Advertisement Becomes the Poet

This was the first time that I had ever seen these commercials, or at least paid attention to them. Now that I am taking the time to really look at them, I find that it is impressive for an advertisement agency to take the initiative to use a great American poet as their inspiration. Using the imagery that they do, combined with his voice and words, they seem to be calling the American public to celebrate their patriotism by wearing their product.
While this does obscure the original description of what a poet should be, it allows for the fact that times are changing, or that in reality, today, many people pay more attention to television Ads than they do to literature. While there are still some who know and understand literature, and hold it to be true, the majority of people are pulled in by video games and television shows in the same way if not more.
Whitman seems to say in more than one way throughout his "Song of Myself" that consumption, advertisement and promotion distract him from the important things, which is himself and the nature around him.
In general, I like the commercials, but it has yet to be seen if advertisement is really taking over the role of the poet completely or not.