Posted on 05/27/2009 9:01:10 AM PDT by Scanian
I wrote yesterday of the possibility that Chrysler dealers who had been given the ax were disproportionately Republican - many of them large contributors to GOP candidates and the RNC.
Now comes more evidence that these dealer closings were politically motivated. Through Reliapundit at Astute Bloggers, we learn that the lawyer for the dealers being torpedoed believes that the closings were ordered not by Chrysler, but by the White House: (via Reuters )
A lawyer for Chrysler dealers facing closure as part of the automaker's bankruptcy reorganization said on Tuesday he believes Chrysler executives do not support a plan to eliminate a quarter of its retail outlets. Lawyer Leonard Bellavia, of Bellavia Gentile & Associates, who represents some of the terminated dealers, said he deposed Chrysler President Jim Press on Tuesday and came away with the impression that Press did not support the plan.
"It became clear to us that Chrysler does not see the wisdom of terminating 25 percent of its dealers," Bellavia said. "It really wasn't Chrysler's decision. They are under enormous pressure from the President's automotive task force."
The dealer closings were not ordered by the bankruptcy judge but by the White House. This puts a whole new light on how the dealers to be closed were chosen and, more importantly, who did it.
And Jim Hoft has found an incredible piece of information. Apparently, a politically connected group of Democrats who own six Chrysler dealerships not only were allowed to keep them, but their competition was deep sixed. Hoft has a link to a blog on the Chrysler dealer shutdowns run by Joey Smith who reports:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I would guess that since most car dealers are entrepreneurs, they probably skew heavily Republican anyway. That said, it’s still asinine that the government is arbitrarily closing these dealers.
Mack McLarty is from Hope, AR. Connect the dots. ;0)
Original story:
“It appears there is a real possibility that if you contributed to Republican candidates or the RNC, your number came up and your dealership was yanked.”
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/05/did_chrysler_play_politics_wit.html
Long enough that the case could be decided by an empathetic Latina.
I mean a WISE, empathetic Latina.
“It never made sense why there was a need to close successful dealerships.”
My sweetie believes this is because big dealers get a better discount from the automaker then a small dealership that doesn’t move as much product. Consequently, the bigger dealerships cost the automaker more (or return less profit) per vehicle. I’m not sure if this is accurate, but it still seems you would keep successfull dealerships going & cut the marginal ones!
“Interesting too that all those locations are in Republican areas.”
No they’re not.
There are plenty of dealerships in blue states that got the axe too.
It CAN be proven. It WILL be ignored.
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If it is, then it’s over. I mean that. It’s over. It will mean that Americans have changed, they are no longer the Americans they were 100 years ago. They will accept whatever the government chooses for them and they will like it. It will mean there is no line in the sand, they are perfectly willing to keep moving that line back as far as they need to. Pathetic. Defeatists.
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I’d love to see the figures on dealerships in TExas.
I don’t know if there is anything substantial to these accusations, but I am pretty sure this is one story the MSM will have ZERO interest in looking in to. Of course, if it were Bush creating such an appearance of bias, this would already be metastatizing into a major scandal.
Probably going to happen to GM as well.
Which is why we all need to emulate Maggie and John Anderson of Chicago who “vowed four months ago that for one year, they would try to patronize only black-owned businesses.”
I like their way of thinking.....except I propose we all instigate a BUY WHITE policy; preferably conservative white businesses, if possible. I’m sure that the MSM is gonna hold me up a brilliant, caring person for taking care of my own.
Right???
I was referring to the cities, not the states. My reference was to the hypocrisy of these Democrat contributors yet they seek their almighty dollars from GOP areas.
This looks like a smoking gun to me.
Glad you liked the post. The more aggrieved people sue the government over Obama’s shredding of the rule of law, the faster SCOTUS will get a chance to show whether or not it is up for a fight with the usurper over policy matters and administrative actions.
Absolutely, It smells like dead fish alright, 100%. This stuff is so brazenly Chicago-style that I can’t believe that no one can come up with the means to fight it.
How fitting they used the word “Dodge.”
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