From a reader who suggests some go-for-the-jugular advertising:
If Ford is smart (and positive it doesn’t need bailout money)- it should run an Ad stating “Ford- Still Run by Car Experts Not federal bureaucrats”… or maybe “If you like the IRS you’ll love the new GM; Ford still making cars for people and by people who love cars” or perhaps “Ford- for people who like their cars made by auto experts not congressional staffers”
My guess is that Ford would be punished mightily for such entrepreneurial zest.