When the ad was running, I was thinking of writing in Clint Eastwood's name for president. In fact, I might do that in the primary. He's a Republican, and that's the ballot I will pick up. In Massachusetts, you get the ballot you last picked up, or you have to go to city hall to be Independent, so that you can choose which ballot to take.
Hi Rus, I am not sure what to make of the ad actually. If the onus is on a govt bailout of car companies, surely the Republican in Clint would not support it. Then again, because its Detroit and tied to manufacturing and a jobs spurt, I am not so sure!
Yes, it is half-time in America, and we need to send in a new quarterback and we need new management...
On the one hand the well-done ad is simply patriotic, but many saw this as a political ad for Obama's relection and a payback for the government loans to the car industry.
On Clint Eastwood's statement. I should add, "So that's that." The pro-Obama, pro-bailout insinuation thing that's so good for blogging needs to stop there.
And that's what I thought. To read the ad as if Eastwood is pro-Obama and pro-bailout is to read too much into it. It becomes a hot potato as soon as the first person says that he is sure it is pro-Obama and pro-bailout. Then people take political sides on it, instead of saying, "That's not in the ad at all." That was never in the ad--at all.
Hi Frank,
ReplyDeleteWhen the ad was running, I was thinking of writing in Clint Eastwood's name for president. In fact, I might do that in the primary. He's a Republican, and that's the ballot I will pick up. In Massachusetts, you get the ballot you last picked up, or you have to go to city hall to be Independent, so that you can choose which ballot to take.
Anyway, here's a different look at that ad: Los Angeles Times: Jacket Copy: Carolyn Kellogg: Like that Chrysler Super Bowl ad with Clint Eastwood? Thank a poet.
Yours,
Rus
Oh, Vikram
ReplyDeleteHi Rus, I am not sure what to make of the ad actually. If the onus is on a govt bailout of car companies, surely the Republican in Clint would not support it. Then again, because its Detroit and tied to manufacturing and a jobs spurt, I am not so sure!
ReplyDeleteYes, it is half-time in America, and we need to send in a new quarterback and we need new management...
ReplyDeleteOn the one hand the well-done ad is simply patriotic, but many saw this as a political ad for Obama's relection and a payback for the government loans to the car industry.
Sad to see ole Clint fronting this.
Clint Eastwood responds...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/super-bowl-chrysler-clint-eastwood-Obama-287373
On Clint Eastwood's statement. I should add, "So that's that." The pro-Obama, pro-bailout insinuation thing that's so good for blogging needs to stop there.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's what I thought. To read the ad as if Eastwood is pro-Obama and pro-bailout is to read too much into it. It becomes a hot potato as soon as the first person says that he is sure it is pro-Obama and pro-bailout. Then people take political sides on it, instead of saying, "That's not in the ad at all." That was never in the ad--at all.