Why Republicans are stupid: "Republican takes umbrage at Chrysler's 'Imported from Detroit' ad"

[Barack_America]

A Republican lawmaker saw political undertones Sunday night in one of the Super Bowl's most popular commercials.

Freshman Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.) seemed to take issue with Chrysler's "Imported from Detroit" spot, which featured an appearance by rapper Eminem and plenty of tape from the Motor City.

Ross tweeted Sunday night, shortly after the ad aired:

"Imported from Detroit"..."borrowed from China"
The ad was meant to highlight the re-emergence of the auto industry in Detroit, almost two years after Chrysler and General Motors went through a government-supervised bankruptcy financed by the Treasury and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

A Republican lawmaker saw political undertones Sunday night in one of the Super Bowl's most popular commercials.

Freshman Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.) seemed to take issue with Chrysler's "Imported from Detroit" spot, which featured an appearance by rapper Eminem and plenty of tape from the Motor City.

Ross tweeted Sunday night, shortly after the ad aired:

"Imported from Detroit"..."borrowed from China"
The ad was meant to highlight the re-emergence of the auto industry in Detroit, almost two years after Chrysler and General Motors went through a government-supervised bankruptcy financed by the Treasury and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/142391-republican-takes-umbrage-at-chryslers-imported-from-detroit-ad?page=2#comments

Problem is that Rep. Ross seems to have forgotten he represents Lakeland, FL, home of the Detroit Tigers spring training facility.

From last month...

Tigers celebrating 75 years in Lakeland

The Detroit Tigers and the City of Lakeland are celebrating the longest running relationship in history between a Major League Baseball team and a spring training city.

The Detroit Tigers have warmed up for each season in Lakeland since 1934, minus a three year interruption during World War II.

Many decades and several stadiums later, the partnership still creates memories and money. Detroit Tigers Spring Training now generates about $47 million in economic impact for Polk County each year.

http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2011/january/197517/Tigers-celebrating-75-years-in-Lakeland



Wonder how much of that money is from automotive workers and Tigers fans traveling down there to catch a few games? (or from Big 3 pensioners who have moved down to Florida?) But Ross is right, it would have been much better for the Big 3 to go belly up and deprive his district of millions of dollars in annual income.

Idiot.

[FLAprogressive]

1. What a fucking surprise. They hate everything.

[Barack_America]

3. Including their own best interests.

Which would be great if they stopped screwing over the rest of us in the process.

[Xenotime]

4. Everything they spew is racist hate speech.

[sufrommich]

2. I hope that little tweet of his bites him in the ass down

in Lakeland.Lots of Michiganders there.

[Barack_America]

5. Yeah, you think he might realize that his district's economy is "Imported from Detroit"...

...but then you realize that he's a Republican and his brain is not capable of such complex thought.

[sufrommich]

7. Not to go off track, but I predict a lot of "Imported from Detroit"

bumper stickers and t-shirts to start showing up here (western burbs) any minute now.

[Barack_America]

12. Let me know if you find out where to buy them!

[sufrommich]

13. I will! nt

[SidDithers]

15. Tigers fans need a "move our Spring Training" movement...nt

Sid

[global1]

6. Did Anybody Else Notice The Subliminal Message For Fox In That Ad?.....

What bothered me about that commercial was at least two shots of the marquee of a theatre called Fox. I was wondering if Chrysler felt it had to include that in order to get it to air on the Fox Network.

[sufrommich]

8. The Fox theater predates Fox news by many decades.

It's a Detroit institution.

[murray hill farm]

10. And a Detroit landmark!

I grew up in Detroit and have great memories of the Fox Theater!

[sufrommich]

11. I've never walked into the Fox without gasping at it's

pure awesomeness, it gets me every time.

[SidDithers]

16. If you notice it, it's not subliminal...nt

Sid

[Urban Prairie]

9. Ross is just another wet behind the ears doosh Rethug hypocrite

What about all of those vehicle manufacturing businesses in Japan and China that are being supported directly and indirectly by their governments?

Including the others, many that are partly owned and financed by their "state" banks?

I guess that "socialism" is permissible, as long as it is global and located outside of the US, otherwise supporting struggling US-based businesses with LOANS and individuals as well in the form of SS, SSD, SSDI, and welfare is completely unacceptable to Rethug scum.

[Ikonoklast]

14. China owns approximately 7% of our overall total debt.

Why we are so concerned about that, yet totally ignore the other 93% owed around the world astounds me.


Just until recently, Japan was the biggest buyer of our debt before being surpassed by China, yet no one gets their knickers in a twist over that.

[Statistical]

17. Also Americans own 75% of the national debt. Ebil foreigners only own collectively about 1/4.

[Ikonoklast]

18. WE NEED TO INVADE AMURRIKA!!!!!!!111!1!!

Oh, wait.