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Report: Ford Pulls Anti-Bailout Ad After Pressure From Obama Admin.

Remember that clever little Ford ad that showed an actual buyer being led into a surprise news conference and answering impromptu questions? You know, the one where the buyer says, “I wasn’t going to buy another car that was bailed out by the government. 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.”

Ford, you may remember, didn’t accept any bailout money. Here’s the ad:

Well, the last time you saw it may have been the last time you saw it. What do I mean? According to a report from The Detroit News, the ad has now been pulled by Ford due to pressure from the Obama administration.

Columnist Daniel Howes explains:

[...] 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. And more.

With President Barack Obama tuning his re-election campaign amid dismal economic conditions and simmering antipathy toward his stimulus spending and associated bailouts, the Ford ad carried the makings of a political liability when Team Obama can least afford yet another one. Can’t have that.

The ad, pulled in response to White House questions (and, presumably, carping from rival GM), threatened to rekindle the negative (if accurate) association just when the president wants credit for their positive results (GM and Chrysler are moving forward, making money and selling vehicles) and to distance himself from any public downside of his decision.

The Hill reports the ad is gone from both TV and YouTube. In fact, the only version we could find is from someone using his phone to record the TV (seen above).

The White House didn‘t return The Hill’s request for comment. Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey, however, did offer his thoughts:

[T]he fact that the White House exerted pressure on Ford to cease and desist is a rather ominous example of why we want government to stay out of the business of running auto companies at all. A free market doesn’t stay free when government begins competing in it, and just the mere existence of the ability to use its regulatory power to favor its own operation will distort market behavior in significant and freedom-chilling ways.  Knocking an ad critical of government policy off of television and the Internet is simply a more visible symptom of those dangers.

UPDATE:

Ford is claiming (via Facebook) that it didn’t pull the ad out of pressure but that it stopped running it after four weeks per normal rotation procedure. That still doesn’t explain why the ad was pulled from YouTube. However, as Hot Air notes, the ad was re-posted on YouTube last Friday and only has about 300 views.

UPDATE II:

Michelle Malkin has been corresponding with representatives from Ford and the White House via Twitter. Both have denied any pressure:

Scott Monty is the Ford social media director and writes on Twitter: “We did not pull the ad under pressure.”

I have asked him directly: “Did the White House contact Ford to complain about the ads or not?”

Waiting for a response…

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Scott Monty’s response:

“I have no knowledge of the White House calling. We don’t make advertising decisions based on pressure.”

My follow-up: “So can you find out and let us know whether WH called to complain or not? It’s germane.”

And: “If you are denying substance of D. Howe’s Detroit News report, are you going to ask paper 4 a retraction?”

Seconds later, White House press flack Dan Pfeiffer tweeted: “Lots of bad info/reporting out there today: Report on POTUS and Troy Davis and Detroit News column saying WH pressured Ford are both false.”

My follow-up: “So did anyone at the White House contact anyone at Ford to complain about the bailout ad or not?”

I think a FOIA request is in order…

Comments (423)

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  • mwhaley
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:46pm

    By the time Obama gets through fundamentally changing this country, I will not be able to afford the taxes or fill it up with gas.

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    • PLAINOLEPISSEDOFF
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:54pm

      I drive Ford F-350 7.3L Diesel, and will always drive a big, diesel, 4WD Ford. I will NEVER buy from ANY company that has taken bailout money from Uncle Sam. One of the great things about driving a big diesel spitting truck is when I see a hybrid with an Obama sticker on the back, I pull right next to them on the freeway, punch the gas and give them a nice, black diesel smoke screen. Makes me feel wonderful to do my part of “spitting” in the face of what this administration represents and anyone who supports it. I does my heart good to piss off a liberal. In closing, I’d like to issue a challenge to Uncle Sam, considering they would love nothing more than to tell the American people that they have to drive “eco-friendly” vehicles. Come and try to take it……….I dare you.

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    • Outlaw_Josey_Wales
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:55pm

      I’m going to start a small business selling siphon hose.

