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Rick Perry invokes Chrysler Super Bowl ad in CPAC speech
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry invoked a controversial Chrysler Super Bowl commercial, saying he was "afraid" of President Obama being the country's second-half quarterback.
Speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Perry, who withdrew from the presidential race days before the South Carolina primary last month, invoked the "It's Halftime, America" Chrysler commercial some conservatives have argued was an endorsement for Obama's bailout of the auto industry.
“If it’s halftime in America, then I’m fearful what the final score is going to be if we let this president start the second half,” Perry said in reference to the commercial that features actor Clint Eastwood.
“We are as apolitical as you can make us,” Marchionne said of the Super Bowl ad in an interview with Detroit radio station WJR. “I wasn’t expressing a view, and certainly nobody inside Chrysler was attempting to influence decisions.”
Perry, who has endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) for the GOP nomination, said Thursday that the coming election was "not about economic misery or runaway spending, but about what kind of leadership replaces Obama.
"We must stop pretending that the main goal of Republican governance is doing the the same thing as Democrats but spending less,” Perry said.
