Ford pulls LR/Jag GLBT support due to American Family threat

Ghoulish Delight · 12-06-2005, 04:42 PM

I don't know if it can be attributed to that. Among evidence to the contrary, they are NOT pulling Volvo (also a FMC subsidiary) ads from these publications. Land Rover and Jaguar have been hemoraging money for the company for a while now, and they've restructured their advertising focus across the board (not just these handful of publications) for those two brands. The fact that they are keeping Volvo in the magazines indicates to me that this was a result of that rather than any pressure from the boycotts.

Gemini Cricket · 12-06-2005, 05:26 PM

I spent a good chunk of yesterday and today writing Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover etc. I think Ford caved. It reeks of the Microsoft caving that was reversed a couple of weeks after their initial announcement.

Not only this, but the executives at Ford who negotiated the deal with the AFA are former senior Bush advisors. They are Ziad Ojakli and David Leitch. And we know how pro-gay the Bush Administration is...

Info on Ojakli -
Prior to joining the White House staff, Ojakli served as the Senate liaison for the Bush-Cheney Transition Team and as Congressional liaison for Victory 2000 at the Republican National Committee....

From 1995 to 1998, Ojakli served as chief of staff to Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) and was Souder's key political and policy advisor. Prior to that, he was a legislative assistant to Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN), specializing in budget, tax, trade, energy and environmental issues.

Info on Leitch-
Leitch was deputy general counsel to George Bush at the White House, and now is the general counsel at Ford.

The descriptions are on the Ford website and on a Ford press release.

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12-06-2005, 04:42 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I don't know if it can be attributed to that. Among evidence to the contrary, they are NOT pulling Volvo (also a FMC subsidiary) ads from these publications. Land Rover and Jaguar have been hemoraging money for the company for a while now, and they've restructured their advertising focus across the board (not just these handful of publications) for those two brands. The fact that they are keeping Volvo in the magazines indicates to me that this was a result of that rather than any pressure from the boycotts. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I spent a good chunk of yesterday and today writing Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover etc. I think Ford caved. It reeks of the Microsoft caving that was reversed a couple of weeks after their initial announcement. Not only this, but the executives at Ford who negotiated the deal with the AFA are former senior Bush advisors. They are Ziad Ojakli and David Leitch. And we know how pro-gay the Bush Administration is... Info on Ojakli - Prior to joining the White House staff, Ojakli served as the Senate liaison for the Bush-Cheney Transition Team and as Congressional liaison for Victory 2000 at the Republican National Committee.... From 1995 to 1998, Ojakli served as chief of staff to Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) and was Souder's key political and policy advisor. Prior to that, he was a legislative assistant to Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN), specializing in budget, tax, trade, energy and environmental issues. Info on Leitch- Leitch was deputy general counsel to George Bush at the White House, and now is the general counsel at Ford. The descriptions are on the Ford website and on a Ford press release. ----------------- Here's some Jaguar contact info: [Deleted by poster request] Last edited by Ghoulish Delight : 12-06-2005 at 11:00 PM.
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