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    • SavingtheRepublic.com
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:55pm

      ~^~v~~^~~v~^~
      He is bent on destroying life as we know it. At least you have a car to worry about putting gas in!! Some of us no thanks to his policies cant get work!!
      So much for Freedom of Speech. Of course it only applies to those who are an arm of this regime. Who in the bluehell do these ppl think they are to tell Ford to pull that ad? We all know this ad was yanked b/c of of regime pressure and not normal rotation/ lifespan of an ad… I mean cmon Ive seen the same ads by companies run for over a year!! I ask all of you to call Ford:
      Customer Relationship Center
      800-392-3673
      800-232-5952 (TDD for the Hearing Impaired)

      Tell them to start running the ad again or to make another one with an even stronger message. Pressure Ford to push back against this regime, regardless of the excuses coming out… obviously we know this Chicago style tactic to push it off like coincidence etc by the “victim”.

      Since when does the government get involved with ads… oh wait this wouldnt have anything to do with the fact that Ford sell more cars than GM (aka Government Motors) would it?You cannot give in to this regime. The more you give the less we will have left to fight them. This is political correctness on steroid but even worse as it is bullying from Emperor Obamas regime. If companies give in lttle by littel we are truly doomed. http://SavingtheRepublic.com

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    • On The Bayou
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:03pm

      Remember the Toyota recalls right after the election. THE STICKING ACCELERATOR, this was manufactured by the unions and Obama. Our government force Toyota to recall thousands of Toyotas that had nothing wrong with them. All to create fear in a foriegn product and to boost his UNION BASE here. Funny how all of that went away and we never heard of anymore problems with Toyoata. I`m buying Nissan or Toyota from here on out, the unions can smootch my A$$.

      On The Bayou  
    • John 3:16
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:05pm

      What happened to the 1st ammendment? It Should say something about seperation of government and business too I guess. Protect our rights, Ford, run the Ad daily please.

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    • DieHard
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:20pm

      @PLAINOLEPISSEDOFF

      You really showed them, supporting the company that ASKED FOR THE BAILOUTS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

      “the controversial bailout policy CEO Alan Mulally repeatedly supported”

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    • mad_hatter
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:28pm

      GM HANDS OVER US TECHNOLOGY TO GET STIMULUS… FROM CHINA

      Did you see that Government Motors and Government Electric are revealing to China US technology on Electrical Cars. ( http://url2it.com/hsfb ) They are doing this to claim Chinese stimulus money. That is US technology and China will steal that as well.

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    • Marci
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:29pm

      I’m disappointed they caved under the pressure, but understand that they will probably experience a Gibson style raid should they not comply. While I don’t think companies should dabble in politics as a whole, this one is different for me. They didn’t take the money and that is HUGE for a lot of us. For the administration to go after them unfortunately these days is no surprise. Another reason we have to get this dictator out of office and start getting back on track.

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:38pm

      Bayou, Yes I remember the Toyota shakedown. I think that was around number 37 on what is an odeous list of abuses that is now in the thousands. BO must Go – Yes We Cain !

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    • Fantastic Four
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:38pm

      Amen! Calling now and even might trade in my gm for a FORD.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:45pm

      Another example of the Obama administration meddling in business and picking winners and losers. This is wrong on so many levels. Ford has every right to advertise it’s vehicles as being made at a company without fiscal problems. The consumer will decide if that’s a viable strategy NOT the government but the perpetual election campaign that is the Obama administration is paranoid. Any environment where secrecy and social and political control are the operating parameters can breed paranoia. We saw this with the White House healthcare “snitch site” (flag@whitehouse.gov) where citizens were encouraged to turn in information — or people — who were reporting “lies” about ObamaCare. Not learning from their earlier mistake, recently Team Obama launched attackwatch.com. If you follow the link, you will notice the address is “my.barackobama.com.” How touching, how personal, and how very, very creepy. So this kind of “sensitivity” to anti-bailout (and by proxy anti-stimulus) publicity is it be expected from such a despotic, controlling, inept and corrupt administration. And Ford being heavily unionized and knowing the retaliatory nature of the Obama admininstration sanitizes the administration’s role in the decision to pull the ad. But the ad speaks for itself nonetheless.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:49pm

      F-150 – Check
      Supersnake – Check

      Any auto dealer who got a penny of my money as a gift from the super trash in the White House can suck furry green eggs. GM is half Canadian. They can have the whole worthless company.

