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Not to long ago we showed you Press Conference Chris a commercial Ford aired showing a mock interview with Chris, who recently purchased a new Ford F-150. Chris stated that the reason he chose Ford was he “wasn’t going to buy another car that was bailed out by our government”.
The commercial has now been pulled from the airways and Youtube after what the Detroit News calls “pressure from the White House”.
The ad, pulled in response to White House questions (and, presumably, carping from rival GM), threatened to rekindle the negative (if accurate) association just when the president wants credit for their positive results (GM and Chrysler are moving forward, making money and selling vehicles) and to distance himself from any public downside of his decision.
Ford Pulls Commercial Critical Of Bailouts After White House Pressure
Not to long ago we showed you Press Conference Chris a commercial Ford aired showing a mock interview with Chris, who recently purchased a new Ford F-150. Chris stated that the reason he chose Ford was he wasnt going to buy another car that was bailed out by our government.
The commercial has now been pulled from the airways and Youtube after what the Detroit News calls pressure from the White House.
The ad, pulled in response to White House questions (and, presumably, carping from rival GM), threatened to rekindle the negative (if accurate) association just when the president wants credit for their positive results (GM and Chrysler are moving forward, making money and selling vehicles) and to distance himself from any public downside of his decision.
Thats the kind of government we want, one that will pressure a private company to maintain its p.r.
Fuck 'em, I aint buying shit from Government Motors.
So much for our 1st amendment eh?
So much for our 1st amendment eh?
That only applies to un-offensive speech
not in america I'm going to go out and by a Ford RIGHT NOW!
BRB...
As part of a campaign featuring "real people" explaining their decision to buy the Blue Oval, a guy named "Chris" says he "wasn't going to buy another car that was bailed out by our government," according the text of the ad, launched in early September.
"I was going to buy from a manufacturer that's standing on their own: win, lose, or draw. That's what America is about is taking the chance to succeed and understanding when you fail that you gotta' pick yourself up and go back to work."
That's what some of America is about, evidently. Because Ford pulled the ad after individuals inside the White House questioned whether the copy was publicly denigrating the controversial bailout policy CEO Alan Mulally repeatedly supported in the dark days of late 2008, in early '09 and again when the ad flap arose. And more.
With President Barack Obama tuning his re-election campaign amid dismal economic conditions and simmering antipathy toward his stimulus spending and associated bailouts, the Ford ad carried the makings of a political liability when Team Obama can least afford yet another one. Can't have that.
