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Auto dealers criticize Obama
stltoday ^ | 04/03/10 | David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau

Posted on 04/02/2010 10:33:52 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3

White House sought closing of franchises now offered openings: Washington -- An auto dealers group criticized President Barack Obama Friday for applauding General Motors Co.'s decision to allow hundreds of dealerships targeted to close to remain open. Bailey Wood, a spokesman for the National Automobile Dealers Association, said Obama's auto task force last year "required the closure of nearly 2,500 dealerships at a cost of 100,000 jobs," as a condition of bailing out GM and Chrysler Group LLC. "Now he is touting the fact that jobs were created after dealer arbitration legislation, which his administration opposed, forced GM/Chrysler to reevaluate closing these dealerships," Wood said.

(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: autodealers; gm; nada; obama
GM, which is 61 percent owned by the Treasury Department,
1 posted on 04/02/2010 10:33:52 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
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To: TornadoAlley3

I am so sick of the stench and the lies this joker has and tells.

He stinks beyond words and seems allergic to the truth. If left on his own; he can’t find his butt with both his hands.


2 posted on 04/02/2010 10:57:45 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: TornadoAlley3

I wouldn’t buy a Government Motors car if they gave it to me for free.


3 posted on 04/02/2010 11:18:33 PM PDT by JohnLongIsland ( schmuckie schucks)
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To: JohnLongIsland
I wouldn’t buy a Government Motors car if they gave it to me for free.

Don't worry your tax money subsidizes them for someone else to buy.

4 posted on 04/02/2010 11:35:18 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: TornadoAlley3

I bought a new F150 yesterday. Told the dealer that I had two Dodge 1500s before but wouldn’t thnk of buying a government truck now. He said that is happening a lot.


5 posted on 04/02/2010 11:47:44 PM PDT by Gaffer ("Profling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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To: pnh102
Lately our government money is subsidizing everyone except you and me...
6 posted on 04/03/2010 12:26:40 AM PDT by JohnLongIsland ( schmuckie schucks)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Eh, were they complaining about Cash for Clunkers, too?

Everyone is on the dole!


7 posted on 04/03/2010 1:31:01 AM PDT by TeachableMoment
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To: TornadoAlley3

Linky no worky.


8 posted on 04/03/2010 2:29:40 AM PDT by gigster
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To: TornadoAlley3
American Leyland? Government Motors has been done before...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Leyland

9 posted on 04/03/2010 2:55:05 AM PDT by Red Dog #1
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To: gigster

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100403/AUTO01/4030326/1148/Auto-dealers-criticize-Obama


10 posted on 04/03/2010 6:19:43 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

With the new CAFE standards dealers may have a hard time selling the new glorified golf cart Obamamobiles and $40,000 electric cars with a 40 mile range.


11 posted on 04/03/2010 8:50:29 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Thank you for the link.
I kept getting a St. Louis article.


12 posted on 04/03/2010 9:44:18 PM PDT by gigster
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