Posted on 05/12/2012 7:15:21 AM PDT by GVnana
Businessman Says He Lost Hundreds of Customers After Attacks by Obama Campaign
Obama's enemies list is working
Businessman Frank Vandersloot, the CEO of Melaleuca, has been targeted by the Obama campaign after donating money to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. "Three weeks ago, an Obama campaign website, 'Keeping GOP Honest,' took the extraordinary step of publicly naming and assailing eight private citizens backing Mr. Romney," Kim Strassel of the Wall Street Journal reported.
Titled 'Behind the curtain: a brief history of Romney's donors,' the post accused the eight of being 'wealthy individuals with less-than-reputable records.' Mr. VanderSloot was one of the eight, smeared particularly as being 'litigious, combative and a bitter foe of the gay rights movement.'"
The attacks are working. Vandersloot revealed in an interview on Fox News that his business practice is being hurt by the attacks from the Obama team.
"Those people that I know well weren't affected by this [attack]," said Vandersloot. "But for people who didn't know me, who are members of our business or customers, and they were reading this, then we got a barrage of phone calls of people cancelling their customer memberships with us."
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
You know what ? What you said is something that needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
I remember this. I remember how the South had been given dealerships to Penske, and other dealers were shut down. Do you happen to have any links to this ? I wanna make this my mission of the weekend.
ROLMAO
That tactic goes back to Obummers run up to fill the Illinois U.S. Senate seat ... his opponents divorce records were used against him ... he withdrew.
There were also recent inquiries into his court divorce records ...
That tactic goes back to Obummers run up to fill the Illinois U.S. Senate seat ... his opponents divorce records were used against him ... he withdrew.
Yep scumbag Axelrod has taught a new generation of libs the communist way to destroy your opposition
These donors are honorable people compared to Obama’s donors like Bill Maher , Corzine, fake mickey mouse. Tactic to scare future donors away.
Also check for a lawsuit against GM by a New York dealer who lost his dealership. He spoke at a Tea Party rally in DC.
Also check for a lawsuit against GM by a New York dealer who lost his dealership. He spoke at a Tea Party rally in DC.
I’m surprised no one recognized this modus operendi from Palin/Cain campaigns. No deed is below Zippy. Death threats are most likely the norm also. Gloria Allred is always on standby.
You three need to buy a clue as to the nature of the enemy.
The Left's collective heads were EXPLODING for years about Nixon's "enemies list". They still fulminate about it to this day as an example of Teh Evul Repukes.
Obama has an enemies list. VanderSloot is going to get audited by the IRS, just like all of Bill Clinton's enemies did, and the media won't call the Chicago Punk on it.
Remember - if Bush had had his enemies audited by the IRS, there would have been millions of words and thousands of articles published about it. But it's okay if the Democommies do it...
And thats why my next car or truck will be Japanese. Screw Unions and auto companies who took our tax dollars. They make crappy stuff then cry when people dont buy them. Then the unions force companies to create job banks where slobs can sit in a room and make more dollars than the brave men and women who defend this country.
Screw them all.....they can keep their crappy autos on their lots til they rust{which is about three months}.
As far as I can tell, to date, all that has been done against VanderSloot is the same sort of thing that we would applaud if it were being done by conservative opposition researchers to a major liberal donor.
We have every right in the world to know the political and ideological and business backgrounds of major donors to a political campaign. It shows the sort of people who back a candidate, and gives important clues to who will influence the candidate if elected.
Let me repeat here: I'm not saying this because I supported Santorum against Romney. I like VanderSloot’s views on homosexual marriage. I don't like his choice of candidate for president, but since the Republican race is all but over, Romney needs all the financial backing he can get.
Frankly, I think it's more than ironic that Romney is being attacked by Obama as being supported by militant anti-gay wealthy donors. What is Obama’s goal? Convince people like me, who don't like Romney, to vote for him because even if Romney is a “Massachusetts moderate,” he has big backers like VanderSloot who will keep Romney from being liberal on homosexual issues?
Homosexual terrorism.
Are you saying you believe Obama’s goal is to get you to vote for Romney, by pretending that Romney is anti gay marriage when he really isn’t??
Excuse me, but that’s what I thought you said at the end of your post.
For any reason, no matter what, why would Obama’s goal be to get you to vote for Romney??
OR, by the words “vote for him”, did you mean convince you to vote for Obama?? Instead of Romney? But why would you do that, when the reason you don’t like Romney is because you supported Santorum on social issues and for other, conservative ideological, reasons?
Frankly, I’m lost in trying to understand.
This works both ways. Go to FEC, find out who has donated in your community to Obama. Let them know by letter or casual drop in, (if they own a small business) that they are getting no more of your business. Literally slam the front door on them. And then e mail 10 friends in town to do likewise. Run these people out of business. They wanna start that crap, well, two can play at that game. (My, Freepers in enemy territory in West Hollywood or Contra Costa County are going to be busy.
Don’t go hysterical.
No one is denying nobama wants to be a tyrant or he is and will do anything to get re-elected. No one has any doubt if he can get re-elected we will all pay a terible price.
I was not addressing the dirty politics aspect, just the business they focussed on. The company named in the thread sure looks to be one to stay away from even if it wasn’t attacked by the left. Do you dispute that?
“Boy are you naive.”
Did y’all know that the word “gullible” is not in the dictionary?
[agreeing with beandog *snark*]
Amway doesn't sell in stores. I've pulled freight out of one of his warehouse in Idaho Falls that was going to a large retail chain distribution center.
Employees seemed pretty friendly there and the drivers waiting area had 20oz soda vending machines for $1 (yea I stocked up).
“is being attacked by Obama as being supported by militant anti-gay wealthy donors.”
It’s ALL ABOUT THE MEME...
Now that Obama has his mostly-gay mainstream media/Hollywood base in line, the goal is to paint ALL Republicans as bigots.
These tactics go at least as far back as the slander against Anita Bryant, who lost her account with Florida Citrus growers because she was perceived as being “hateful” against homosexuals. Whether or not I use the product, and besides the fact that I can’t STAND MLM, I have no doubt in my mind that the “gay lobby” targeted this individual. It is their standard operating procedure.
What gives them the right to destroy reputable businesses? These people are ruthless. Believe it.
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