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia →