Posted on 05/26/2009 10:09:11 PM PDT by STARWISE
Are we looking at the biggest political scandal since Watergate?
Big Dem Donor Group allowed to keep all 6 Chrysler dealerships open.... Local competitors eliminated by Obama's task force!!
Earlier it was reported that the Obama Administration may have targeted GOP donors in deciding which Chrysler dealerships would have to close their doors.
Now there's this...
RLJ-McLarty-Landers is owned by three men.
One was the former Chief of Staff for President Clinton.
One is the founder of Black Entertainment Television and a huge Obama supporter.
All 6 of their Chrysler dealerships will remain open.
And, get this... Their local competitors have been eliminated!
*snip*
Joey Smith reported tonight that a Democratic donor group in the Midwest and South will not have to close any of their Chrysler dealerships:
The company is called RLJ-McLarty-Landers, and it operates six Chrysler dealerships throughout the South. All six dealerships are safe from closing. The dealer locations are:
Bentonville, AR (northwest Arkansas) Lee's Summit, MO (south of Kansas City, MO) Branson, MO Olathe, KS (near Kansas City) Bossier City, LA (near Shreveport) Huntsville, AL
The interesting part is who the three main owners of the company are. The owners are Steve Landers (long-time car dealer, 4th-generation dealer), Thomas "Mack" McLarty (former Chief of Staff for President Clinton), and Robert Johnson (founder of Black Entertainment Television and co-owner of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats). Landers has given money to Republicans in the past, but McLarty campaigned for Obama in 2008, and Johnson has given countless amounts of money to Democrats over the years.
More... The decision to close the dealerships was made by Obama officials and not Chrysler.
Doug Ross first reported on this scandal and has several updates.
Doug Ross looked at the possibility that the Obama Administration may have targeted GOP donors in deciding which Chrysler dealerships would have to close their doors.
Doug noted that every single dealer he checked out except one were either GOP donors or donated to Obama's rivals in the democratic primary.
UPDATE: Chrysler Dealership owner Jim Anderer was on with Neil Cavuto. Jim's dealership is being shut down. Anderer noted that the closings didn't make any sense and that many of them were profitable. Anderer says the country was shutting down his business. He couldn't understand how they were making their decision on which dealerships they were closing:
~~PING!
~~Outrageous govt control ....... PING!
Must see the video
Not a shock at all. It is exactly what I’ve come to expect from Obama and his legion of Dems. Now, that being said, I do hope that this will help drive this freedom-guzzling, anti-American administration into the junk yard.
ping
No wonder he wants to shut down the net, this would not have got out on the lamestream! A project I wanted to do was map all the close districts election wise and see if they get the lions share of the loot just before the election. (That’s how FDR got reelected three times during the depression he dragged out)
Interesting, but it might have more to do with the other dealership owner being a minority.
Joya; ping.
I have no idea where.
I just read the headline.
More from Mr. Smith:
“Another update on RLJ-McCarty-Landers:
Branson, MO:
There are 4 dealerships within 30 miles of Branson, MO.
1. Branson, MO——> Tri-Lakes Motors (RLJ owned)
2. Ava, MO-———> Davis Dodge (owned by Larry Davis)
3. Ozark, MO———> Heritage Chrysler-Jeep (owned by Kay Church)
4. Ozark, MO———> Ozark Dodge (owned by Kay Church)
Mr. Davis and Ms. Church gave no money to any political candidates since 2004.
The RLJ owned dealership in Branson will remain open while the other 3 dealerships will be forced to close in June.
Tri-Lakes Motors in Branson (RLJ owned) will have no other Chrysler dealers within a 30-mile radius of its dealership.
So far, RLJ-McCarty-Landers will have 8 competing dealerships total eliminated from 3 of their markets: Lee’s Summit, MO; Branson, MO; and Bossier City, LA. I’m willing to bet that the other 3 markets that they serve are similar in nature.
More to come...”
And that would matter because .... ?
Neo-marxist, neo-fascist hope and change is shifting gears to automatic transmi$$ion. Thanks for posting, STARWISE.
Wow! Blockbuster video for sure! Corruption to the max. I did hear on Rush Limbaugh that it may have been GOP dealers he ruined since there was not a logical reason behind who got dumped. Rush was right.
Boy ... ain’t that the sickening truth we’re witnessing ... more every day.
Lord, release us from this anti-everything-American cretin.
If this is true . . .
More hopey-changey
MOpar-gate. Cool.
It wouldn’t really. Both are not good reasons for getting rid of one dealership and keeping another. Just speculating. I also wonder if some of these dealerships that got the axe had a better deal with Chrysler than the ones that didn’t get cut. It could be they were getting rid of dealerships for all the reasons above. And there very well could be other reasons too.
Monday, May 25, 2009
RED ALERT: Did anti-Obama campaign contributions
dictate which Chrysler dealers were shuttered ?
