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GM Furiously Backpedaling After Advertisements Backfire

General Motors is discovering that their ad campaign titled “Reality Sucks,” that pokes fun at pedestrians and bicyclists, is not going over well with its target demographic: college students.

GM Furiously Backpedaling After Advertisements Backfire

One of the ads features an embarrassed bicyclist with the tag-line “Stop pedaling…start driving.”

The GM website also features an animation of a car driving by a girl, splashing her on the sidewalk.

GM Furiously Backpedaling After Advertisements Backfire

The ads have been running in college newspapers across the country and have caused a public backlash, according to BikePortland.org (via copyranter).

What was GM’s biggest mistake?

They were using these images (construed by many as anti-environment and anti-health) to market their vehicles to arguably the most physically and environmentally self-conscious people in the world.

How did GM think the average college student or academic would react to an ad that implores consumers to “Stop pedaling…start driving?”

Here’s a sample response from a professor at UCLA (via Bikeportland.com):

Not only has GM violated the norms of decency with the use of this crudity in a student newspaper, UCLA’s Daily Bruin, it has violated the decency and courtesy appropriate of a debtor. GM, the company that required us taxpayers to bail it out in 2009, is now biting the young people who bear and will bear the environment and health damage of its gas swilling ways.

While every driver in LA knows that the reality which truly “sucks” is the grid-locked, car-loaded, obesity-enhancing, stress-generating car-toxicity of simple commuting in this region. The company that helped destroy public transit in Los Angeles is now running a campaign to convince students who travel by environment-, fitness-, and efficiency-friendly bicycles that they are inferior to those who travel in highly discounted mini-trucks.

Shameless, isn’t it?

GM Furiously Backpedaling After Advertisements Backfire

Since the initial outcry against the ad campaign, GM has profusely apologized via their twitter feed and has announced plans to pull the ads altogether.

GM Furiously Backpedaling After Advertisements Backfire(H/T Business Insider)

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  • Skee
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:31pm

    Reality does suck
    when the reality is GM
    products are inferior
    and we involuntarily
    dumped our money
    into a union voting block.

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    • Skrewedretiree
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:38pm

      And that’s not all! In addition, us poor retirees got our TAXES RAISED (I guess that’s were Obozo got the money for the bailout) and with the high cost of food and gas, I am back to foot and bicycle! We can only afford a small set-aside for gas each month out of our pension. When that’s gone, it’s back to the old days. Foot and bicycle. Thank God for the bicycle!

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    • payneme73
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:00pm

      GM products are pretty bad. We bought two backup generators run with GM motors. We have had MULTIPLE problems and they are only 2.5 years old. Shame

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    • hauschild
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:17pm

      Once the luster wears off GM from their latest government intrusion and brainwashing of the lemmings, they’ll go under.

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    • dnnyshdy
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:33pm

      I have a 99 Silverado with 263,000 on it and only done minor repairs.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 9:14pm

      I used to be a chevy man, but now that it became Obama Motors, I have switched to Ford.

      That dog gone Ford 351 Winsor is a heck of a motor. I picked up a 96 Ford Bronco, and it will out run those old Blazers I used to own.

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    • B_rad
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 9:17pm

      Sorry Payneme73, you’re wrong. My family is full of almost nothing but GM vehicles and they are all very dependable and reliable. My last new one was an ‘05 Silverado that was perfect for two years and it was worth more than I paid for it when I sold it (I got really deep discounts). I’ll wait to get my next new GM vehicle until they are out of bed with Uncle Sam, but the old crap about quality and reliability is just that – old. GM vehicles, especially of the last decade are easily on par with the rest of the world. No, I don’t work for GM, but my entire family has been loyal for decades. There is a reason for that: Good looking, reliable vehicles that give you more for your money than most of the other guys. I just hope they can get out of bed with the government before I’m forced to buy a, ahem, Ford.

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    • Welcome Black Carter
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 10:17pm

      You just don’t say “reality sucks” to a bunch of “occupiers”…

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 10:30pm

      Hey bozos; GM= government motors; now you tell me what the government touches that doesn‘t turn to the ’soft gooy brown’ stuff? hmmm

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    • ComeAndTakeThis
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 11:13pm

      I have been buying GM most of my life and I will never buy a govenment motor car again. My tax dollars are paying to build their cars and I will not support the criminals with my hard earned dollars.

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    • CatB
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 11:44pm

      They really aren’t too bright are they .. perhaps if they weren’t getting bailouts they would have to replace these idiots with people with brains in restructuring. They have kept all the dead weight!