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    • Viet Vet
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:50pm

      And the Dictatorship plows on.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:52pm

      Go and watch the video and give it a like.

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:52pm

      “Ford did not receive any money under AIFP, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t get any federal assistance.”
      http://factcheck.org/2011/09/ford-motor-co-does-u-turn-on-bailouts/

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    • Viet Vet
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:54pm

      ON THE BAYOU:
      “Remember the Toyota recalls right after the election. THE STICKING ACCELERATOR, this was manufactured by the unions and Obama. Our government force Toyota to recall thousands of Toyotas that had nothing wrong with them. All to create fear in a foriegn product and to boost his UNION BASE here. Funny how all of that went away and we never heard of anymore problems with Toyoata. I`m buying Nissan or Toyota from here on out, the unions can smootch my A$$.”

      That’s exactly right. That’s how Community Activists (thugs) and marxists operate.

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    • jujubeebee
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:18pm

      Mwhaley: You speak the truth! If I can ever afford a newer car it would be a Ford for sure! Obama is hurting the middle and lower classes the most and selling them on class warfare is a joke. He wants communism …not just socialism.

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    • ilovethiscountry
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:20pm

      Even before the ad, I had decided that I would not buy a car from a company that had recieved bailout money. I was glad that Ford had made the ad.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:21pm

      @ Pontiac
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:52pm

      “Ford did not receive any money under AIFP, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t get any federal assistance.”
      http://factcheck.org/2011/09/ford-motor-co-does-u-turn-on-bailouts/
      ———————————————————————————————————————————————–
      In other words, Ford took advantage of the whines and cries of the eco fruit jobs desire to “go green” with vehicles that cost twice as much money.

      It didn’t have anything to do with the stimulus garbage. The CEO was for the stimulus for what reason again? Because the demise of competitors would cause chaos to the industry as a whole. I realize some aren’t to quick on this whole “old fashioned” Free Market stuff, and it’s effects on the Nations economy, so I’ll help you out a little. It drives competitive pricing, which is good for consumers, helps to combat inflation, also good for the consumer, and means more people are working, surprise………..that too is good for the economy!

      Sorry, but your whole GOTHCHA thing, is a massive fail.

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:25pm

      This is the beauty of capitalism. Tell the Obama Adminstration to GO POUND SAND.
      Run the ad.

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    • Canvasback1
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:31pm

      Americans, had enough? You all think we still live in a free society. It’s only going to get worse from here unless we standup and rid ourselves and this country from liberal progressive ideologs.

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    • ACLUHater
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:37pm

      Very disappointing. I wish Ford would have told Dumbo-in-chief to stick it where the sun don’t shine.

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    • NJTMATO
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:41pm

      @ PLAINOLPISSEDOFF……Love your post!!! It made me smile a great big toothy smile and I can’t wait to make my way home today and have some fun of my own in front of a Prius. :-)

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    • WeeeDontNeedNoSteeenkinBadges
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:56pm

      Weee don‘t need no steeenkin’ “cellphone video”!

      So try this:
      “Drive One — Chris F-150″
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwKbItOQNKc
      or here (lo rez):
      “Drive One — Chris F-150 (The Ford Motors ad Barack Obama doesnt want you to see)”
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx6B8bR8Nug

      Chris from Ford commercial talks back:
      “Ford Commercial Response”
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e7KBxzmz9M

      Chris from Ford commercial shows & comments on FoxNews Megan Kelly report:
      “Fox News Megyn Kelly Ford Anti bailout Commentary”
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teWLm7F4ksI

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    • jimiray
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:57pm

      if your truck is pouring black diesel smoke ya may need a new truck

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    • Theleftisda
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 6:19pm

      You all say ford did not get a bailout (think again)the government allowed ford to murder people on
      a massive scale SUV’s and passenger vans they were defective and ford kept building them,if you people are stupid enough to get in a ford be my guest (FOOLS)

