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Last week an unlikely 81-year-old emerged from the shadows into the glare of political controversy.
Clint Eastwood sauntered out of a dark-toned Chrysler Group Super Bowl spot to growl out a tribute to the revival of domestic automakers.
"Detroit's showing us it can be done, and what's true for them is true for all of us," the Academy Award-winner rasped, urging a revival of American confidence.
The next day the political fireworks began -- a likely harbinger of things to come.
Republican political consultant Karl Rove was the first to attack the commercial. Rove said it amounted to a political endorsement of President Obama, who has been touting the resurgence of Detroit automakers in his re-election campaign.
Read more: http://www.autonews.com/article/20120213/RETAIL03/302139921#ixzz1mHOk0d29
Clint Eastwood sauntered out of a dark-toned Chrysler Group Super Bowl spot to growl out a tribute to the revival of domestic automakers.
"Detroit's showing us it can be done, and what's true for them is true for all of us," the Academy Award-winner rasped, urging a revival of American confidence.
The next day the political fireworks began -- a likely harbinger of things to come.
Republican political consultant Karl Rove was the first to attack the commercial. Rove said it amounted to a political endorsement of President Obama, who has been touting the resurgence of Detroit automakers in his re-election campaign.
Read more: http://www.autonews.com/article/20120213/RETAIL03/302139921#ixzz1mHOk0d29