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Critical Updates Below: Red State, American Thinker, Joey Smith and Reliapundit provide anecdotal and quantitative evidence that would appear to confirm a decided bias against dealers who donated to GOP causes or to anti-Obama Democrats.
Special note for moonbats: no one here is saying that the sole criterion for closing a dealership was partisanship. What we ask is: does it seem odd that the list of closed dealerships appears to have contributed a grand total of $200 to Barack Obama and millions to GOP candidates/causes?
Quote from an attorney who Deposed Chrysler’s president last week: “It became clear to us that Chrysler does not see the wisdom of terminating 25 percent of its dealers... It really wasn’t Chrysler’s decision. They are under enormous pressure from the President’s automotive task force.”
Stay tuned. Data crunching is underway.
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A tipster alerted me to an interesting assertion. A cursory review by that person showed that many of the Chrysler dealers on the closing list were heavy Republican donors.
To quickly review the situation, I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once in the list. And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates. While this isn’t an exhaustive review, it does have some ominous implications if it can be verified.
However, I also found additional research online at Scribd (author unknown), which also appears to point to a highly partisan decision-making process.
Consider the partial list of Chrysler dealership owners, listed below. You’ll notice that all were opponents of Barack Obama, most through sponsorship of GOP candidates and organizations, but a handful through Barack’s Democrat rivals (Hillary Clinton and John Edwards in 2008, for example).
• Vernon G. Buchanan: $147,450 to GOP candidates and organizations
• Wallace D. Alley and Family: $4,500 to GOP.
• Robert Archer: $4,600 to GOP and conservative causes.
• Homer S. Higginbotham and Family: $2950 to GOP.
• James Auffenberg and Family: $28,000 to GOP; $6,000 to one Democrat candidate.
• Michael Maroone and Family: $60,000 to GOP; $8,500 to two Democrat candidates.
• Jerome Fader: $6,500 to Democrats; $2,500 to Independent Joe Lieberman.
• Stephen Fay and Family: $13,500 to GOP.
• William Numrich: $20,000 to GOP.
• Robert Carver: $10,000 to Democrats including $1,950 to Hillary Clinton, nothing to Barack Obama.
• Robert and Linda Rohrman: $24,000 to GOP.
• Frank Boucher, Jr. and Family: $18,000 to GOP, $1,000 to one Democrat candidate.
• Scott Bossier: $4,300 to GOP.
• Todd Reardon: $17,000 to GOP; $2,000 to one Democrat candidate.
• Russ Darrow and Family: $78,000 to GOP.
• Bradford Deery and Family: $24,700 to GOP.
• Charles Gabus and Family: $30,000 to GOP.
• Brian Smith: $15,500 to GOP.
• Michael Schlossman: $14,000 to GOP; $14,000 to three Democrats ($12,500 to Sen. Russ Feingold).
• Don Hill: $11,000 to GOP; $12,800 to conservative incumbent Rep. Heath Shuler.
• Don Miller: $2,000 to GOP; $1,000 to Feingold.
• Eddie Cordes: $2,150 to GOP.
• Robert Edwards: $1,100 to GOP.
• James Crowley: $19,100 to GOP.
• Stanley Graff: $2,200 to John Edwards (2008 Presidential Run); $500 to GOP.
• John Stewart: $10,500 to GOP.
• John Fitzgerald and Family: $4,600 to John McCain (2008); $2,000 to Hillary Clinton (2008); nothing to Barack Obama.
• William Churchill and Family: $3,500 to GOP.
• Thomas Ganley: $9.450 to GOP.
• Gary Miller: $20,000 to GOP.
• Kevin and Gene Beltz: $18,500 to GOP.
• Arthur Grayson: $14,000 to GOP.
• Eric Grubbs and Family: $26,000 to GOP.
• Michael Leep and Family: $19,500 to GOP; $4,800 to three Democrats including Sen. Evan Bayh.
• Harry Green, Jr.: $10,000 to GOP.
• Ronald Hoover: $5,250 to GOP.
• Ray Huffines and Family: $18,500 to GOP.
• John O. Stevenson: $1,500 to GOP.
• James Marsh: $8,200 to GOP.
• Max Pearson and Family: $112,000 to GOP.
I have thus far found only a single Obama donor (and a minor one at that: $200 from Jeffrey Hunter of Waco, Texas) on the closing list.
Chrysler claimed that its formula for determining whether a dealership should close or not included “sales volume, customer service scores, local market share and average household income in the immediate area.”
In fact, there may have been other criteria involved: politics may have played a part. If this data can be validated, it would appear to be further proof that the Obama administration is willing to step over any line to advance its agenda.
It bodes poorly for America and the rule of law.
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/05/red-alert-did-campaign-contributions.html
I put this in a book I’m writing, even though the evidence wasn’t available when I wrote it. Thanks a bunch.
Shock? Not at all. This is to be expected when the government runs a business.