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    • Theleftisda
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 6:27pm

      SUV’s -vans & crappy trucks
      http://www.fordexplorerrollover.com/
      ford sucks

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 6:31pm

      if a president came to me like that… wanted me to never play an ad that could hurt his reelection… JUST FOR THAT, i would play the ad everyday at primetime… don’t be a DICtator…

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    • kraphtsman
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 7:52pm

      I, like virtually ALL my friends and family, will NEVER purchase another new vehicle manufactured by either GM or Chrysler, as long as I live ! I WILL consider buying other American-made cars/trucks (such as Ford, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and BMW) because they owe their existence to the actions of the capitalist market.. and NOT the socialist government’s fascist intervention, as is the case with both GM and Chrysler.

      And if you’re one of the stupid apologists/fans of GM… what do you think about this “American” auto company‘s plan to build Chevy Volts in Communist China so they can take advantage of China’s $20K/car “incentive”….. under the stipulation that GM must share their advanced electric car technology with the Chicoms (which was funded with the aid of American taxpayer money). GM is about as “American” as Alger Hiss !

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    • TulsaYeeHaw
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 8:08pm

      @pontiac
      “Ford did not receive any money under AIFP, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t get any federal assistance.”
      http://factcheck.org/2011/09/ford-motor-co-does-u-turn-on-bailouts/

      Umm, they were FORCED BY LAW to re-tool, so we can fight a man made hoax, so I can imagine they did want a “loan.”

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 8:55pm

      They will still outsell Chevy!

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 9:39pm

      Ford, If your going to back up for BO…please make sure he is under the back wheel!!!

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    • Cat
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:08pm

      …
      OT
      Heads up folks …

      North Caroline Governor, Democrat Beverly Perdue, suggested the postponement of all state and federal elections for two years.

      Report Post » Cat  
    • old white guy
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 8:05am

      hmm, land of the free???? jeez someone better do a damn good job for conservatives next year.

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    • Servant Of YHVH
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 8:41am

      @diehard
      “You really showed them, supporting the company that ASKED FOR THE BAILOUTS IN THE FIRST PLACE.”
      It doesn’t matter if they asked for anything or not, the fact is they didn’t take any. That is like the parable in the Bible where the man asked one of his sons to go out and do some work for him, the son said that he wouldn’t do it. The man then asked his other son to go out and do it for him, this son said that he would do it. The second son never went out and did anything while the first son decided to go out and he did what had been asked of him. Now, which one is the “obedient” son? GO FORD. I will never go out and buy a GM or Chrysler until they first give me the car that I paid for in the bailout. To make up for the money that was stolen from me to pay them, it would have to be a top of the line, fully loaded car of my choice. Then after that I MIGHT consider buying another car from them when/if I need one.

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    • starman70
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 8:48am

      I am now driving a GMC Surban, but when I Trade, it will be for a FORD. All my other vehicles are Ford products. A Tarus, Mercury Marquis and a ford diesel pick up truck.

      No more GM (Government Motors) for me!

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 8:49am

      More proof of how bad the truth hurts the Socalist in Chief in the White House.
      Ford should make hundreds of these types ads as alot of Americans feel the exact same way.
      I for one will never ever buy GM I would rather by a car made in China than a GM car. At least China is up front about their communism not subversive like GOVERNMENT MOTORS

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    • jkjk
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:11am

      I was going to buy a ford, and what pushed me to get one was partly because of that commercial. If this is true, no ford! If I was making decisions at ford, I’d tell obama and all of his worthless team to eat a big d#ck!

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 1:36pm

      And to underscore the in-your-face Facism being exhibited by this administration and its Rockfellow/RatsChild/Build-A-Turd Puppet Masters:

      “But other car-buyers who want to follow his lead better be careful not to purchase a Ford car that was funded in part by the $5.9 billion loan that Ford Motors received from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. The Administration brags that this taxpayer-backed loan would help Ford upgrade factories in the Mid-west and “convert nearly 33,000 employees to green manufacturing jobs.” Yes, because these workers now spend their time manufacturing more fuel efficient cars, the Administration gets to tout them as a part of the much hyped “green jobs” revolution.

