[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=paddyoh]
Clint Eastwood + Chrysler = Class
Jeff Bridges plus Hyundai equals Crass…..
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Patty O’Furniture: Shit, I can’t help himself.
Uh, dude, you do realize that Chrysler is owned by Fiat, right? You also realize that Fiat is Italian? So, um, how does that help America and American workers again?
Just curious.[/quote]
The shares are owned by Fiat but Chrysler is based in USA and employs Americans.
The Clint Eastwood ad is good. I love it.
Fiat has revenue of under $50 billion whereas Chrysler has revenue of $55 billion. I think that it’s a merger of equals. It gives Chrysler and Fiat global reach. It’s a win-win deal.[/quote]
Brian: Uh, gotta call bullshit on that one. Cerberus Capital essentially handed the keys to Sergio Marchionne and Fiat in exchange for waiver of liabilities and the ability to walk away from their obligations at Chrysler. As you pointed out in your first sentence (which stands in direct contradiction to your last paragraph), Fiat CONTROLS Chrysler. No merger whatsoever. Cerberus was in a horrible position and couldn’t sell Chrysler to save their respective lives, hence the walk-away deal with Fiat.
Which puts Patty O’Furniture in the unfortunate position of explaining how Bridges/Hyundai is any different from Eastwood/Chrysler (cuz they’re NOT). This is gonna be some tortured logic coming up here.
Kind of like you explaining how a “Progressive” who’s all about “rights” has such a love affair with China (abysmal human rights record) and the British Royal Family (abysmal human rights record, including 800+ yrs of subjugating Ireland and Scotland and over 300+ yrs of colonialism and neo-colonialism).
