Best Super Bowl ad
It's halftime, America. The below Clint Eastwood commercial was the best of the big game. ICYMI.
See this Clint Eastwood commercial.
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YouTube pulled the Eastwood commercial Sherm. Something about violation the NFL's copyright. Sound familar?
Loved the commercial.
I thought it was an Obama political ad -- all that stuff about how great it was that America stepped up and rescued the auto industry in 2009. Thanks, President Obama!
NYCPete hit it right on the head.
It was a political pro-Obama ad that cost millions.
The company that purchased the ad got billions of taxpayer money from Obama.
See....Crony Captialism at work.
It was a political pro-Obama ad that cost millions.
The company that purchased the ad got billions of taxpayer money from Obama.
See....Crony Captialism at work.
Gee, SgtRock, why aren't you happy for the country that the auto industry survived and prospered? Why can't you admit that President Obama did the right thing? Don't you like America?
All of you nitwits trying to mold the commercial into a political statement are just that. Nitwits. If you actually listen to it,
Eastwood says it's time to come together to fix America. To look ahead, implying to not look back at who is to blame.
Eastwood says it's time to come together to fix America. To look ahead, implying to not look back at who is to blame.
I agree with Sgt. Rock, except the total cost of saving all those jobs at Chrysler and at its suppliers turned out to be $1.3 billion. We committed $12.5 billion, and eventually recovered $11.2 billion.
Some of the credit goes to the Bush Administration, but Sgt. Rock is right that this is mostly an Obama story. If you think that saving the U.S. auto industry was a bad idea, you should certainly vote against Obama.
I look forward to this issue being aired during the campaign this autumn.
Some of the credit goes to the Bush Administration, but Sgt. Rock is right that this is mostly an Obama story. If you think that saving the U.S. auto industry was a bad idea, you should certainly vote against Obama.
I look forward to this issue being aired during the campaign this autumn.
My personal all-time favorite Super Bowl ad was the one, some years ago, where a young man is sitting on a porch in the Bayou late at night, eating a cheese pizza drenched in Tabasco sauce. He's eaten so much Tabasco sauce that when a mosquito lands on his leg and drinks his blood, it flies away and literally blows up after a few feet! The young man just smiles...Yes, Sherm, I'm sure you were trying to make your usual clumsy political statement blaming Obama and all those satanic liberal socialists for our country's problems. But for once, I chose to ignore it and just enjoy the moment.
I also liked the Matthew Broderick/Ferris Bueller ad.
Tom - Where exactly do you see a political statement in Sherman's words ?
Looks to me that all you whining libs made all the political statements
Looks to me that all you whining libs made all the political statements
Lester: I will acknowledge that I did not see the Super Bowl, and therefore did not see the subject commercial. But if todays' USA Today carries the text of the commercial on it's second page, then I now know a little more about it. I think Jon.Lewis got it right, as to the ultimate goal of the commercial. But I still stand by my original impression, that the phrase "Half-time in America," as well as the text of the ad, now that I've read it, sounds suspiciously like Ronald Reagan's "Morning in America." Between that and the fact that the ad was posted by a car company, I can see how it would be easy to read it as a referendum on whether Obama's policies actually worked. Which, by the way, all you ranting conservatives are just as guilty of doing, as all those "whiny libs".
YouTube pulled the video, now you have a link to the NFL? I still can't get it to play. Why don't you link to the Chrysler site?
http://www.chrysler.com/en/?sid=1037056&KWNM=chrysler&KWID=141909187&channel=paidsearch
I'm glad to pay $1.3 billion to help Chryler, it was better than the trillion spent on Iraq.
http://www.chrysler.com/en/?sid=1037056&KWNM=chrysler&KWID=141909187&channel=paidsearch
I'm glad to pay $1.3 billion to help Chryler, it was better than the trillion spent on Iraq.
Nope, it was definitely political, although it softened things a bit by suggesting that everyone had agreed to bail out the auto industry. In reality, the Republicans were strongly against it once Obama took office. But that is their right, and they are entitled to feel that Clint Eastwood has turned into a pinko in his old age.
It was a powerful ad, whether Conservative or Liberal, I, like Sherm, was impressed by the ad. Sherm cites the ad as his favorite and the following libs act like little children with their posts:
Mrs. Ed
Tom Reynolds
It was a deep, thoughtful commercial.
Mrs. Ed
Tom Reynolds
It was a deep, thoughtful commercial.
Perhaps it was not a statement on politics, perhaps Chrysler recognized that THEY needed major, sweeping changes and that they have done just that, labor and management pulling together etc.
Perhaps Sherm enjoyed THAT message. I did. Why cant you ?
Perhaps Sherm enjoyed THAT message. I did. Why cant you ?
Is Chrysler part of the US auto industry?
When did that happened?
When did that happened?
Labor and management could have pulled together all they wanted, and Chrysler would still have been liquidated and sold off for scrap in the summer of 2009 without a government bail-out. That is what Clint Eastwood was talking about.
The principled conservative response to the auto industry bail-out be to acknowledge that the bail-out worked in this particular instance, but that, as a matter of general principle, industry bail-outs are a bad idea.
The principled conservative response to the auto industry bail-out be to acknowledge that the bail-out worked in this particular instance, but that, as a matter of general principle, industry bail-outs are a bad idea.
Rush Limberger fill in host Mark Stein (the Canadian) said the commercial was: "...full of collectivist bromides.." and he was disappointed in Eastwood. Too bad the Romney right has now come out against American made products. Maybe we should buy stuff made in the Cayman Islands. USA USA USA USA USA USA
(and I know Chyrsler is owned by FIAT in part, big deal)
(and I know Chyrsler is owned by FIAT in part, big deal)
It was a message that a lot of people can rally around, but you people refuse to see that, some of you would see a pretty sunrise and turn it poitical. Of course some would praise Obama for the pretty sunrise.
