More On Chrysler Closings-- Did Team Obama Target Red Counties?

Gateway Pundit ^ | 5-27-09

[STARWISE]

** Earlier it was reported that the Obama Administration may have targeted GOP donors in deciding which Chrysler dealerships would have to close their doors.

** Last night it was discovered that a Big Dem Donor Group was allowed to keep all 6 Chrysler dealerships open.... And, their local competitors were eliminated by Obama's task force!!

2008 Red and Blue Counties (Flickr)

Now here is the latest on the Chrysler closings-- I was sent this earlier today:

I have obtained two pdf files from the bankruptcy court.

One is the list of dealers to close and the other is the list to stay open.

I am in the process right now of editing the data into comma delimited format for import to Excell and am about 2/3rd of the way through the closure listing.

I haven't done any donation cross references yet and that will come.

This has to be done manually ,which is very time consuming due to formatting issues with the data.

But, so far in the shutdown list there is an extremely high correlation between dealers closing and congressional districts BHO lost.

Texas is getting killed and Blue States are sliding by. Florida is also taking major hits and nearly all are in Republican Congressional Districts.

Little West Virginia is getting hammered.

I will know much better when I start doing all the cross reference work after I finally get the data into Excel, but that is going to take time since the data has to be formatted up manually and there are over 2000 dealers involved between the two lists.

So far what I see smells big time.

And, Reboot Congress is asking for some assistance:

I’ve created a list of the cut dealers that *simplifies* the process of gathering donation information from OpenSecrets. It’s a partial solution that needs lots of help from folks on the web. It’s a crowd sourced project.

[Domandred]

Here are closings in Idaho, and two that are staying open in the Boise metro area:

-— Closing -—

Ambassador Auto Serv
Phillip Mack
No donations

Blackfood Motor Co
Steven Wackerli
No donations

Taylor & Sons
Greg Taylor
Mike Crapo $250
NADA $1000 (t)

-— Not Closing -—
Peterson’s Stampede
Mark Peterson
Mitt Romney $500

Sundance Dodge
Larry Miller
Covered in Utah and various other threads
Larry Miller is going to lose one of his GM dealerships in the area.

Not sure on other not closing dealerships. I just looked up the ones I knew in the Boise area.

[FlashBack]

New Deal or Raw Deal is an excellent book...FDR did much of the same during his ‘progressive’ tenure as President.

[STARWISE]

Thank you .. keep hunting.

[the long march]

And the map itself underscores why we NEED to keep the electoral college. Those few populist areas overwhelmed the votes of the rest of the nation. That and the RINOS like Collin (trust me I am still a republican) Powell ( course I voted for Obama)

[Little Pig]

bookmark

[I am Richard Brandon]

Let's see - The Revolution?

For every Freeper on this thread who is plotting revolution, there is as least an equal number who will oppose you. (Half the adult population don't pay taxes.) The best case situation is that the mid-term elections will remove the Dim Dem majorities in Congress - but over half the voting population is currently being bribed with the other half's money, so that will be a stretch. We should learn from events in the Clinton presidency and see if we can duplicate them now.

[Cyclone59]

Can you even imagine if this were a Republican doing this to DNC donors, how helpful the press would be in parsing the files and making those connections?

Star, check your private response, I can help with the Excel

[STARWISE]

***UPDATE: Here is a list of the closings-- Notice all of the Texas and Florida closings.

Posted by Gateway Pundit

[hoosiermama]

I pointed out his stickers as I went by.

And which finger did you use to point it out?

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259101/posts
More evidence emerges that Chrysler Dealer closings was politically motivated

[Ditto]

Notice all of the Texas and Florida closings.

I took a look and it appears that Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania are losing the most dealers.

I'm thinking this may be a wild goose chase.

[lilylangtree]

Of course politics is the main thread in closing these dealerships. The Red States dealerships don’t contribute to the RATS coffers via campaign contributions. Big reason to shut down the money supply. This is WAR. It’s like the first thing the military does is cut the supply line. The RATS are cutting off the money supply.

[Faith]

This is very ugly. It would appear that all levels of decency and fair play have been obliterated by the B.O. administration.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

"No facts please, we're Democrats."

Sen. Bunning asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about Administration influence in deciding which car dealers lost their business.

Secretary Geithner stumbled a bit.

Well, what if interoffice communications surface showing that indeed the Administration did pick the victims. Will that prove Administration shenanigans?

Not to worry. I have the solution to this.

During the savings and loan scandal hearings Clinton Treasury official Josh Steiner brushed aside incriminating statements in his diary by simply testifying that he "lied to his diary." "No problem! Thank you, Mr. Steiner. Next witness."

Secretary Geithner, just say that you and your staff lied to the interoffice memos!

Just trying to help. Don't have to thank me.

[penelopesire]

It’s just going from bad to worse. Where in the hell are the republican congresscritters and senators? Our country is being destroyed every single day and they are nowhere to be seen or heard. It should not matter whether they can realistically stop anything or not...they should be out in front everyday shouting from the rooftops!

I am getting fed up with the lot of them.

[hoosiermama]

Starwise is working on the project here....Join in and help if you can.