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The national council of Chrysler dealers published this statement today, after some radical politicians slammed the "Halftime in America" ad starring Clint Eastwood as being "politically motivated." (Active Republican strategist Karl Rove, in particular, claimed it was made using "taxpayer money" and represented corruption by President Obama, though Chrysler has repaid its loans and the government has no equity in the company at this time.)
The Chrysler Group LLC National Dealer Council would like to make a statement in our support of the “Halftime in America” Super Bowl ad run by our manufacturer Chrysler Group on behalf of our over 2300 franchised dealers. This ad was simply a recount of the achievement of Chrysler Group, and its dealers who sacrificed and drove to take this American icon from depths during the national economic downturn to the success we have accomplished to date. Further, it highlights our collective resolve to..

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[tazdevil]

The ad could not express my exact sentiments any better. An absolute home run.

[jerseyjoe]

+1

[Marine Viper]

lol, in all jokingness, it must be a pro-obama ad because CNN liked it...

[04RAMSRT10]

Rove, Hannity, and Limbaugh are all hard right wing "conservative" political advocates. They make milions from stirring the pot constantly. I did not hear Rove say anything about GM or that the assistance from the US government actually happened when the President help helped get elected was in office.

I refuse to let people like them take the shine off our new company. As a consumer and fan of the company I believe in what is going on there and enjoy the products. I will say this, a happy wife is a good thing to have and she loves that RAM 1500.

[PCRMike]

Ditto.  I have certain political leanings and I saw nothing in the ad but a hoo-rah for Chrysler's awesome proving the naysayers wrong.

[DaveAdmin]

"I did not hear Rove say anything about GM or that the assistance from the US government actually happened when the President help helped get elected was in office."

Did you mean

"I did not hear Rove say anything about the government  assistance to GM from the President who Rove helped get into office" ?

[04RAMSRT10]

I mean to say that Rove did not mention GM in his attack of government assitance and GM actually got more financial assitance than Chrysler. I also mean to say that Rove was essential to the election of George W. Bush and his administration and that the bailout for GM and Chrysler was done in December 2008 while Bush was President.

[Graham Combs]

"Radical politicians?"   This is a great site for Mopar enthusiasts, but I'm not interested in the political inclinations of those who produce it.    I'm also a big Eastwood fan.    Like many Americans, I have mixed feelings about the way things were handled -- have we forgotten? -- by Republicans and Democrats.   But I am second to no one in my admiration for what Mr. Marchionne and his team have done in so short a time.    Also, there really are huge challenges facing this country.   Mr. Marchionne has diplomatically expressed similar concerns focussing on Italy.  I.e debt, out of control spending, rigid ideology obstructing work and opportunity.    The GOP nominees have expressed a variety of opinions -- Gingrich loved the ad as was reported in the Detroit News yesterday.    Like most people with a conservative disposition (not the same as party affiliation), I am weary of the politicization of everything.   As Mr. Eastwood reminded us -- echoing the CEO of Chrysler -- there is much more work to be done.   The real issue is are we going to be allowed to do it?   Or is the government going to prescribed our actions at every single point of the effort?   Mr. Marchionne has on occasion expressed his own frustrations with the Washington-is-the-center-of-the-universe view of things.    CNG offers far more hope for the near and mid-term future as the failed ThinkCity car and the Volt's anemic sales demonstrate.   The world is sea-sick with "fossil fuels."    Their use is and can continue to co-exist with new power-sources research.      It was Bob Lutz who in the early years of investment in China observed that it was not always a place where companies were allowed to work out their destiny.  I.e. create, build, and sell products that make money.