Classic Commercial: RIP GM

I sadly watched an American icon crumble this past week in the news. In the clip below you will see a classic GM commercial with all the trimming, bells and whistles.  I feel we should have a modern commercial about today’s GM. Only this commercial would have ominous music, more like ghostly chants, a black hearse, and a tomb stone. General Motors is now Government Motors…. There was a time in America when Americans proudly sang to the tune of a strong, powerful, and great America, without shame. It seems to me that if you feel this way now, you are called every name in the book, and the powers that be, would want you to feel shameful if you do.

As I watched this old commercial and heard the news about GM, I couldn’t help thinking how GM will be a thing of the past, much like this commercial. They’ve closed thousands of dealerships across the country, and undoubtedly the CAFÉ standards will be forced on them, ultimately closing the final GM chapter.

I am sadden that GM fell into the bailout grip, but at least we can look at these commercials and tell our grandchildren what a GM was and how the Government took it over. I only hope that FORD will hang in there and succeed.  They did during the Roosevelt bailout years, and they will again. I believe that companies can make it without bailouts. It’s the American way. It’s what made America what it is. It’s what has made us the envy of the entire world.  William Durant, founder of GM, must be turning in his grave. But I believe American cars will once again be # 1, it’s a given, the American spirit is resilient and the storms may come and go, but Americans always, and I mean always bounce back! Enjoy the old GM commercial.