Rove 'offended' by Eastwood's Super Bowl ad touting Chyrsler

The Hill ^ | 2/6/12 | Christian Heinze

[ColdOne]

Karl Rove sees politics written all over Clint Eastwood's new Chrysler ad and even compares it to "Chicago-style politics."

"I was, frankly, offended by it," Rove said on Fox News Monday. "I'm a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, I thought it was an extremely well-done ad, but it is a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics, and the President of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising and the best-wishes of the management which is benefited by getting a bunch of our money that they'll never pay back."

The ad aired during the Super Bowl, and

[Jane Long]

Spot on!

[Lazlo in PA]

One time I agree with Rove in about 5 years. Should we start using the “Rove You Magnificent Bastard” pics again?

[Revolting cat!]

Uhm, Clint Eastwood is an actor who reads what others, in this case Madison Avenue hacks, write.

[MinuteGal]

Rove is not the issue here. Eastwood was shilling for Chrysler in the ad....a company whose Chryslers are put together in Canada and whose profits are shipped overseas to foreigners at Fiat in sunny Italy.

Subbing for Rush today, Mark Styne was all over Eastwood and the ad like white on rice.

(Clint obviously did no research or he needs the money.....I'll give him the benefit of the doubt....hmmmmm, that's amore, I guess).

Leni

[dragonblustar]

Or as my 2.5 year old daughter would say: EEE! Bah! Bee Bee Bee Bee Bee! (stabbing her finger at the TV)

My two year old grabbed the remote and changed the channel. My husband almost blew a nut because he had a half hour of the game cashed so he could skip through or review a commercial.

[xzins]

Hi Betty, I pretty much agree with you.

To the extent that the ad might have been paid for with bailout money, or some residual thereof, then that bothers me, but the words in the ad were about American workers fighting back. I have no problem with that. But, I was a Reagan convert from the Dem Party, I have blue-collar roots, and I believe the middle class is the backbone of the USA.

[jackv]

I rather liked the ad too, until I heard everybody telling me how bad it was. Knowing Eastwood better than to think he likes obama, all the bruhaha didn't even dawn on me.

Sad commentary. Does everything have to be viewed as political? Sheesh.

[Riodacat]

Rove offended?
Well, boo-fricken-hoo.
It was a great ad.

[fight_truth_decay]

Detroit ‘Comeback’ Ad Filmed in New Orleans, L.A.
Not Detroit.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/detroit-comeback-ad-filmed-new-orleans-la_621036.html

[fight_truth_decay]

Detroit ‘Comeback’ Ad Filmed in New Orleans, L.A.
Not Detroit.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/detroit-comeback-ad-filmed-new-orleans-la_621036.html

[fight_truth_decay]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120206/AUTO01/202060369/Chrysler-ad-touches-political-nerve?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Cimg%7CFRONTPAGE

[cynwoody]

The only thing that ad convinced me of, is how strongly I feel about America, the American spirit and that the message in that ad spoke to the very heart of what America is and should be.

They may have tried to propagandize it, but it touched me, because that message was a great message and knowing Eastwood is not an Obama supporter, just made me think it might have been a message to those who oppose him.

If anything, we need more encouraging, go get em, locker room rally speeches that pump up the greatness of America.

That's what I thought, too.

But buying a car? Nah....

Likewise.

[woofie]

Just so you know

your Bush haters club is is a setting sun

[woofie]

You got part of it right ....The correct response here is :

“I really hate Karl Rove but this time he is right”

[ichabod1]

He’s An Elder Statesman Among Hollywood Types. He Doesn’t Have To Do Anything He Doesn’t Want To Do. Or So We Think.

[fr_freak]

My two year old grabbed the remote and changed the channel. My husband almost blew a nut...

Uh, I don't think this expression means what you think it means.

[gov_bean_ counter]

I don’t hate President Bush. He was ill served by this ass.

[TheOldLady]

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[PhiloBedo]

I thought the ad was scripted ambiguously and deliberately vague so it could be taken either way, depending on what side of the political spectrum you reside.

I thought he meant we were in the locker, deciding how to win, and that meant replacing the current regime.

[PhiloBedo]

uh..locker-room