Ford Caves

Ford has pulled the ad which featured a mock press conference where Chris, a buyer of a Ford F-150, said the following on Ford and the bailouts: 

I wasn't going to buy another car that was bailed out by our government," he said. "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. Ford is that company for me.

Daniel Howes from the Detroit News reported that the ad was taken off the air due to questions emanating from officials at the White House.  Howes writes that "Ford pulled the ad after individuals inside the White House questioned whether the copy was publicly denigrating the controversial bailout policy [Ford] CEO Alan Mulally repeatedly supported in the dark days of late 2008, in early '09 and again when the ad flap arose."