      Ford’s was just one of dozens of loans that the Energy Department made through the loan program to spur “green jobs” with government “investments” in new technologies. Readers of course will be most familiar with the $535 million loan that was given to the now-defunct solar panel manufacturer Solyndra.

      Americans are rightfully outraged about this brewing scandal, with emails showing the White House pressuring the Office of Management and Budget to expedite the loan and the almost-expected fact that a big Obama fundraiser stood to gain from the federal support.”

      more: http://www.iwf.org/inkwell/show/25511.html

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    • EricTheAwefull
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 2:54pm

      I grew up a Chevy guy but I am so disgusted with them. I hate to say it but I have a lot of respect for Ford right now. A few years ago before all of this happened. Ford saw the writing on the wall and sold of several of the brands that weren’t bringing in enough money. That allowed them to stay afloat through the rough times. If GM didn’t see it coming then their accountants need to be looking for a job.
      Don’t anyone be fooled. The bailout was not about saving the American Auto but to save the American Auto Workers Union. GM and Chrysler could have filed bankruptcy dissolved their union contracts and started production in a very short period of time. Unions are sucking the life blood out of every industry that has the misfortune of being associated with them.They are the reason that so many American cars were put together so poorly that people stopped buying them.
      Keep buying American!
      It’s not about supporting a big Government sponsored company. It’s about keeping your neighbor working and our economy strong.

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    • Theleftisda
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:57am

      @jhaydeng
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 8:55pm
      They will still outsell Chevy!
      Not going to happen (ford may sell more vehicle’s) but will never outsell chevy,way to many race cars
      and ford cannot touch chevy (remember the communist in chief forced GM (CHEVY) into taking the bailout,when we get a new president GM will get to resructure the proper way
      Chevy did something right because they outlast all trucks and hold more world record’s and have more race wins than all automobile manufacturers combined/thats sayin something

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    • snickle
      Posted on October 2, 2011 at 3:30pm

      Ford took a $5.9 billion loan from department of energy at same time it refused Obama government bail out loans. It’s a bit disingenuous on their part to create a commercial claiming to not take govt. money. Plus the bail out agreement which car companies took helped them restructure union contracts thus enabling them to post profits for the first time in a long time.

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  • Perspective
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:46pm

    I went to the ad on Youtube and watched it. Isn’t it funny how comments are not being allowed on this video? Think Obama had something to do with it? You Betcha!

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    • JWINK56
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:03pm

      Someone else controlled the media about 65 yrs ago too….ah….what was his name……huh…it’ll come to me.

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    • bigpicture
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:08pm

      I watched the YOU TUBE version of the ad at least 6 times – on different computers – and the number of views never budged above 305. With all the publicity on THE BLAZE, I would think there would be more views. When I watched another video in the DRIVE ONE serries, the views jumped +12 in the time it took me to go to a different PC.

      Just sayin‘ somthin’s fishy here.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:55pm

      What do Adolf Hitler and Barry Soetero have in common!

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  • sillyfreshness
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:45pm

    Well so much for the 1st Amendment. I’m sure if Ford ran the ad, they would come under an audit like Standard and Poor’s.

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  • MBA
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:45pm

    Wow, whatever happened to the truth, justice and the American way including the First Amemdment. I guess obamy and his thugs only believe in the first amendment if you are helping to destroying this country.

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    • Miguelito
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:58pm

      From one MBA to another, you are right on! I’m sure there were probably threats from the most corrupt administration in the history of this country.

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    • chips1
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 9:55pm

      I really can’t afford a new truck; however I could afford a new FORD emblem which I afixed on my old —–truck. Most liberals are too stupid to know.

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  • geo01
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:45pm

    .

    THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH CORPORATE AMERICA TODAY.
    .
    The bow to every whimper of the Federal Government.
    .
    WHEN BUSINESS STARTS TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES, THE CORPORATE OUTLOOK IN THIS COUNTRY WILL IMPROVE.
    .
    P.S.
    I have been a General Motors buyer all of my life. I TOO WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER GOVERNMENT MOTORS VEHICLE.
    .
    GENERAL MOTORS TOOK TAX PAYER FUNDED BAIL-OUT MONEY TO CHINA TO BUILD MANUFACTURING PLANTS FOR THE CHINESE.
    .
    Job creation for Americans . . . yeah sure.
    .