Yes indeed. Everything he does is ANTI-AMERICAN But the American people are waking up and smelling the coffee burning.
BOOKMARK.....
Not surprising at all.
These profitable and successful dealers will be sought after by Ford and other automakers.
I know of no one who will ever buy a GM or Chrysler.
Total criminal activity by the democrat party.
Think about this, Obama was NOT an almighty, long term, powerful politician when he was running, he was only a US Sen for 4 yrs.
But he wielded power like he was as powerful as Stalin in USSR.
Now that he's in control of the Exec Branch of the US, just think how much power he has now!
I still cannot believe the revelations that I read with each passing day.
The guy is as filthy as raw sewage, and he is as evil as hell.
I hope that Rush keeps this front and center!
If true, this is enormous.
INTREP
Welcome to New Kenya! Africa U.S.A. Where the law of the jungle has replaced the Law of the Land!
This makes me want to cry, sounds like the third world dictator is running the US.
“I know of no one who will ever buy a GM or Chrysler”
Maybe republicans in those areas should make known publicly that they will not do business with these dealers.
Pure, classic fascism.
This story has enough weight behind it to have long legs. I hope it causes tons of damage to the Obama administration.
I wondered about campaign contributions from the get-go. This is scandalous!
The Dems can do whatever they want to the car dealers because most Americans think they are beneath dirt and just a bunch of con men.
So they are getting what they deserve, is what Americans think.
This is the probably the attitude that the Dems are getting the approval ratings with, for their leader Obama the liberal socialist.
Not all that surprising—many of the administration are after all from Illinois....
There’s another Deep Throat out there wondering when he should come forward and with whom he should speak. Let’s hope that there are still journalists out there who care about the truth and have the moral courage to investigate this corruption and expose the Obama administation.
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Obama’s riding dirty.
There is definately a pattern setting up. Go back and review Maxine Waters comments on minority dealerships.
The 32 minority dealerships that closed would be an interesting investigation.
Just two...
Kenneth Zangara (Zangara Dodge, Inc./Car Dealer), (Zip code: 87111) $400 to REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF NEW MEXICO on 09/18/07
The news on this dealership was; its credit was shut down and Chrysler would not let him stay open.
This dealership was consistently the largest dealership in New Mexico. And it is strange that in a 2008 press release, Ken Zangara was listed as one of the dealers participating in the testimony on Capitol Hill.
More details on Ken Zangara are found here
For more almost two decades, Ken Zangara was a good soldier for Chrysler. For many years he was the largest Dodge dealer in New Mexico, and he served a term as chairman of the Dodge National Dealer Council. The Albuquerque Dodge dealer was active in Republican Party politics, too, and knew President George W. Bush. Zangara used his connections in Congress to get Chrysler LLC and its dealers an audience with the White House when the embattled company sought a federal loan late last year. At an exclusive Jan. 18 White House farewell party for Bush, Zangara, 56, spoke with the man for whom he had raised so much campaign money. Zangara recalls ...
Take note of how Maxine Waters is concerned about the smaller dealerships being bought up by the bigger ones. The gist of her argument was on saving minority owned dealerships.
In the news you will find the minority owned Burt Dodge dealership being closed.
The owner, Lloyd Chavez was listed as the owner of the United States largest minority owned dealership.
And then you have this.
Vail-based businessman George Gillett Jr. is close to buying a big portion of the Burt Automotive empire, a source tells INDenverTimes. Burt Automotive, headed by Lloyd Chavez and his son, L.G. Chavez Jr., is the largest minority-owned automobile dealership in the nation and one of the largest Hispanic businesses in the U.S. The privately held company generated more than $2.1 billion in revenues in 2007. Gillett, whose diverse holdings include the Vista Auto Group dealership chain, is teaming up with auto dealer veteran Rod Buscher to buy dealerships from Burt, according to a source, who spoke to INDenverTimes on the condition that his name not be revealed. Buscher previously was a partner with John Elway, a former Denver Broncos quarterback, for his automobile dealerships.
The interesting part is Vail businessman Goege Gillet Jr. and who he likes to contribute to.
George Gillett (Booth Creek Management/Chairman), (Zip code: 81657) $2300 to UDALL FOR COLORADO on 03/31/07
George N. Gillett, Jr. (Booth Creek Management Corp./Chairm), (Zip code: 81657) $5000to DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE on 08/18/06
When do people say enough is enough? When it’s too late and we have lost everything? I do believe that this is OUR country, not obama’s and his thugs. Now I clearly see how coups succeed so easily. It’s happening here and nobody gives a damn.
They are under enormous pressure from the President’s automotive task force.
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Who is on the automotive task list and better yet, wtf is he doing even having one. UNBELIEVABLE!! I’m so disgusted.
excellent observation
Bookmark!
Don’t you just love the smell of another 0 thuggie tactic burning in the air and how long before the media picks up on it?
btt
Bump!
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