It was clearly an ad praising the saving of one of America's last manufacturing industries.
Bush and Obama share that success.
Romney would have let them fail, let millions go unmloyed, and effectively outsourced the future of American auto manufacturing.
I find it hard to believe, that even the staunchest of Republicans, would vote for this Richie Rich fraud.
Romney is a draft dodger, and a tax evader. Might be legal, but he simply is NOT presidential material.
Bush and Obama share that success.
Romney would have let them fail, let millions go unmloyed, and effectively outsourced the future of American auto manufacturing.
I find it hard to believe, that even the staunchest of Republicans, would vote for this Richie Rich fraud.
Romney is a draft dodger, and a tax evader. Might be legal, but he simply is NOT presidential material.
HOW DID DIRTY HARRY GET AS DUMB AS GEORGE CLOONEY?????
WE SHOULD FOLLOW DETROIT'S EXAMPLE.....
TAKE A WELFARE BAILOUT AND THEN CONTINUE MAKING SHODDY PRODUCTS??? NO THANKS;)
WE SHOULD FOLLOW DETROIT'S EXAMPLE.....
TAKE A WELFARE BAILOUT AND THEN CONTINUE MAKING SHODDY PRODUCTS??? NO THANKS;)
CHRYSLER + BARRY = ITALIAN INDUSTRY
Lester: Yes, of course, what you said in your post of 10:44 COULD be what the ad intended, and it COULD be what Sherm intended to say. I, for one, would be delighted if it were. But unfortunately, that is not what Sherm DID say. All he said was, "I like this ad," without saying WHAT he liked in it, or WHY. If any speaker, not just a conservative one, makes an ambiguous, vague statement, then it is the fault of THAT speaker if the audience misinterprets it. It is pointless to try and blame the audience for misinterpreting a vague, ambiguous statement. And for the record, IF what you said is what the ad intended, then I agree. It really was a wonderful, uplifting message.
Only Clint Eastwood could have sent a message like that.
It does not really matter if it was a Chrysler commercial.
Its message is what counts. Thanks to Clint Eastwood and thanks to Chrysler.
It does not really matter if it was a Chrysler commercial.
Its message is what counts. Thanks to Clint Eastwood and thanks to Chrysler.
I believe Clint Eastwood has NEVER voted for a Democrat president.
Athos, Clint said he hasn't voted for a Democratic president, so I guess we can believe Clint. I thought it was a great ad, and I don't mean politically--I mean, HOW it was made.
My favorite ad was for Doritos with the old woman in the scooter and the little kid in the treehouse. I don't THINK there was a political undertone to that one!
My favorite ad was for Doritos with the old woman in the scooter and the little kid in the treehouse. I don't THINK there was a political undertone to that one!
Michael - UNLESS the little kid in the tree represented us heartless conservatives not willing to share our bounty and the old lady represented the occupy hippies and redistributed the wealth (Doritos) !!!!!!!
Ok, here goes mine. I think the fat dog ad was analogous to Michelle Obama's anti-fat kid campaign. And if our fat kids lose weight they can chase a Chrysler down the street. And get it subsidized by the govt.
Lester, now we have to consider the issue of Doritos distribution! I believe in redistributing all but the sour cream and onion flavor.
Doritos for all ! Especially good for the marijuana smoking occupy protesters.....and bluegrass music listeners, thanks Obama !!!!!
Mrs Ed needs the Dorritos to stop the hungry's.
Better get the Dorrito redistribution plan in place before Mrs Ed get to the Dorritos, there won't be any left!
Better get the Dorrito redistribution plan in place before Mrs Ed get to the Dorritos, there won't be any left!
Lester, sorry, but I'm taking the sour cream and onion hostage. Not even making nice about bluegrass will get me to give them up for you.
Figures, a sour creme and onion tax. Just like a liberal to enact THAT! ;)
The Clint ad was actually good. It's just too bad it was for Chrysler. They've needed 2 bailouts in the last 30 yrs and the last one wasn't paid back in full. Frankly they make crappy vehicles and it's OK to let the free market let em sink or swim. I'm sure Ford and GM will fill the gap.
Professori, I'm surprised you'd believe any lying conservative, even Josie Wales.
Mr. Frederick: Now that Karl Rove has announced he was offended by the ad I'm wondering if you've changed your opinion? Or would the editorial board of the WSJ have to be offended, too, beofre you do an about face? :-)
xfmrhsd, no tax on this one. I ate them already.
Athos, not all conservatives lie. And since Clint supports gay marriage, I suspect a few have read him out of the movement. Besides, my grandfather was a New York policeman; he thought Dirty Harry was a wuss.
Athos, not all conservatives lie. And since Clint supports gay marriage, I suspect a few have read him out of the movement. Besides, my grandfather was a New York policeman; he thought Dirty Harry was a wuss.
Why don't you eat some Chinese wheat gluten? It is obvious that the anti-America right is in the pocket of the Chinese. (Look where the Staples and Sports Authority products come from, Mr. Romney)
USA USA USA I'm backing America and our products and workers, you can go to the Cayman Islands if you don't like it.
USA USA USA I'm backing America and our products and workers, you can go to the Cayman Islands if you don't like it.
Mrs. Ed has a problem with foreign nations owning our companies, but on this very same thread does not care about Fiat's ownership of Chrysler ! (Before that Cerberus Capital, another foreign company)
mrs.ed is well named. As in "the southern portion of a northbound talking horse".
If Romney and the GOP had been in charge, Clint Eastwood's Chrysler Super Bowl commercial would have been talking about 'game over' rather than halftime.
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