Mitt Romney’s Michigan ad shows him driving a car that was made in Canada

[kpete]

Mitt Romney’s Michigan ad shows him driving a car that was made in Canada
Wed, Feb 15, 2012 12:52 PM EST
The next big prize in the GOP primaries is Michigan, one of Mitt Romney’s five home states (along with MA, NH, UT, and CA). He’s released an ad showing him driving around in a fancy Chrysler while he talks about how much he loves Michigan, and all. Here’s the ad:

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And here’s the problem: that Chrysler that he’s driving is a 300 model, and the 300 is made in Canada.

How do we know? Here’s a screenshot from the ad – the key is the dashboard layout in the lower right hand corner.



Compare that interior layout to that of two Chrysler models – the 200, which is made in the U.S., and the 300, which is made in Canada

CLICK HERE FOR PICS OF INTERIOR LAYOUT:
http://bluemassgroup.com/2012/02/mitt-romneys-michigan-ad-shows-him-driving-a-car-that-was-made-in-canada/

The biggest giveaway is the air vents, which are tall and skinny in the 300, but are sort of square-shaped in the 200. You can see that the 300 is an exact match for what Romney is driving; the 200 is not.

http://bluemassgroup.com/2012/02/mitt-romneys-michigan-ad-shows-him-driving-a-car-that-was-made-in-canada/

[Redstate Bluegirl]

1. Too perfect!

[SDjack]

16. Dog cage tied to roof

would be a good touch. Perhaps a Photoshopper will do it for us.

[liberal N proud]

2. Did you catch the deniers comments on the link comparing the interiors?

[Kurmudgeon]

3. Canada is in North America and our staunchest ally. Their fate is tied with ours.

There's plenty else to criticize Romney for, he's not worth disparaging our neighbors to the north.

[MattBaggins]

5. You love to live up to your name

even if it requires making stuff up.

The OP disparaged no one.

[Zalatix]

7. Really? Can I go to Canada and get a job there making one of those cars?

[pangaia]

15. Oh yes he is. :>))

[MH1]

24. But, if you are a MICHIGAN VOTER,

might it not matter to you that the guy who's trying to get your votes is driving a car that wasn't made in this country?

What about our neighbors to the South? If analysis showed it was made in Mexico, would you say the same thing?

[marmar]

4. But there's a great deal of symbiosis between Michigan and Ontario.....

...... Each is the other's biggest trading partner.

[knitter4democracy]

6. But this is the sort of thing Michiganders notice.

Trust me, it's not going to help him here. If he can't find a made-in-Michigan/US car for his ad, especially after saying that GM needed to die, well, he can kiss a lot of votes goodbye.

[jimlup]

8. opps /nt

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. I'll bet Romney doesn't even drive his own car in real life

The ad wants to make him look like an ordinary guy who drives to work or to the store. Romney doesn't commute to work because he doesn't have a real job and I'll bet the family is chauffeured from one mansion to the other..

[The Genealogist]

19. He drove a car at least once...

[LiberalFighter]

10. Don't forget the home countries.

Cayman Islands, Mexico,

[Motown_Johnny]

11. and as a child he went to the Auto Show with his father, President of AMC

As if that paints him as the "every man"!


I went to the Detroit Auto Show with my father too. We stood in line for tickets and fought our way through the weekend crowds, because my father worked weekdays and we couldn't just cruise in before it was closed to the public Like Some People did.


Someone should tear this guy a new one on this alone.

[salin]

12. Tin ear guy hires only tin ear advisors.

Clearly they (the campaign) is so confident that they no longer attend to any details. Perhaps that is too strong of a statement as it suggests that at some point they cared or attended to details.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

14. More to the point, the campaign probably didn't even know

that the 300 was made in Canada, they just assumed it was made in the USA.

[Bossy Monkey]

13. It's half-wit in America n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Poor Willard steps on his meat again.

Seems to be a daily occurrence.

[Canuckistanian]

18. You'd think he'd want to avoid car imagery as much as possible

Given his 'Seamus' and 'Let GM die' problems.

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. LOL what an idiot!!

[tclambert]

21. All I thought was "the nerve of this guy who said 'Let the car companies die.'"

How dare he try to claim an affinity with the automakers and auto workers of Michigan? He tried to put them all out of work. That ad just calls attention to his hypocrisy.

[TrogL]

22. Blame Canada, Blame Canada

[Alcibiades]

23. How is he polling in Michigan?

I would figure that Romney would be a shoo-in to win Michigan, because he's the scion of the Romney dynasty there. Of course, that also brings baggage--Michiganders know exactly how elite he is.

Nonetheless, if someone born and raised in Michigan cannot seal the deal there, how can he actually beat Obama, someone who saved the US auto industry?

[madrchsod]

25. yes it would have been better if he would have drove one of these.

..

this is the car his dad put into production. this model won the car of the year.

we had 1963 with a 327 4 barrel with a three on the tree with overdrive. the only car that beat me was a 327 chevy.

[Major Nikon]

26. Where a vehicle is assembled does not mean it was "made" there.

It takes more man hours to build the parts of a car than it takes to assemble them. What's really more important is what's the foreign vs domestic content of a vehicle. I don't know of any vehicles that are 100% domestic regardless of where they are assembled.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. And that photo in the frame is from the NY World's Fair '64 - '65

Not Michigan.