Ford Discovers We no Longer Live in Henry Ford's America - GM Sends Their Government Heavys...

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That oh-so-appropriate Ford advert? Just memories...

The Detroit News:

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.

For Ford's success they receive, in part, the burden of GM's failure as well as the constraints of speech limited.

The liability incurred by the successful when forced to socialize the cost of the failure of others is more than just financial; it is a loss of liberty, for as our nation trades the benefits of success for the benefits of failure, it trades liberty for something less.

Make no mistake. This is one more step in Obama's diminished America.

.... And we have idiots who believe corporations run the nation

H/T HotAir

Update:
Advert here:






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Ford, An American Company That is Still American...

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I've been meaning to post this advert.

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Obama Looks for a Fanny Pat From Ford for Bailing Out Their Competitors?...

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Polifrog does not accuse Obama of stupidity but when the man argues drivel such as this reported in this NYT regurgitated tripe,

White House officials countered that Ford indirectly benefited from the bailout because the federal money kept suppliers in business.

Polifrog questions Obama's education.

While visiting Ford Obama said this:

When the financial crisis hit and this great recession hit, that collided with an industry that for a long time had put off some hard choices, had put off adapting to changing times. And we had to face a hard, unimaginable reality, which was two of the Big Three automakers -- GM and Chrysler -- were on the brink of liquidation. If that had happened, more than 1 million jobs could have been lost, and that would have been a devastating blow to the entire economy.

Let Polifrog translate: Ford, you should thank me for saving your competitors. Increased market share is for wimps. Ford is better off and you, as employees of Ford, are all better off with a smaller share of the automotive market.

Sigh...

Although it would be easy to label Obama stupid, he is not. The reality, of course, is clear-- in this instance Obama is choosing political over economic arguments. Obama's blatant use for political gain the economic devastation that has spread across the American countryside is not only unconscionable, but it as unAmerican as Lenin. At a time when economic conditions are once again deteriorating Polifrog finds this a frightening choice.



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