Mr_Fabulous: "It's halftime. Both teams are in their locker room discussing what they can do to win this game in the second half.

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. They almost lost everything. But we all pulled together, now Motor City is fighting again.

I've seen a lot of tough eras, a lot of downturns in my life. And, times when we didn't understand each other. It seems like we've lost our heart at times. When the fog of division, discord, and blame made it hard to see what lies ahead.

But after those trials, we all rallied around what was right, and acted as one. Because that's what we do. We find a way through tough times, and if we can't find a way, then we'll make one.

All that matters now is what's ahead. How do we come from behind? How do we come together? And, how do we win?

Detroit's showing us it can be done. And, what's true about them is true about all of us.

This country can't be knocked out with one punch. We get right back up again and when we do the world is going to hear the roar of our engines.

Yeah, it's halftime America. And, our second half is about to begin."


That's what was said. Verbatim. By a well-known Republican.

And three days later, the floor-humping mongoloids are still shrieking their butthurt and conspiracy-theory madness full-force.

Think about that.

It simply blows my mind. I don't know about anyone else, but at the end of that ad I simultaneously ready to burst out of the locker room and win the Big Game and go enlist in the infantry for a chance to punch The Hun square in the jaw. It was like getting a combined pep talk from Coach Taylor and General Patton.

How anyone could object to it is beyond me-but maybe that IS why they are so mad about it. They can't deny it's power and they are terrified that Americans might start feeling good about themselves again before the election.

rufus-t-firefly: NuttierThanEver: tenpoundsofcheese: there is nothing wrong with bailing out an Italian company.
we should help everyone!

When they employ tens of thousands of Americans? I'm ok with this

That's not how it's supposed to work.

At best, the company should be based here, but the jobs should all be overseas.

If GM and Chrysler had been able to fail, union members would have lost their jobs and some guys would have made huge piles of money by selling the pieces to China. They got cockblocked by Bush, and they somehow blame Obama.

The simple truth is, that is why so many right-wingers are so furious about the Chrysler sale and the GM Managed bankruptcy: A) Because of the way they were structured, the auto unions weren't completely wiped out , which they had been hoping for and B) that denied a huge payday to "vulture capitalists" who could have swooped in and bought up all the assets for pennies on the dollar and made a fortune selling things like GM's brand name and IP for quarters on the dollar to China

I think this is my favorite bit of GOP butthurt since Obama said "You can save money on gas if your tires are properly inflated", and the McCain campaign gave out "Obama Tire Gauges" in....protest?

Dr Dreidel: Also, it's really rich that the GOP - the Party of Reagan (PBUH) - has now declared war on optimism.

And a War on Humor apparently.

Philip Francis Queeg: skullkrusher: Philip Francis Queeg: skullkrusher: rufus-t-firefly: Weird...they don't specify who signed off on the auto industry bailout.

it's only weird if you take it as a bash of Obama rather than Chrysler's stupid commercial

Assuming that a piece in Reason magazine has a political motivation isn't exactly going out on a limb.

well, considering that they criticized the bailouts when Bush voted for them, assuming that the piece is an Obama specific bash is going out on a limb.

Bush didn't so much vote for them you know.

ugh, signed them...

Was that Obama is some big pimpin pink ride? The racial stereotype is very subtle(if that's what they were going for), I'm not sure how to react.

Crabs_Can_Polevault: what_now: I think this is my favorite bit of GOP butthurt since Obama said "You can save money on gas if your tires are properly inflated", and the McCain campaign gave out "Obama Tire Gauges" in....protest?

Let's face it-the Purple Heart Band-Aid™ is the pinnacle of mean-spirited and misguided protest. They've set posterity too high a bar to clear, so further mean-spirited and misguided protest will just fall short, y'know?

Yeah, but that shiat *worked*. This? Is not going to work. The vast majority of the country watched that Comercial and said "AMERICA!! fark YEAH!!" and then grabbed another chicken wing.

Only that tiny sliver of people who view EVERYTHING through a political lens looked at that and said, "Why is Dirty Harry rooting for Fartbama?"

fracto73: skullkrusher: Philip Francis Queeg: skullkrusher: rufus-t-firefly: Weird...they don't specify who signed off on the auto industry bailout.

it's only weird if you take it as a bash of Obama rather than Chrysler's stupid commercial

Assuming that a piece in Reason magazine has a political motivation isn't exactly going out on a limb.

well, considering that they criticized the bailouts when Bush voted for them, assuming that the piece is an Obama specific bash is going out on a limb.


I think the reason people interpret it as a dig at Obama is because republicans have been linking Obama with that ad since it first aired. You can't tell me the ad is all about Obama then tell me a dig at the ad has nothing to do with Obama.

so ultimately it is interpreted as a dig at Obama because people are misinformed (and misinforming) about the Chrysler bailout despite the fact that Reason does not make the implication and has been consistent in criticizing this gift to Cerberus Capital Management?

IXI Jim IXI: moralpanic: I had to rewatch it because i didn't remember seeing Obama in it, and i still don't see Obama in it..

If you're talking about the original, you can keep re-watching it. Because Obama ISN'T in the original.

shiat, he IS in the parody... getting out of a Mustang... which is not and has never been made by Chrysler. In fact that's made by Ford which didn't get any auto bailout money. Well that doesn't make much sense

Philip Francis Queeg: skullkrusher: fracto73: skullkrusher: Philip Francis Queeg: skullkrusher: rufus-t-firefly: Weird...they don't specify who signed off on the auto industry bailout.

it's only weird if you take it as a bash of Obama rather than Chrysler's stupid commercial

Assuming that a piece in Reason magazine has a political motivation isn't exactly going out on a limb.

well, considering that they criticized the bailouts when Bush voted for them, assuming that the piece is an Obama specific bash is going out on a limb.


I think the reason people interpret it as a dig at Obama is because republicans have been linking Obama with that ad since it first aired. You can't tell me the ad is all about Obama then tell me a dig at the ad has nothing to do with Obama.

so ultimately it is interpreted as a dig at Obama because people are misinformed (and misinforming) about the Chrysler bailout despite the fact that Reason does not make the implication and has been consistent in criticizing this gift to Cerberus Capital Management?

They inserted clips of Obama into the ad.

yeah I just noticed that. Read the transcript while listening the first time I played it.

Shouldn't the Republican's be celebrating the success of the auto bailout and seeing this as a pro-Republican commercial? After all, it was President Bush who signed the legislation to bail them out.

ftvc:
'no mention of the 900bill debacle in Iraq.'
/OH ZING!!!