8 Comments on “Best Super Bowl Ad: Halftime in America”

1. 
   I miss Reagan said at 10:34 pm on February 5th, 2012:

   WOW! Reminds me of the its morning in America tv ads that were run in the 1980 elections. This is something Romney could use once he’s the nominee.

2. 
   Bob English said at 11:09 pm on February 5th, 2012:

   Good ad but I doubt that Mitt “Let the auto industry fail” Romney will be running commercials that will remind voters that he was willing to stand by and let the US auto industry fail. That would have also been the end of its suppliers. Over 2 million jobs would have been lost.

3. 
   TR said at 8:01 am on February 6th, 2012:

   Bob, that assumes they would have actually failed or would they have taken the more difficult route Ford did wind up stronger for it.

4. 
   Tom Stokes said at 8:34 am on February 6th, 2012:

   FLASHBACK: Taxpayers lose $1.3 billion as govt exits CHRYSLER…

5. 
   Freespeaker1976 said at 8:45 am on February 6th, 2012:

   Yup, Nice Ad, Liked Clint Eastwood In This Part, But It’s A Shame Chrysler Was A Sister Company To Gubmint Motors.

   Bob, it’s called the market system.

6. 
   Bob English said at 10:02 am on February 6th, 2012:

   Note that the concept (of a bailout) started under Bush and was fully implemented by Obama. Romney predicted in a New York Times op-ed that if the companies received a federal bailout, “you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye.”

   The bailout also involved suppliers (which is why Ford was in favor of the plan) and dealerships all which would have been lost if GM and Chysler failed.

   The entire auto industry going down would likely haved turned the Great Recession into another Great Depression. Like the Wall Street bailout, there was/is a cost to the taxpayers. Look at the alternative though.

   Note my original comments were poking a little fun at the idea of Romney using a commercial that was focused on the auto industries revival.

7. 
   Mademyday said at 7:22 pm on February 6th, 2012:

   Wow, the Republicans have even lost Clint Eastwood! Not to worry, they still have Donald Trump, Chuck Norris and Hank Williams Jr.-yee haa!

8. 
   Tom Stokes said at 10:45 am on February 8th, 2012:

   Clint Eastwood CHRYSLER Ad: The Untold Obama Connection

   http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/clint-eastwood-chrysler-super-bowl-commercial-287778

   “Two members of the creative team that produced the two-minute minute spot for ad agency Wieden+Kennedy donated their personal time in 2008 to make pro-Obama art.

   This year’s most discussed Super Bowl ad—a two-minute spot for Chrysler narrated by Clint Eastwood—continues to generate controversy in conservative political circles, where a host of questions have been raised about the automaker’s alleged motives for commissioning the advertisement.”