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Auto industry executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive
Officer Richard Wagoner; Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert
Nardelli; and Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally

Article Summary: Even the dumbest of Rats is beginning to realize the bailout is a sorry idea. Therefore, they appear to be falling back to Plan-B -- stall for now and hope the Big-3 go bust before Barry takes office -- and in any case, lay off the entire blame on Bush and the Pubbies.

1 posted on 11/19/2008 9:49:59 AM PST by Zakeet
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Aspiring welfare queens from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner; Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli; and Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally

2 posted on 11/19/2008 9:53:18 AM PST by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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They realize the GOP will filibuster-must punish those pesky unions and the Mid West. They have to wait for Pres.Obama before enacting a bailout. The Dems are smart enough to know that if GM fails before this, the economic chaos will be blamed on the GOP.


3 posted on 11/19/2008 9:53:27 AM PST by bronxboy
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Senator Reid: lower expectations to the shareholders and general public (auto consumers, etc.) and higher expectations for the United Auto Workers.

After all, the payment, I mean payback, is now due, eh?

4 posted on 11/19/2008 9:54:10 AM PST by vox_freedom (G K Chesterton: "If there were no God, there would be no atheists.")
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Ford will make it through this. GM and Chrysler? Will have to file for bankruptcy.

That’s a good thing though.

Not a dime of my money for corporate welfare!

And a nice side effect is that all of the UAW goons who would never vote for a Republican will be out of work, and Michigan will become even more of a third world country than it is now.

Becoming exhibit A of: What Liberalism does for you.


5 posted on 11/19/2008 9:54:10 AM PST by rom (Voted for Ron Paul in the primary. Voted against Obama in the general and FOR Palin.)
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Dingy Harry, the most important Senator of all time, unable to get his will rammed through a ‘Rat Senate, LOL.


6 posted on 11/19/2008 9:54:35 AM PST by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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the big 3 should save themselves. It’s not just about the unions; the Big 3 feels they can do whatever they want and congress will always come to the rescue because they are too important to fail.


7 posted on 11/19/2008 9:56:33 AM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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1. There is no way on earth this will not be blamed on Republicans, no matter what. The ONLY exception is if they pull themsleves out of the problem with no bailout. Then The One gets the credit.

2. Has anyone heard ONE WORD regarding how the “Big Three” will do anything different from how they are currently operating to stop the hemorraging of cash?


8 posted on 11/19/2008 10:02:55 AM PST by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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The top Senate Democrat sought Wednesday to lower expectations for legislation this week to help endangered domestic carmakers, saying it would be the Bush administration's job to save the industry if Congress doesn't.

I think Reid is getting the message that Americans are tired of bail outs and this is why he is now hedging his bets. The fact that he is more concerned with the voters than his overarching principles demonstrates a true lack of leadership on his part. Of course, in usual fashion, if Congress does not pass a $25B bailout, then it will be Bush's fault!

9 posted on 11/19/2008 10:02:57 AM PST by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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Let’s see here, Waggoner says GM is burning through about $5 billion a month and that they would qualify for $10 to $12 billion of the $25 billion bailout. I didn’t do too well in high school algebra but by my calculations that means GM lives another 2.4 months, at best.

So Mr. Waggoner you’re going to return GM to profitability in 2.4 months when you’ve been in the red for how many years now?

This is just too surreal.


11 posted on 11/19/2008 10:10:39 AM PST by technically right
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They hear their constituents screaming “NO BAILOUT” but their union buddies are screaming the exact opposite. They are punting the issue into the next quarter..........


12 posted on 11/19/2008 10:10:41 AM PST by Red Badger (Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
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Wagoner was pressed on when GM would run out of money

This is the only real question any Democrat on the hill wants to know. Translation: Will we have the president when the music stops?

13 posted on 11/19/2008 10:11:32 AM PST by Poison Pill
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Why don’t these clowns go to the banks for loans, seeing as the banks have just been given tons of cash to work with.


14 posted on 11/19/2008 10:14:25 AM PST by Cementjungle
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The whole bunch should be at a parole hearing instead.
16 posted on 11/19/2008 10:26:01 AM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts! Republicans do!)
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Whats Wrong with using the $25 Billion already earmarked as GWB suggested.. ??

This is a Spin by the Rats so they can say:

“We inherited a crisis much worse than expected and so we must do this and that “

..blah blah f***ing blah..

BTW was it not GM who Killed the electric EV1 ??

17 posted on 11/19/2008 10:32:36 AM PST by Eagle50AE (Pray for our Armed Forces.)
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These guys all donated to McCain or Romney in the past election. Their hands are basically tied due to decades of labor agreements that they had nothing to do with. The real corporate thieves are the Wall Street bandits who partied hard and donated to Democrats to keep their shenanigans under wrap. It's not clear to me why conservatives continue to run these guys down...they have made the restructuring cuts necessary to keep their business going...it was Wall Street largesse that collapsed the world around them before their efforts could take hold.

21 posted on 11/19/2008 11:03:24 AM PST by Azzurri
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Harry Reid: Miserable Failure.


22 posted on 11/19/2008 11:50:48 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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