Eastwood's Chrysler Ad: Political? Pro-Obama?

[AZGrizFan]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/user/chrysler?v=_PE5V4Uzobc[/youtube]

Apparently there's quite a buzz out there amont the paranoid that this is somehow a "pro-Obama" ad...what's your take? Looks like a nice, upbeat ad to me....still wouldn't make me buy a POS Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge car or truck, but that's a different thread.

FYI: Karl Rove calls it a pro-Obama ad...Newt Gingrich calls it a pro-America ad. And Eastwood is solidly conservative.

[Vidav]

I fell asleep after 23 seconds. Can you give a quick summary of the video?

[Bronco]

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They should have shot the commercial in Detroit...

THE GOOD, THE AD AND THE UGLY thedaily.com ^ | February 7, 2012 | By Luke Jerod Kummer and Erik Hayden


The creative minds behind the ad are in the agency’s Portland, Ore., branch. Aaron Allen designed a poster for the 2008 Obama campaign and Jimm Lasser designed a basketball sneaker called the “Obama Force One,” with an image of the president on the soles and the message “A Black Man Runs and a Nation Is Behind Him.” Lasser displayed the shoe in a 2008 gallery exhibition with the tagline “The Dunk on McCain.”


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[mainejeff]

This country continues to jump the shark.

[CitadelGrad]

Eastwood is solidly Republican and has been very critical of Obama. Either he was duped or he doesn't see it as being pro-Obama.

[Ivytalk]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/user/chrysler?v=_PE5V4Uzobc[/youtube]

Apparently there's quite a buzz out there amont the paranoid that this is somehow a "pro-Obama" ad...what's your take? Looks like a nice, upbeat ad to me....still wouldn't make me buy a POS Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge car or truck, but that's a different thread.

FYI: Karl Rove calls it a pro-Obama ad...Newt Gingrich calls it a pro-America ad. And Eastwood is solidly conservative.

I agree with AZGF: Chrysler makes a POS product, and Clint is a rugged American.

[danefan]

I didn't think it was political at all. I thought it was Patriotic.

Are Bronco and Expandspanod writing Rove's talking points now?

[ASUG8]

I thought it was pretty boring, but Patriotic. The only part that I thought could be construed as Pro-Obama was the "halftime in America" quote.

Anybody else think it's ironic that a company with 52% ownership by Fiat is so pro-America in their ads?

[DSUrocks07]

When anyone talks about how America is getting better and how it needs to keep getting better that means they're pro-Obama? Eastwood was making a kind of halftime speech that coaches usually make to motivate their players. "We may be down now but were not out of it. Dont throw in the towel. We have a history of success built on the foundation of hard work and sacrifice. Its not gonna be easy, but it wasn't easy to get to where we are now. Lets get to it, America" That's how I looked at it.

Pro-America not pro-Obama.

Can't believe that some people want a nation to fail simply because of its leader.

[Wedgebuster]

Rove is the talking head for the Retardlicans faction of the GOP, which is almost as nauseous as the Religlicans.

Same old shit, different day.

[YoUDeeMan]

Detroit...showing us how it is done?

Are you kidding me?

Detroit is a dying, piece of crap city and it isn't going to turn around anytime soon. And I'd never buy a vehicle made from there.

That could have been a great ad...but instead it speaks to everything that is wrong with this country.

[ASUG8]

Detroit...showing us how it is done?

Are you kidding me?

Detroit is a dying, piece of crap city and it isn't going to turn around anytime soon. And I'd never buy a vehicle made from there.

That could have been a great ad...but instead it speaks to everything that is wrong with this country.

The "old" UAW that had teeth contributed mightily to breaking Detroit's back. That's why you had GM's made in Canada and Fords/Chryslers made in Mexico. Toyota, Nissan, VW, Hyundai, BMW, Mercedes, Kia have all found ways to make money manufacturing in the US. BMW locally is adding a $900M addition and announced that they are exporting SUV's out of the US.

Right to work states for the win.

[polsongrizz]

Fist time I heard of or saw this, pretty pathetic commercial attempt to sell cars.

[Ivytalk]

Detroit...showing us how it is done?

Are you kidding me?

Detroit is a dying, piece of crap city and it isn't going to turn around anytime soon. And I'd never buy a vehicle made from there.

That could have been a great ad...but instead it speaks to everything that is wrong with this country.

The "old" UAW that had teeth contributed mightily to breaking Detroit's back. That's why you had GM's made in Canada and Fords/Chryslers made in Mexico. Toyota, Nissan, VW, Hyundai, BMW, Mercedes, Kia have all found ways to make money manufacturing in the US. BMW locally is adding a $900M addition and announced that they are exporting SUV's out of the US.