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    • bandi9
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:50pm

      i am with you here. i have always bought GM, and just recently purchased a Ford F150. will never buy GM again. Come on, Ford, show some brass! tell them to put it where the sun dont shine!

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    • Fantastic Four
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:01pm

      Yup I have always bought a Chevy but now looking to FORD. Hey FORD tell him it’s unAmerican to not allow free speech comrade so get your Big Gov out of my office

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  • Perspective
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:43pm

    It seems the truth hurts the Obama administration. If I were the CEO of Ford I‘d tell him to stick it where the sun don’t shine and I’d keep running the ad. The current POTUS is a narcissistic bully. I sincerely hope that the majority of the voters are as sick of him as I am.

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  • ClarityCalif
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:42pm

    The Chicago/Obama machine at work. Did you expect anything different. You can assume that there was a lot of pressure put to Ford through Union thugs as well.

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  • GhostOfJefferson
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:42pm

    If the marketing department of Ford were shrewd, now that this report is released, they’d go ahead and air the advert with one sentence on the end or beginning of the commercial:

    “We don’t bow to tyrants trying to censor us”.

    That’s a guaranteed way to get to the target demographic they were focusing on with the original commercial.

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    • Blazer123
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:48pm

      Indeed. Down with tyranny!

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    • Gary Fishaholic
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:51pm

      I like it!!!

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:58pm

      Hey Ghost, Good Idea.

      I have an Idea, they could run the commercial with no sound and “tape” over the mouths of
      the people with caption “We are not allowed to talk about our success”.. Nothing else.

      I think that will be powerful. Then the people that do not pay attention politically will have to
      ask about the “meaning” of the commercial.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:15pm

      Ghost — that may be the greatest of ideas I have heard today. Excellent.

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    • icareabouttheusa
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:53pm

      Love your idea!!!

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  • ddg7
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:41pm

    Corruption and coercion at the top of government. It’s the Chicago way!

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    • HKS
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:57pm

      I wonder if O has any of those one day jobs I could have and get my $158,000 dollar a year pension. I could use it about now.

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  • Popp40
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:40pm

    Really Ford, I had a lot of respect for you and I did actually buy a Ford for that main reason. I was looking for a new car and went with them for that very reason. Now they back down….well when it is time to buy a new car….Ford will not be on the list because obviously they don’t have the balls to stand up for themselves.

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    • GERATMO
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:48pm

      We need to support ford. They said it wasnt because of pressure from the white house, it was because the 4 week time limit for the ad was up.

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  • neverwrong
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:40pm

    I have been looking at replacing my gm truck. Will be a FORD now!!! Obummer is the worse thing this country has every seen. Hey, obummer, come get me!!! Find my info by getting my login!! I’ll be waiting! D*ck Head. Americans won’t put up with you much longer. Been to long already!

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  • chump
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:39pm

    Ironically buying a FORD TRUCK is not only buying truly American you’re also buying the highest quality. I will never buy anything but FORD TRUCKS.
    Thanks Obama

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  • moralsvaluesconsequences
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:39pm

    I wonder just what exactly the Obambam admin threatened to do if the ad wasn’t pulled, I think we need some transparency here…I have only one other statement/question George Orwell anyone?……

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:35pm

    Ah yes, history once again repeats itself, just as under the Johnson administration feeling that the non profit churches and charities would turn upon his administration. So it is with Obama and the pulling of the ad via Ford due to the image Mr Obama needs to project — the saviour of the auto industry and the unions as well.

    He will never just up and admit to being a failure across the board.

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    • bdwatcher
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 7:33pm

      I have a ford and it is now almost 314,000 miles, I will buy a ford again if i live long enough to replace this one. (smile)

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  • TomFerrari
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:35pm

    HEAVY HANDED THUGS running our nation.

