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I can see how you could read that as a political message... that said, offended by it?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1257902.html
Chrysler's two-minute Super Bowl ad narrated by Clint Eastwood has become politicized.
"It's halftime. Both teams are in their locker room discussing what they can do to win this game in the second half," says Eastwood in his singular voice. "It's halftime in America, too. People are out of work and they're hurting and they're all wondering what they're going to do to make a comeback and we're all scared because this isn't a game. The people of Detroit know a little something about this," Eastwood says in the ad, before touting Detroit's comeback.
President Barack Obama's senior campaign adviser David Axelrod immediately praised the ad as a "powerful spot" on Twitter, and White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer tweeted, "Saving the America Auto Industry: Something Eminem and Clint Eastwood can agree on."
Former Bush White House senior adviser Karl Rove blasted the ad Monday on Fox News. "I was, frankly, offended by it," he said. "I'm a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, I thought it was an extremely well-done ad, but it is a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics, and the President of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising and the best-wishes of the management which is benefited by getting a bunch of our money that they'll never pay back."
Chrysler, like General Motors, was aided by government loans made under the Bush and Obama administrations in 2008 and 2009. Taxpayers lost up to $1.3 billion lent to Chrysler, and the government no longer owns a stake in the company.
Chrysler had hoped the ad would not become politicized. "It has zero political content," said Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne Monday. "It was not intended to be any type of political overture on our part. We are as apolitical as you can make us...I wasn't expressing a view and certainly nobody inside Chrysler was attempting to influence decisions."
Clint Eastwood isn't particularly partisan, either -- he identifies as a libertarian. He served as nonpartisan mayor of Carmel, Calif., for two years. He supported Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the 2008 presidential election but has said he no longer identifies with the GOP and doesn't know who he's voting for in 2012. He has also brushed off critics who read political messages into his films.
Though conservatives have criticized the ad for supporting the auto bailout, Eastwood himself did not support it.
~~I cheered after I saw the ad.
I can see how you could read that as a political message... that said, offended by it?
Its obvious conservatives will be offended at anything that can even be spun into an Obama victory even if that wasn't the intent.
I'm offended by Karl Rove's consistent record of anger-mongering.
Clint was perfect for the ad though.
LOL @ the ing about the movie about Bin Laden.It's not Bush's fault he couldn't find Osama in Iraq.
Is that what that movie is about? Act of Valor or w/e?
Wing-nuts hate an American company that supplies American jobs....nothing to see here...
It's halftime in America
Chrysler makes terrible cars…Why is it patriotic to pedal crap on the American public?
Chrysler edits protesters’ signs in Super Bowl ad
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/hottopi...super-bowl-ad/
Really liked the add - thought it was inspirational.
Was political only in the since that it pointed out that we are a damn strong force when we buckle down under a common goal to accomplish something. Reminded us that we are all Americans - and that we ought not forget that.
Eastwood (who is probably more closely aligned with Ron Paul than any other candidate) was outstanding.
Republicans are paranoid? Worried about boosting Obama? Idiots. Should be nominating a decent candidate. I've always hated prevent defense, but the Republicans seem intent on playing it this year. They get what they deserve.
Democrats who have taken this as an endorsement of Obama's policies, and a call for his reelection are almost as delusional as Rove.
Just buy American made products and STFU.
Don't really see what the fuss is about a commercial from some Italian owned auto company........
Made in the USA!!
This.
Chrysler had a two minute commercial last year that was designed to tell people that Detroit was coming back. This year, it is a two minute commercial designed to tell people that America is coming back.
Polarized america needs to get over itself and let people feel good about things.
Repugs want Americans scared/paranoid by bogus threats, pissed off about bogus issues, and totally distracted from the real issues and cuprits.
That's why Repugs and conservatives on Chrysler's message.
So you don't think Dem's do this too huh?
no, they the Dems don't.
Stick you false equivalence up your ass
I would put Boutons on ignore if he didn't come up with the occasional gem like this one.
LOL @ the ing about the movie about Bin Laden.
I didn't find this ad inspirational or anything at all. It's no less stupid than their, "
Damn you're an idiot.
Chris Hayes: Why Republicans hate Clint Eastwood’s commercial
Eastwood’s sideways endorsement of the auto bailouts punches conservatives where it hurts — right in the Reagan.
President Ronald Reagan loved Eastwood and his Dirty Harry image, and even occasionally dropped Eastwood’s most famous movie lines in public. That’s because Eastwood’s popular tough-guy image played right into the Republican narrative that they were coming to reassert American strength after President Jimmy Carter had so “emasculated” the presidency.
Eastwood was even in an anti-drug commercial featuring Nancy Reagan, and did a number of other anti-drug spots on the Reagan administration’s behalf.
But now that Eastwood is singing a different tune, and praising one of President Barack Obama’s policies on an issue where his likely Republican challenger goes in the exact opposite direction, conservatives have been sent reeling.
“If you doubt the potential effectiveness of this message, if you doubt its political potency, all you have to do is look at the conservative backlash against the Clint Eastwood ad today,” Hayes said.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/0...e+Raw+Story%29
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