Obama and his General Motors HATES this FORD MOTOR CO. bit of advertising.

So much so that BHO, and his sensitive-to-any-criticism (ATTAAAAAACK WAAAAAAATCH!) called on Ford to pull this ad.

As part of a campaign featuring "real people" explaining their decision to buy the Blue Oval, a guy named "Chris" says he "wasn't going to buy another car that was bailed out by our government," according the text of the ad, launched in early September.

"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."

That's what some of America is about, evidently. Because 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.

From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110927/OPINION03/109270322/Ford-pulls-its-ad-on-bailouts#ixzz1ZD9mj0Xd

Let's hope Ford keeps this ad visible. While we're at it, let's hope no one buys another Government Motors vehicle.

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GM to reopen the SATURN plant in Spring Hill. Because they were raped.

Not to build the wildly unsuccessful Saturn vehicle of course, but something will begin to roll off the assembly lines, if the Union signs the agreement agreed to by negotiators in Detroit. And they will, because it's sweet. GM caved, big-time.

The UAW and GM just signed a new labor contract. The UAW, with new president Bob King, bent GM over a convenient table and raped the greasy little bitch for all’s it’s worth; securing a $5K signing bonus for each employee re-hired, no movement towards easing the pension burden, and no sharing of the health care costs. And re-opening the ill-fated Saturn plant in Spring Hill (there’s feints within feints there; the Unions need a foothold in a right-to-work State, to push for unions with card check &c. at Nissan and Volkswagen). Absolutely a full win for the UAW, and unions.

It was expected, GM being on the government dole for so long, there was no maneuvering or bargaining positions to exploit. How could GM cross Obama’s Army, since Obama still has GM by the short hairs ?

Officials at G.M. and the union declined to discuss specific terms of the deal. But people briefed on the negotiations said that workers would receive a signing bonus of $5,000 in lieu of cost-of-living wage increases. Entry-level workers, who are paid about $14 an hour, are expected to receive an increase of $2 to $3 an hour.

The company has also agreed to reopen its idled assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., the people said.

The U.A.W.’s tentative, four-year agreement with G.M., announced late Friday, also opens the door for the automaker to bring back laid-off workers and move jobs back into the United States.

I'm afraid the plant, if it reopens at all, will be short-term, and GM is still not viable long-term. GM did not get any concessions from the Union on pensions or the sharing of health care costs. How could they demand any concessions? They had been bailed out by Obama, subsidized by taxpayers; by you and me and every other sucker paying for the Obama- GM bailout. How could GM demand that reasonable cuts in pensions and the sharing of health care costs be structured in a sensible contract and agreed to by Union thugs, who are Obama's Army? There's no way GM was negotiating from a position of strength. Instead, the company's fate is sealed. It's just a matter of time.

Bob King wasted no time; he started slobbering all over Obama right away...

Mr. King took the unusual step of acknowledging the Obama administration’s support of the industry in his statement: “None of this would have been possible without the efforts of President Obama, who invested federal funds to help turn the company around, protect the auto supplier base and keep good-paying jobs in America.”

Bad, bad news for GM. When the Unions win as big as they've won, businesses lose, and eventually will need bailing out again by Papa DocBama.

Next time, when it comes to GM needing a bailout, let's hope that it's past Obama's time in office, and there isn't a bailout to be had. Let GM restructure by bankruptcy as should have happened already; break the unions, recalibrate the plants for profitability. Basically, start from scratch.

Now, sell the American people on GM, after this debacle. Let's see how many people vote with their pocketbooks. Won't be me buying a GM product, at least not a new one.

I'll start a clock. Let's see how long this weak, kneecapped donkey will run.

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