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 11:51pm

      In 1998 I got a new malibu 98 with all the options. After 2yrs and 30K it started falling apart. Junk! But on the other hand I still have a 95 Saturn (with all the options) it has 175K and still going strong. GM closed down their Saturn line….go figure

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    • TRUTHandFREEDOM
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 6:23am

      The bail outs offended me. What is GM doing about it?
      So far they’ve lied about paying them off when they actually used other federal dollars to pay that federal debt.
      I will NEVER buy a new GM vehicle. I am a Ford buyer.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 6:58am

      @B_rad

      I noticed you said your newest vehicle is an ‘05. Not after Obama took office, 2008 or newer. GM USED to be a good company, but they ship their work overseas, it’s only assembled here. I’m sure a lot of companies do that with our regulation strangulation here. I had a Ford Taurus that sucked! I don‘t think it’s necessarily the company, but GM is falling in their standards.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 7:32am

      I’ve not seen this campaign, being too busy in real life actually *doing things* to watch television. That said, the ad concept seems like pure comedy gold genius, except that they targeted the wrong demographic. Run this during football games to make fun of faux-earth-compassionate college kids and you’d get much better feedback.

      That said, GM sucks and you wouldn’t catch me dead in one. I’m not a fan of fascism, thanks.

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    • greensteam
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 8:17am

      the longest lasting american cars ive ever seen were gm. the had the inline 6 cylinder engine from the 60s through the 80s that was known to last a quarter million miles consistantly due to the lack of a timing chain or belt. unfortunately they all share parts now and making a unique engine costs too much. ford and gm mid size sedans share 6 speed auto transmissions and ford and toyota share hybrid technology and on and on. you cant say one company sucks (bailed out or not) they are all in the same company basically. when gm got bailed out they spent the majority of the joint money from them and ford, to co produce products based on their wider line up at the time. when ford got away it was because they spent less and they had sold off 2 companies prior to the collapse of the economy which was coincidental not intentional.

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    • MichiganPatriot
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 8:59am

      @Skee: GM products are not inferior. I have owned GM products all my life and have never been disappointed. It all depends on how well you keep everything oil changes, tires, brakes, tuneups. My oldest vehicle is a GMC Sonoma 2wd 4cyl and it has over 215,000 miles and alll that has needed to be done is what I stated above. My newest is a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer inline 6 cylinder 300 hp with a towing package, it has 110,000 miles on it and I have done nothing but what I stated above. I have owned both new from the dealer. GM may be a socialist, America raping company and have no respect for its citizens but in no means are its basic models inferior.

      Sure maybe the Volt is a joke. No wait it is a joke. But the basic models are very competative. Since they took the bailout. I have decided never to buy another GM product. Any company that cannot survive with out stealing from the American people is not a worthy business and deserves to fail. after all is that not what the free market is about the strong survive and the entrepenuer has a chance to suceed? Thats my take. I’m ashamed to drive two socialist made vehicles. But they are paid for and run so they will not be replaced until they wear out….I’m thinking Ford is going to be our next car Company. They are surely not innocent but they are by far a lesser evil than GM. At least they can survive on their own steam.

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    • DanWesson455
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 9:21am

      Government Motors hits another HOME RUN with the Public. I’ll never own another, once proud, GM Vehicle. I loved my 67 Chevelle rag top. Loved my C20 Pick Up. I now own a 2001 GMC Safari Van. 155,000. My Next vehicle, hopefully next spring, will be a FORD!

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    • jjoy
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 10:13am

      @DNNYSHDY

      “I have a 99 Silverado with 263,000 on it and only done minor repairs.”

      While driving my 2004 Toyota Tundra I was rear-ended by a 2007 Silverado…

      My Tundra suffered a bent back bumper…

      The Silverado was a total loss…

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    • Armed Patriot
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 11:11am

      What is really offensive is that GM got a bailout and filed for bankruptcy anyways. Bond holders illegally got screwed in favor of the union. America got screwed and we will never get paid back, but the unions got 30% of the company. Now in union negotions the union is on both side negotiating on both sides.

      Workers: We want a 40% raise and more bonuses.
      GM negotiator: And we want to give it to you.
      Workers: We want a special place where we can go to smoke dope and drink beer.
      GM negotiator: And we want to give it to you.
      Workers: We want to clock in and sit at the bar across the street until the end of shift.
      GM negotiator: And we want to give it to you.
      Workers: We want to punch in and then go to a baseball game on the clock.
      GM negotiator: And we want to give it to you.

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    • chazman
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 12:15pm

      … I had a 2006 Silverado and the transmission went out at 78,000 miles. Cost me 3200.00 to fix it. A/C went out at 81,000. Cost me over 1100.00 to fix it. Gas gauge broke at 85,000 miles … I said to hell with it and sold it for 6300.00. I lost my azz. It’s Ford trucks from now on!