    KICK ‘EM OUT ON THEIR COLLECTIVE BUTT ! ! !

    This is a CROCK !

    Are there no LAWS governing this sort of government intervention in the affairs of private industry?
    If not, I can think of a new Constitutional Amendment we need to get ready for 2013.

    ANYBODY BUT OBAMA, 2012 ! ! ! !
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    • vennoye
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:44pm

      You would think that Chicago politicans and the people who work for them have all gone to Gangsta Finishing Schools!! Am seeing less and less differences between our government and the old Mob Bosses.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:51pm

      Please, don’t insult the Mob. They have a very strong code of honor.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:02pm

      GhostOfJefferson
      You’re right! They were at least more honest about who they were than these guys are!! :-)

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  • 00gabooga
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:34pm

    I was thinking of going Ford with my next purchase specifically because they didn’t take any bailout money, but now that they‘ve CAVED I’m just going to save up and buy the BMW I’ve always wanted.

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    • chips1
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:17pm

      So your finally coming out of the closet, HUH!!!

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  • oldguy49
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:29pm

    this president seems to bully everyone that it can……..when are real americans going to stand up and just say %#@$ you!!!

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:40pm

      Nothing like being the President, buying out companies and then threatening competitors..ey? Socialism at it’s finest.

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    • calicomradnot
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 1:07pm

      I have been wondering the same thing. As a kid I used to wonder how does a country get to communism or facisim and now before my 60 yr. old eyes here we go.

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  • JLGunner
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:28pm

    I will only buy Fords from now on.

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  • NHwinter
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:28pm

    Now, that is sad. Ford giving in to thug pressure from the WH. Raids on Gibson guitar! Wow, we are moving into Communistic control. Isn’t this against the Constitution or have they done completely away with that. I wonder if the MSM will talk about this situation. This is getting scarier and scarier.

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  • DanWesson455
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:28pm

    Coward. Be proud you did it on your own. I was thinking of buying a Ford. Now with ya kneeling to the anointed one, I dunno anymore. Maybe I will look at Nissan or even Suzuki. Cowards.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:04pm

      They aren’t kneeling, they’re probably trying to avoid being nationalized or “audited” by the IRS.

      I do want them to air this more, but I also understand that the government plays hard ball and more or less controls the unions that work at Ford.

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    • palerider54
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:47pm

      GhostofJefferson, I understand what you are saying, BUT, if the government wants to play hardball,

      I say we stick together, AND SHOW THEM HOW TO PLAY IT.

      BRING IT!

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    • 1947
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:00am

      Know you need to buy from CHINA

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  • JLGunner
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:27pm

    Baracks anti bullying agenda sure has changed. Hey wait, I found that change he was talking about!!

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  • palerider54
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:27pm

    I have bought GM cars and trucks all my life.

    I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE.

    I have had about all the “hopey,changey, feeley stuff I can take.

    More Chicago gangster style politics.

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    • Judy72204
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:31pm

      I totally agree. My husband has always preferred GM trucks but has started rethinking that preference. When did we start allowing the government to apply pressure to the use of truth in advertising?
      Obama said it would be so much easier if he was a dictator instead of a president. Well, now we have another example of his being a dictator instead of a president..

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  • Zeranol
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:27pm

    Make a new add and tell the truth about what just happened

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    • moralsvaluesconsequences
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:43pm

      I agree 100% I say it’s about time we see some truth come out around here, Ford has enough money and backers….what is the gov gonna do? To big to fail right?

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:26pm

    Ruh-roh, Shaggy, looks like someone turned them in to AttackWatch.com.

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  • MrsK
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:24pm

    Anyone else tired of the thuggery?

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    • Petieshell
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:32pm

      It has gone beyond thuggery and we are spiraling toward communism. Since when does the White House get to control companies and ads? Did we go to sleep and wake up in Russia? Who hijacked America? Oh, I forgot, ever since this POTUS has been in office, he has run the nation toward dictatorship through intimidation and fear. We have got to get him voted OUT!

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    • Mandors
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:06pm

      Yes, it’s hard to look at genuine fascism at work.

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