aquart
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Thu Sep-15-11 09:31 PM
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Is Ford airing an ad targeted to the teabags? |
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Did I hallucinate a man insisting he wouldn't buy a car from a company that had been bailed out by the government? Did he use the word bootstraps?
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Thu Sep-15-11 09:33 PM
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1. I'm picturing someone pulling a car up with boostraps. n/t |
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Thu Sep-15-11 09:35 PM
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WE on the DU want big corporate America to stay off the fucking dole. Ford is advertising they already did.
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Fri Sep-16-11 03:10 PM
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You do not speak for me. I completely approve of the automotive bailout. We SHOULD be supporting American industry and American jobs.
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Fri Sep-16-11 05:18 PM
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I've never attempted to speak for anyone but me and I did not intend to do so this time either.
"We" being a general term in relation the OP itself --- as in why would Ford be speaking to only Teabags when the general mood of the DU (and quite frankly an awful lot of Americans (notice I did not say ALL)) is that corporations are doing so well they should not need taxpayer money.
I certainly had no intent to speak for ALL DUers but quite frankly I'm not good enough to words to qualify every single post I make in such a way to take away any chance of any sort that someone might misunderstand what I meant.
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Thu Sep-15-11 09:35 PM
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3. Caught my attention too |
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you heard exactly what I heard...
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Thu Sep-15-11 09:40 PM
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4. So you favor corporate welfare? And companies that don't take it should be ashamed and not proud of |
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Thu Sep-15-11 09:58 PM
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7. Ford took government money |
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Thu Sep-15-11 10:14 PM
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10. The finance company owned by Ford? Wow, you equate that to GM and Chrysler having to beg the feds |
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like dogs for money for their actual operations.
LOL funny
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Thu Sep-15-11 10:59 PM
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12. The only reason Ford..... |
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didn't have to take a buyout for their operations was they luckily took out a shit ton of loans in the Spring of '06. I know this because I was working there. And make no mistake, bailing out GM and Chrysler was helping Ford, because they make parts for each other, as well as share suppliers.
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Thu Sep-15-11 09:42 PM
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5. No bootstraps mentioned. |
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Edited on Thu Sep-15-11 09:43 PM by Recovered Repug
If GM could make a commercial bragging about the fact that the repaid the government loans early, why can't Ford brag about not needing a loan in the first place? Plus there's some questions about the accuracy of GM's repayment claim.
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Thu Sep-15-11 09:59 PM
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Thu Sep-15-11 10:15 PM
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I should have stated that Ford's commercial bragged about not being part of the government bailout.
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Thu Sep-15-11 10:07 PM
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9. Guess he wouldn't buy a Chrysler then. |
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They got bailed out in the 70's. POS vehicles, anyway.
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Fri Sep-16-11 01:55 AM
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13. They aren't the exclusive owners of 'bailout' or 'bootstaps' |
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Though many of them respond to those terms, there are quite a few others that do too. This is basic market research in action, just like any commercial.
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