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    • JMorcan
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 2:02pm

      The Government Morons are at it again.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 5:48pm

      You know what? Screw the college punks. That right screw ‘em. They are the creeps that can’t vote for a commie fast enough. Let them ride on buses with criminals and rapists and get splashed on sidewalks. They voted for the progs, let them eat it. They are getting hammered in the job market right now because they have a reputation for being self centered, irresponsible and have crappy work ethics. When jobs are scarce, they are weeded out. Poetic justice I think. Ha ha ha…

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    • FNTM
      Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:04pm

      Rented a 2011 Impala in May fow a weeks vacation out west. Have a 2006 Hyundai Azera. My 2006 has less rattles than the Impala, drives better and gets better highway gas mileage even though mine has a 3.8 liter engine. Go figure.

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    • FNTM
      Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:08pm

      Did I mention that GM stock opened (IPO) at $34 and now is $23.45? Not too shabby for a union run company, losing 1/3 of its value in a years time.

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  • ARealCharliesAngel
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:29pm

    Buy a HONDA….made in my backyard in Ohio! Non-Union and worth more in 5 years by all independent evaluators. Thank you from an ex-GM loyalists. LOVE my Honda! I’ll never go back!!

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    • Eagle10
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:22pm

      Awesome avatar, I love that record! I also agree, unfortunately, that Honda is far superior in quality to GM. They should not be, but they certainly are. I love the non-union aspect of Honda, as well.

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    • dnnyshdy
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:34pm

      I work on cars and you’re really lucky if you get 100,000 mies on a Honda transmission

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    • rth1145
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:48pm

      every Union Member should read Shakedown Socialism byOleg atbashian then they will understand what Obama and there Union Leaders up to.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 10:49pm

      “GM” = ”Global Marxism”?

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    • Creeker
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 11:40pm

      Agreed. My Granddad was a Pontiac-GMC Dealer for decades, I grew up a GM Family, never considered any other. My ‘03 Buick hit 90k and blew 3 seals within 3000 miles, then threw a rod. Then the Union Gangster/Government Merger happened and I swore off GM. Bought a 2010 Honda. I never thought I’d own a “foreign” car, but GM’s are now made in Mexico and Canada, while my Honda was made in Alabama. Waiting to be able to replace my ‘04 GMC with a Honda Pilot, now. GM doesn’t build robots, Formula racers or Jets. Honda hasn’t sold out to Unions or become an ungrateful Charity.

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    • tonythefisher
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 7:12am

      Amen! Love Honda! My CR-V will last longer and be worth more in 5 years than ANY Union POS!

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    • greensteam
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 8:21am

      honda transmissions are the only one guarenteed to fry 3 times earlier than regular transmissions. good luck with your honda lasting 100k miles before replacement or rebuilds worth thousands. all those toyota recalls look like nothing compared to hondas due to hondas are terminal repeatedly.

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    • John 3:16
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 10:20am

      We pulled into a rest stop on I-80 the other day with our 2003 Malibu and we left watching some poor sap trying to start his Honda civic: He had the hood up and had battery left, and was turning the engine over but it was not starting. I have a 2003 Avalanche too. Bought them on the same day. Both are good over 100,000 on the truck. Both are good vehicles but If I buy again it will be Ford. Nevertheless, I will drive my Chevys till the wheels fall off. I won’t buy Toyota, Honda, or GM from now on.

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    • thegreatcarnac
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 11:52am

      …..and Toyota. I have a Tundra truck and it is a very good and dependable veihicle.It is made in San Antonio.

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    • fury17deco
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:24pm

      You say Honda and I say Toyota… bottom line, I have friends employed by Toyota here in Texas in non-union factories. I own a 92 Camry and a 97 Avalon with over 300,000 between them and both are as reliable a vehicle as I have ever owned. My father’s a Ford man, and that’s O.K. by me as well. GM and Chrysler should be boycotted by those who love free enterprise.

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    • FNTM
      Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:19pm

      I am a Hyundai enthusiast and they are made in Montgomery, AL. The KIA, sister company to Hyundai, has their plant in Southern Ga on Hwy 85. Almost all of the car parts are ‘made in America’. You can actually see that many of the car subassemblies are made in seperate structures and conveyor belted into the KIA main assembly building.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:28pm

    Government Motors at its finest indeed; what do you expect from a government run and administered business that is backed by a failed, corrupt and delusional admin who have no connection to the people of the US at all?

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    • UrsaMajor
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 7:39am

      I don’t buy that GM pulled the ads due to “backlash” from college students…. I believe they were TOLD to pull them by the Barry O administration.

