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[Music] Male Announcer: Who will do more for the auto industry?

Not Barack Obama.

Fact checkers confirm his attacks on Mitt Romney are false.

The truth?  Mitt Romney has a plan to help the auto industry.  He's supported by Lee Iacocca and the Detroit News.

Obama took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy, and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China.

Mitt Romney will fight for every American job.

Romney (voiceover): I’m Mitt Romney and I approved this message.

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Notes: This ad, which seeks to counter Democrats' frequent use of Romney's "let Detroit go bankrupt" statement, drew a lot of criticism as inaccurate.  The Romney campaign also put out a radio ad on the theme.  The Obama campaign responded with "Collapse" (Oct. 29) and "Cynical" (Nov. 1).  Other responses...

October 30, 2012 11:55 AM
Message From Sergio Marchionne Regarding Jeep Production

Chrysler Group’s production plans for the Jeep® brand have become the focus of public debate.

I feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position: Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to China.

North American production is critical to achieving our goal of selling 800,000 Jeep vehicles by 2014. In fact, U.S. production of our Jeep models has nearly tripled (it is expected to be up 185%) since 2009 in order to keep up with global demand.

We also are investing to improve and expand our entire U.S. operations, including our Jeep facilities. The numbers tell the story:

- We will invest more than $1.7 billion to develop and produce the next generation Jeep SUV, the successor of the Jeep Liberty -- including $500 million directly to tool and expand our Toledo Assembly Complex and will be adding about 1,100 jobs on a second shift by 2013.

- At our Jefferson North Assembly Plant, where we build the Jeep Grand Cherokee, we have created 2,000 jobs since June 2009 and have invested more than $1.8 billion.

- In Belvidere, where we build two Jeep models, we have added two shifts since 2009 resulting in an additional 2,600 jobs.

- With the increase in demand for our vehicles, especially Jeep branded vehicles, we have added more than 11,200 U.S. jobs since 2009. Plants producing Jeep branded vehicles alone have seen the number of people invested in the success of the Jeep brand grow to more than 9,300 hourly jobs from 4,700. This will increase by an additional 1,100 as the Liberty successor, which will be produced in Toledo, is introduced for global distribution in the second quarter of 2013.

Together, we are working to establish a global enterprise and previously announced our intent to return Jeep production to China, the world’s largest auto market, in order to satisfy local market demand, which would not otherwise be accessible. Chrysler Group is interested in expanding the customer base for our award-winning Jeep vehicles, which can only be done by establishing local production. This will ultimately help bolster the Jeep brand, and solidify the resilience of U.S. jobs.

Jeep is one of our truly global brands with uniquely American roots. This will never change. So much so that we committed that the iconic Wrangler nameplate, currently produced in our Toledo, Ohio plant, will never see full production outside the United States.

Jeep assembly lines will remain in operation in the United States and will constitute the backbone of the brand.

It is inaccurate to suggest anything different. 

Sergio Marchionne

PRESS RELEASE from SignOn.org (the non-profit, online campaign platform from MoveOn.org), Oct. 30, 2012

Ohioans Demand Toledo Stations Stop Running Blatantly False Jeep Attack Ad

Over 3000 Demand Toledo Media Act Responsibly and Pull Ads With Factual Inaccuracies

TOLEDO, OHIO - As election day draws closer, republican candidate and former-Governor Mitt Romney’s campaign has refused to take down a false advertisement running in Ohio that alleges Chrysler is planning to move its Toledo Jeep plant to China.

In response to this blatant attempt to misinform to voters in Ohio before the election - Toledo native and professor at the University of Toledo - Dr. Udayan Nandkeolyar started a new petition on SignOn.org calling on Toledo radio stations (WRQN, WXKR, WKKO, WWWM, WRVF, WVKS, and WIOT) and television stations (WTOL, WTVG, WNWO and WUPW) to pull the manipulative and false ads from the airwaves.  Dr. Nandkeolyar is a a professor in the college of Business and Innovation at University of Toledo and specializes in the manufacturing sector.  So far, more than 3000 people across the country have joined Dr. Nandkeolyar in his demands.

The spot in question has been widely criticized for its effort to mislead voters into thinking that Chrysler is planning to shift jobs in Toledo to China.  Chrysler executives responded by saying that while they are considering new plants for sale in China, that those decisions to not affect American hiring and that it is in fact adding more than 1000 workers to its Toledo plant. Numerous fact-checking groups have called the advertising spot blatantly false.

Copyright © 2012 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.