woohoo Clint Eastwood! Detroit came back, so can we.

[jillan]

The best commercial so far, imho!

Edit to add the link~
http://www.youtube.com/chrysler?sid=1037056&KWNM=clint+eastwood+commercial&KWID=3179862966SB_2012&channel=paidsearch

[MrSlayer]

1. That was almost an Obama re-elect commercial.

Brilliant.

[jillan]

5. It was an "in your face Mitt Romney" commercial :)

[seabeyond]

2. i liked it. liked the chevy mayan comercial, too. nt

[jillan]

24. The twinkies made that Chevy ad - that cracked me up.

[Motown_Johnny]

30. 5 guys, their trucks and a bunch of twinkies

I think I would rather be dead

[Bozita]

3. Yes, it's just halftime!

[Riley18]

4. Great commercial. Loved it.

[greenman3610]

6. I teared up. Detroit needs this. Thanks Clint.

[seabeyond]

9. me, too. shhhh

dont tell anyone.

i was telling boys... i am gonna cry, lol

[jillan]

10. I did too...

[ForgoTheConsequence]

7. Too bad he said this in November.

"I'm a big hawk on cutting the deficit. I was against the stimulus thing too," he said. "We shouldn't be bailing out the banks and car companies. If a CEO can't figure out how to make his company profitable, then he shouldn't be the CEO."

Why do you think Chrysler is still around Clint?

[trumad]

39. Yep

I wonder how much Clint got for the commercial?

[aaaaaa5a]

8. Could you provide a link so everyone can see the commercial? nt

[jillan]

11. done

[aaaaaa5a]

12. Thanks! nt

[Pisces]

13. It was an advertisement for an Obama 2nd term without saying his name!!! Eastwood is beloved by

conservatives and is himself a conservative. I thought the 2nd half euphemism was huge!!

[ForgoTheConsequence]

14. No it wasn't.

In November he endorsed Herman Cain and said the auto bailout was a mistake.

[jillan]

16. Maybe he changed his mind? Maybe when he saw what a joke Cain is and saw that the economy is on

the road to recovery he woke up?

[ForgoTheConsequence]

20. I hope so.

But then again this was only 3 months ago. It was a really stupid thing to say considering Chrysler was doing noticeably better at the time.


And there is no excuse for endorsing Herman Cain he was a joke from the beginning. I love Clint, but c'mon man.

[Pisces]

17. It's what he said now with 30 million people watching!! It sounded like an endorsement for a second

term on my couch. Cain is out, the bailout worked and now he made a commercial that could easily be construed as supporting
the bailout and a second term.

[Life Long Dem]

19. Then the commercial was for Herman Cain?

[ForgoTheConsequence]

27. No.

It was a commercial for a car company. Sometimes things are how they appear. If you think Clint Eastwood doing a Chrysler commercial is the same as endorsing a candidate for President you're either nuts or need to turn off the election coverage for a few hours and get some fresh air.

[think]

21. Apparently people here haven't seen this or they might have blown a gasket:

http://nation.foxnews.com/ron-paul/2012/02/02/clint-eastwood-ron-paul-good-anybody-else

[Pisces]

31. I'm well aware that Clint is a Republican, I am saying the commercial had subtle overtones of a

2nd term endorsement.

[think]

34. No problems. I'm a big Eastwood fan regardless of his politics :)

It was his passive support of RP that I was inferring might not sit well with some here as the mere mention of his name draws unbridled antipathy for the man.

[aaaaaa5a]

15. Did this commercial air at halftime?

And was it 2 minutes long?


I don't recall seeing that commercial air where I am?

[Tx4obama]

23. It aired between Madonna and the 3rd quarter n/t

[aaaaaa5a]

25. Thanks.

I asked around the room and some of the people with me remember seeing it. I guess there is just too much commotion where I am. I'm glad it aired though. I hope the Obama campaign was taking notes.

[Tx4obama]

28. You're welcome ....

[hlthe2b]

18. Ole Clint had me in tears... and a Old School Republican delivering this message... fascinating

[Bucky]

22. Who's that pol doing "the blame" at 0.50? It's a pro-auto bailout ad.

Eastwood may be a Republican. That doesn't bother me, cause he's awesome. He's also that rare critter who's a Republican because he's virulently independent and self-reliant, not because he hates poor people. I know people like this--they'd rather see the country succeed than the president fail.

Anyway, the man is a pro. The auto industry offered him a nice paycheck to do his thing and he gladly took it. Who the hell can have a problem with that? Maybe they'll hire Ed Asner next year.

[demmiblue]

26. Imported from Detroit!

An awesome city, in more ways than one!

[ProSense]

29. Too bad

they couldn't have thrown a clip in of this up on the screen:

"Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive." -- Vice President Joe Biden

That would have gotten a reaction.



Obama-Biden 2012!

[jillan]

32. The DNC should be selling that on bumperstickers. It's the perfect message for Obama's re-election.

[ProSense]

33. The OP ad

is posted at Daily Kos:


Clint Eastwood Has a Message for "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" Mitt Romney
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/05/1054678/-Clint-Eastwood-Has-a-Message-for-Let-Detroit-Go-Bankrupt-Mitt-Romney


Love the title!

[flamingdem]

35. Has Clint left the darkside?

Looks like he's no longer a Republican, wow, I hope so!

[boxman15]

36. Michelle Malkin sent a tweet essentially saying:

ARGH! Why did Clint Eastwood do an auto bailout commercial?!?!

And most of the comments on that video reflect that sentiment. It's disgusting that the auto bailouts, which saved millions of jobs, prevented a depression, and led to the complete revival of the US auto industry, is still looked down upon simply because that "Kenyan Marxist Socialist Dear Leader Barry Soetoro" did it.

Anyone who thinks the auto bailouts were unsuccessful is uninformed. Anyone who knows they were successful, but still disapprove are lowlifes.

[Kahuna]

37. + 1,000 and a different kind of DUzy!

[justiceischeap]

38. They were probably banking on them failing, so they'd be campaign material

Really, they have nothing valid to attack Pres. Obama on. They can't say he's soft on terror, they can't say he didn't save and or create jobs, at this point, they can't say the economy hasn't gotten better. They really do have nothing to say, "This guy doesn't deserve another four years," unless they go racial and/or lie.