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    • greensteam
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 8:29am

      toyotas are built in america WITH MOSTLY JAPANESE PARTS. same as honda. this is because of americas abundance of odd and end parts. japan cant supply enough nuts and bolts for their cars. they ship their parts here and assemble them with our nuts and bolts. the most of the production takes place in japan. they dont like using chinese parts because the government has such low production standards. somehow because of assembly taking place in america these japanese companies get credit for being more american. since many american cars build their cars in canada and mexico they forge the numbers to say they are mostly foreign. it is unfortunate that these politics take over our auto production. remeber that toyota and honda had car shortages after the earthquake in japan because that is where most of the production takes place!

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  • Patriot Z
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:26pm

    wow libs are such whiiiinnneerrrss…seriously emo libturd enviromentalnuts and the (P)wussies they spawn need grow a sac, and do some pushups or something. i like walking to but i still remember not having a car in school esp college and it stunk.

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  • TrueColours
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:23pm

    That’s what happens when you reassign a bunch of crude, lazy union line morons (who now own the tax payer bailed out company) to the marketing department. Imagine line workers that look, talk and act like Michael Moore and Rosanne Barr. You know, that workers of the world unite type. Showing bu*t*t crack of course. Anybody got a Schlitz and a smoke, I’m on break again at 8:15 a.m.

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  • LANE131
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:22pm

    Bail out STUDEBAKER!
    HA HA just kidding, bail out nothing, no more bail outs.

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:34pm

      Don’t give Obama any ideas. Knowing him, he might just do it!

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    • prkw
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 9:11pm

      The ORIGINAL pony-car, 1963 Avanti.
      Studebaker pre-1960 were good cars.

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  • LANE131
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:19pm

    Bail out STUEBAKER!!!!
    HA HA Just kidding bail out nothing, no more bail outs.

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    • mr.goodvibe
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:17pm

      Bring back Studebaker and the old flathead. They made some good stuff.

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    • teddrunk
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 6:49am

      50′s “Hawk” Series, 10-15 years ahead of their time.

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  • NC
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:18pm

    Ford yanks it’s “buy Ford, we were not bailed out” and now GM pulls it’s ad showing a college coed getting splashed and needing to get bailed out.

    OK, it’s time for Dodge…free roadside towing for the life of the vehicle? Or how about a dinosaur dying only to have it’s carcass liquefied and put in a Dodge gas tank…

    NC (no thanks Madison Ave, I’ll stay right here in North Carolina)

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  • denise55
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:18pm

    Every time I try to speak my mind on this site (since it’s beginning)it never posts. I don’t swear and I follow the rules, but can never get a comment to post??????

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    • kentuckypatriot
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:23pm

      Well, it worked this time. :)
      Seriously, I’ve never had a problem. Perhaps you can email someone at the Blaze.

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    • WeDontNeedNoSteeeenkinBadges
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:24pm

      denise55: “Every time I try to speak my mind on this site (since it’s beginning)it never posts. I don’t swear and I follow the rules, but can never get a comment to post??????”

      Ah-h-h … there’s your problem. Take it from a bandito — you MUST swear and break the rules to post on TheBlaze! Why? Because … WE DON‘T NEED NO STEEEENKIN’ BADGES … to post! ;)

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:47pm

      You might be expecting the post to appear immediately. You have to wait a few minutes for your comment to show up. Sometimes it takes between 5 and 10 minutes and sometimes it shows up immediately.

      Refresh the page until you see your post.

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    • UlyssesP
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:56pm

      Maybe you should try and wean yourself off of that instant gratification kick you’ve got going on.

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    • seldomscene
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:59pm

      Sweetness. Speak your mind. I’m listening.

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    • dnnyshdy
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:36pm

      Try Huffpost if you say just about anything conservative it won’t get posted.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 10:58pm

      The list of your last 10 posts goes back to August 9th?

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    • llotus
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 1:52pm

      Denise55……..let me be the first to congradulate you. Congrads.Lotus.

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  • mad_hatter
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:13pm

    According to americanparchment.com GM was actually trying to merge with Ford and Ford wouldn’t have it. You wonder why. Remember the ad that Ford put out about govt bailed out GM: http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/sep/ford_ad_bailout.html

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    • greensteam
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 8:36am

      again ford got bailed out when they bailed out gm. they were working very closely on the 6 speed auto in the malibu and the fusion. they share parts more than anyone knows. the american companies work together very closely. they needed one name to go on un-bailed and ford was the one they chose. ford and gm are both doing okay because their fates are tied. basically they bailed out both because they are the same basic company. they dont want you to know they share transmissions and other parts from front end parts and gears and so on.