Right to work states for the win.

Not if the Obama Labor Department can help it!

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Detroit...showing us how it is done?

Are you kidding me?

Detroit is a dying, piece of crap city and it isn't going to turn around anytime soon. And I'd never buy a vehicle made from there.

That could have been a great ad...but instead it speaks to everything that is wrong with this country.

The city falling apart is proof positive that liberal ideas run things into the ground. The city the state and the country are all suffering from their undeniable fingerprints.

Not even Clint Eastwood can save them now.

[kalm]

Detroit...showing us how it is done?

Are you kidding me?

Detroit is a dying, piece of crap city and it isn't going to turn around anytime soon. And I'd never buy a vehicle made from there.

That could have been a great ad...but instead it speaks to everything that is wrong with this country.

The city falling apart is proof positive that liberal ideas run things into the ground. The city the state and the country are all suffering from their undeniable fingerprints.

Not even Clint Eastwood can save them now.

I'm sure Seattle and Portland are about to crumble too.

[YoUDeeMan]

The city falling apart is proof positive that liberal ideas run things into the ground. The city the state and the country are all suffering from their undeniable fingerprints.

Not even Clint Eastwood can save them now.

I'm sure Seattle and Portland are about to crumble too.

The whole Left Coast...into the Pacific. It's 2012.

A hard-nosed conservative would be able to put our country's thumb down and squash the problem...they're so good at finding faulty faults.

[ASUG8]

The "old" UAW that had teeth contributed mightily to breaking Detroit's back. That's why you had GM's made in Canada and Fords/Chryslers made in Mexico. Toyota, Nissan, VW, Hyundai, BMW, Mercedes, Kia have all found ways to make money manufacturing in the US. BMW locally is adding a $900M addition and announced that they are exporting SUV's out of the US.

Right to work states for the win.

Not if the Obama Labor Department can help it!

Yeah, SC squeaked by with the Boeing plant in Charleston vs. WA. State. Should have been a no brainer except for this NLRB.

[CitadelGrad]

Detroit...showing us how it is done?

Are you kidding me?

Detroit is a dying, piece of crap city and it isn't going to turn around anytime soon. And I'd never buy a vehicle made from there.

That could have been a great ad...but instead it speaks to everything that is wrong with this country.

The "old" UAW that had teeth contributed mightily to breaking Detroit's back. That's why you had GM's made in Canada and Fords/Chryslers made in Mexico. Toyota, Nissan, VW, Hyundai, BMW, Mercedes, Kia have all found ways to make money manufacturing in the US. BMW locally is adding a $900M addition and announced that they are exporting SUV's out of the US.

Right to work states for the win.

Ask Boeing about that.

[ASUG8]

The "old" UAW that had teeth contributed mightily to breaking Detroit's back. That's why you had GM's made in Canada and Fords/Chryslers made in Mexico. Toyota, Nissan, VW, Hyundai, BMW, Mercedes, Kia have all found ways to make money manufacturing in the US. BMW locally is adding a $900M addition and announced that they are exporting SUV's out of the US.

Right to work states for the win.

Ask Boeing about that.

They got it through, but it should have been much easier. Heads should have rolled at the NLRB over that cluster event.

[CitadelGrad]

Ask Boeing about that.

They got it through, but it should have been much easier. Heads should have rolled at the NLRB over that cluster event.

The source of the problem wasn't the NLRB. The NLRB was only doing its master's bidding.

[ASUG8]

They got it through, but it should have been much easier. Heads should have rolled at the NLRB over that cluster event.

The source of the problem wasn't the NLRB. The NLRB was only doing its master's bidding.

Citgrad, you and I know that, but no blame will be passed upward as you well know.

[93henfan]

I thought it was pretty boring, but Patriotic. The only part that I thought could be construed as Pro-Obama was the "halftime in America" quote.

Anybody else think it's ironic that a company with 52% ownership by Fiat is so pro-America in their ads?

Well, considering all the Anheuser-Busch InBev "Rah Rah USA-USA" commercials, coming from a Belgian-owned company...

[AZGrizFan]

I thought it was pretty boring, but Patriotic. The only part that I thought could be construed as Pro-Obama was the "halftime in America" quote.

Anybody else think it's ironic that a company with 52% ownership by Fiat is so pro-America in their ads?

Well, considering all the Anheiser-Busch "Rah Rah USA-USA" commercials, coming from a European-owned company...

The BEER is still made here, isn't it?

[93henfan]

Well, considering all the Anheiser-Busch "Rah Rah USA-USA" commercials, coming from a European-owned company...

The BEER is still made here, isn't it?

Are Jeeps made in Italy?