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I listened to the Mark Levin clip that Aaron mentions below. It seems to me that he does pick up that the ad was intended as propaganda for the bailouts, though he points out that Karl Rove’s boss George W. Bush was actually the first to pay the auto manufacturers out of TARP funds. He just gives Clint Eastwood the benefit of the doubt on being drawn in by the ad’s effective pulling of patriotic heartstrings. Yes, the commercial is a tribute to American resiliency — which it invokes to defend policies that will undermine that resiliency.
Levin is right.
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Bob Grant| 2.7.12 @ 2:10PM
The only issue for me is the funding of the commercial, which could be traced back to the government. What was it's involvement?
That should be the issue. Not Harry Callahan's involvement, whose only interest is an easy paycheck and mug exposure during a prime time event. It seems to me his only motivations were relevancy and and a quick check.
Now, again, what was government's involvement?
Trinacria| 2.7.12 @ 3:03PM
"Yes, the commercial is a tribute to American resiliency -- which it invokes to defend policies that will undermine that resiliency."
Spot on, Mr. Antle. This was my fundamental issue with the ad - it's message is diametrically opposed to it's primary appeal. If America (and, by extension, American companies) is so tough, resiliant, and doggedly persistent in finding a way through tough times (or, in the absence of a way through, creating one), then there would be neither the need nor the desire for government handouts, as reliance on handouts makes us that much less resiliant and capable of fending for ourselves. Typical progressive cognitive dissonance.
PattyMor| 2.7.12 @ 3:05PM
Yes, pin the bailout tail on George Bush, the only president to have an MBA. I think he should get a refund, because he didn't seem to learn anything from that education, except socialism. Private gains for Wall Street and bailout bills for main street.
Kingofthenet| 2.7.12 @ 3:56PM
It's marketing 101, NOBODY is going to spend 25k on a LOSER, but a Scrappy Comeback Kid, where Do I buy a 300....and vote for Obama?
PCP Smoker| 2.7.12 @ 9:18PM
Don't suck up to Levin. We "Levinites" don't take kind to RINOS (Boehner) and their apologists (you).