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:13pm

    government motors is offending people,no way, now where are those pesky liberals when you need one,o yeah, they are all on sex street { wall street } and at the G E palace { white house } o well,i am sure they will get to the bottom of this racist ad,just as soon as they can charge up their volts.

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  • Bowmaster
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:12pm

    Get over it academia…
    Don’t you have real liberal stuff to worry about?
    Maybe you should go to a protest, or something?
    Good thing we have you to stand in judgement, and lord over the rest of us!
    LMFAO……

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  • glenng2
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:12pm

    Why those ad’s were the first best reason to buy a GMC product in 3 years.

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  • JimCDew
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:11pm

    I’m suprised at the complaints. Aren’t all the college protesters on Wall Street or in D.C.?

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    • FNTM
      Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:28pm

      Not all the professors are there. The professors only make their students into cannon fodder.

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  • I Stand With Israel
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:11pm

    GM has taken Obama’s money, and it looks like they got their common sense from him to.

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  • Bargis Tryhol
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:08pm

    Maybe GM should be making bicycles….With big seats for fat people!

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    • mr.goodvibe
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:18pm

      Funny I actually saw a GM Denali mountain bike at Wal Mart a few months back.

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  • mattmo79
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:07pm

    Ummmm . . . you would think that Government Run Motors would have a great understanding of the environmental wack job movement! They should be pusing those Volts that no one wants, maybe the wacko’s would go for a free Volt!!

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  • 65Mustang
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:07pm

    I really don’t care. Government Motors think they have all the answers and the college elite knows that they are far superior to everyone else. Don’t give a damn!!!!

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    • denise55
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:14pm

      If the college elite think that they are far superior, that is a serious ego problem and we all know what comes before the fall! Egoists are ugly inside and out. When you don’t go within, you go without.

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  • SIG 556
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:06pm

    And we are surprised????? Remember this fine company is owned by no other than the master of “bad marketing” BHO. Carry on GM we care not…

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  • South Philly Boy
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:06pm

    Ha, Ha, Ha… I’ll NEVER BUY gm AGAIN

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    • Devil Dog 7175
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:09pm

      Agreed,,, I’ve been a loyal GM buyer since I started driving… That has now changed. Never again will a GM sit in my drive.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:06pm

    Maybe the next campaign could be just calling all of us taxpayers morons, and sending us all computer virus’s. Maybe they will just come by and kick our dogs. Idiots.

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  • AntiLiberal74
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:05pm

    How sad it must be to go through life expecting to NEVER be offended…by ANYTHING!!!!

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  • BONETRAUMA
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:05pm

    *******! run over some of those ******* and drive around with them draped over the hood!

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    • Cranky
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:00pm

      Exactly what is your comment suggesting??

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:02pm

    buy American. buy FORD*.

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    • BowHuntingTexas
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:12pm

      Naw. I’ll buy Japanese brand, made by non-union American workers (e.g. Toyotas built, mostly, in San Antonio, Texas).

      I’ll avoid anything made by UAW labor and that includes Ford.

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:16pm

      I will never buy another new vehicle as long as I know that my money will be going to support union gangsters and Communist policies. And you couldnt run fast enough to give me anything built by Government Motors. I just bought a 1967 Ford pickup to replace one of my worn out cars. It is amazing, because its actually well built, not full of crappy plastic, thin metal, dangerous airbags, and expensive gadgets. And if it breaks, parts are cheap and I dont need a degree in engineering or a fancy computer to fix it. And finally, if I am ever involved in an accident with one of the cars they build nowadays, Im sure with my heavy steel vehicle it will be like cr@p going through a goose. When you drive a vehicle that was produced decades ago, you fully realize just how cheated we are with the overpriced junk they sell us now.

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    • commonsenseguy
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:17pm

      not for long, they are going to INDIA !! so now they can be just like the other big boys and send jobs over seas and not even worry about those pesky unions, oops, darn it, the will be union in india, but they will not cost as much to hire,

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:18pm

      I plan to buy Ford next time I need a car.

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  • garbagecanlogic
    Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:02pm

    GM has not been doing a lot of thinking at all lately, especially when it is considering teaming up with the chinese.

    The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
    The U.N. Out Of The U.S.

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    • AMERICA4EVER
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:05pm

      Government owned, government sponsored ad? Kind of goes against the go green thing.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:19pm

      Not if you believe in the Green Party.

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    • raybojabo
      Posted on October 13, 2011 at 8:13am

      Yeah, they should come out with the new GM Rikshaw, complete with chinese laborer. It has both red and green to satisfy those commie professors.

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