Romney ad causes Jeep worker panic

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  1. Mighty Mom profile image77
    Mighty Momposted 11 years ago

    I suppose if your goal is to instill FEAR, this is a good reaction.
    If I were Chrysler, I would seriously consider suing the Romney campaign for libel.


    Jeep Auto Workers Fear for Their Jobs After False Romney Ads in Ohio

    By: David Dayen Tuesday October 30, 2012 12:19 pm

    Mitt Romney’s latest play for Ohio – which remains the touchstone of the entire election, desperate plays for Minnesota and Pennsylvania aside – apparently involves straight-up lying about the intentions of Chrysler to “build Jeeps in China,” to the extent that Jeep factory employees are calling their managers wondering if they still have a job.

    Bruce Baumhower, the president of the United Auto Workers local that oversees the major Jeep plant here, said Mr. Romney’s initial comments on moving production to China drew a rash of calls from members concerned about their jobs. When he informed them Chrysler was, in fact, is expanding its Jeep operation here, he said in an interview, “The response has been, ‘That’s pretty pitiful.’ ”

    Fiat’s chief executive reiterated today that there are no plans to move Jeep production to China.

    White working-class voters are precisely the demographic Romney needs to pull to his side in Ohio to win, and he’s taken a chunk of them in the auto industry – 1 million strong – and needlessly provoked them, to the extent that they actually feared for their livelihoods. How could this be a winning strategy?

    Maybe there’s something to be said for hitting at your opponent’s strong points. And a spate of negative newspaper publicity will not offset the force of a now-expanded ad buy which will reach millions more people. If Ohio wasn’t saturated with auto workers, maybe counting on the ignorance of the electorate would pay off. But if all it takes to debunk this is a call down to the union shop steward, then you’re just pissing off a lot of workers who will be sure to tell everyone they know about it.

    But maybe that will be localized as well. Maybe a key subset of Ohio swing voters will remain blissfully ignorant. And lying in TV ads has never bothered the Romney campaign before.

    1. pagesvoice profile image72
      pagesvoiceposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Romney has proven he is a habitual liar who will sink to the lowest of lows. This man can't be trusted with anything. I swear he would sell his own family down the river if he thought it would get him into the White House.

  2. profile image0
    JaxsonRaineposted 11 years ago

    How could Romney be sued for libel?

    Look at the actual report.

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-2 … limbs.html



    So it's not really much of a stretch, considering that they said they were looking at the possibility, to say that they were looking at the possibility.

    1. Mighty Mom profile image77
      Mighty Momposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      The ad deliberately misleads Ohio citizens into believing that a major employer will not longer be making Jeeps in Ohio, but instead will be making them in China.
      Chrysler has said the content of the ad is untrue.
      GM has lambasted Romney for untruthfulness.

      You want to argue semantics of one 100th of the message that is not the main message.
      Again, if I were the head of Jeep I would threaten Romney with a libel suit for misrepresenting my company's plans.
      Money is the only thing Romney respects.
      Decency has no place in his campaign.
      Maybe he would understand the seriousness if it hit his wallet.

      1. profile image0
        JaxsonRaineposted 11 years agoin reply to this

        The ad does NOT deliberately mislead. It says EXACTLY what Jeep has said, that they are going to expand in China.

        No, the original message from the president said they were looking at that. WHY IS THAT SO WRONG OF ROMNEY TO REPEAT WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF JEEP SAID?

        I swear MM... you get worse and worse. Whatever. I have other things... I'm done with this forum. Habee is the only one with any sense.

  3. Ron Montgomery profile image60
    Ron Montgomeryposted 11 years ago

    http://www.negativespin.com/images2/gorewinsgoodbye.gif

  4. carol3san profile image61
    carol3sanposted 11 years ago

    Ron, you have a great sense of humor.  I have to admit however, that you are expressing my sentiments exactly.  LOL

 
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