Posted on 05/27/2009 7:42:51 PM PDT by STARWISE
More Hope and Change...
** 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.
** The closings also tend to be in "Red" Counties where Obama lost.
** Even Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla) lost his Chrysler dealership in Florida and found out from a colleague on the House floor.
Now this...
Doug Ross says tonight that,
"The odds that these Chrysler closings occurred without partisan bias are roughly equivalent to the odds that Jean Claude Van-Damme will grab a Best Supporting Actor Oscar next year for a remake of Terms of Endearment."
Doug mapped the research by Joey Smith that shows how the Big Dem Donor Group RLJ-McLarty-Landers faired after the announced closings.
All six of RLJ-McLarty-Landers were saved and their local competitors were conveniently closed.
Here is the map of their Lee's Summit, Missouri location:
There are 5 Chrysler dealerships near Lee's Summit, Missouri:
1. Lee's Summit Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep (Lee's Summit, MO) 2. Crawford's Raytown (Jeep) (Raytown, MO)
3. Mitch Crawford's Holiday Motors (Chrysler) (Raytown, MO)
4. Raytown Dodge Company (Dodge) (Raytown, MO)
5. Milner-O'Quinn Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep (all 4 brands) (Harrisonville, MO)
#1 is located in Lee's Summit and is owned by RLJ-McCarty-Landers.
#2, #3, and #4 are located 9 miles northwest in Raytown, MO and is owned by Michael Crawford.
#5 is located 19 miles south in Harrisonville, MO and is owned by Charles O'Quinn.
The Lee's Summit RLJ dealership will remain open.
Doug Ross has more maps and calculated that the odds that all of the RLJ dealerships would survive the cuts. Ross says this was roughly as likely as landing two frisbees, simultaneously, on each of Barack Obama's teleprompters during one of his televised speeches.
Previously:
Hope, Change & Marxism: Did Obama Target GOP Donors In Chrysler Dealer Closings? (Video) Shock! Big Dem Donor Group Allowed to Keep Their 6 Chrysler Dealerships Open More On Chrysler Closings-- Did Team Obama Target Red Counties? Even GOP Congressman Loses Chrysler Dealership
~~Just one little part of the country ...PING!
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0 must resign.
Hope they file suit.
Good post.
Un-Effing believable! I can’t believe this $hit is happening and its not being reported by the MSM. It doesn’t seem that long ago that there were real investigative journalists in the MSM. Now? Where have they gone!!!
This makes me sick...
Or be impeached for being a Fraud & a Traitor!
Send this to Gretawire.com She has been doing nightly reports on the subject from other angles.
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I am not big on crying impeachment at every turn, but if this has any legs, it is a clear reason to move that direction. Using the Presidency to take over private businesses and close down these dealers as political payback is a huge scandal.
More importantly, some conservatives need to use this as exhibit A in teaching the reasons limited government. Government can not run businesses for this very reason. A huge opportunity for a ‘teachable moment.’
1. Bentonville, AR Landers-McLarty (RLJ owned) 3. Springdale, AR Steve Smith Country
Springdale is about 15 miles south of Bentonville.
The 2 Springdale dealerships gave no money to any political candidates since 2004. The 2 dealership will close in June while the RLJ-owned dealership in Bentonville will remain open.
The Landers-McLarty dealership will have no other Chrysler dealers within a 20-mile radius of the dealership. The closest competitors will be in Pineville, MO (22 miles away) and Fayetteville, AR (27 miles away).
Huntsville, AL Market
1. Huntsville, AL Landers McCarty D-C-J (RLJ Owned)
2. Athens, AL Champion Chrysler Dodge (owned by Jeffrey Hamm)
3. Decatur, AL Cloverleaf C-D-J (owned by Kevin Morris)
The dealerships in Athens and Decatur gave no money to any political candidates since 2004. Landers-McCarty and the Athens dealership will remain open while the Decatur dealership will close in June.
Here is a link to the document containing the information gathered on RJL-McLarty-Landers. It appears that the company will benefit greatly from the reduced competition in their markets. For the most part, the dealerships that are forced to shut down in the 5 markets have either given no money to candidates or have donated to GOP candidates in the past...
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...
Bossier City/Shreveport, LA Market
There are 3 dealerships in this market:
1. Bossier City, LA Landers DCJ (RLJ owned)
2. Shreveport, LA Roundtree Automotive Group
3. Shreveport, LA Bob Post/Hebert's Town and Country
Marshall Hebert (owner of Hebert's Town and country) gave $4,250 to GOP candidates, $2,500 to Dem candidates, and $1,300 to the NRCC since 2004. Mr. Hebert is also on the National Auto Dealers Association Board of Directors representing Louisiana.
Frank Stinson (owner of Roundtree) gave $24,000 to GOP candidates and $3,400 to Demcocratic candidates since 2004.
The Bossier City dealership owned by RLJ-McCarty-Landers and the Shreveport dealership owned by Marshall Hebert will stay open. The Shreveport dealership owned by Stinson will be forced to close.
But that's not all
Smith and various tipsters also point to Lithia Motors. Sidney Deboer will "come out a winner" due to the shutdown of various competitive dealerships.
Of 29 existing dealerships, Smith reports that Lithia will likely have a net gain of three new dealers after the dust settles (they lose just two and may gain five). Debeor has donated nearly $15,000 to two Democrat candidates and approximately $8,250 to four GOP individuals.
What are the Odds?
All other factors being equal, what are the odds that RLJ's dealerships would remain open while all other area dealerships would be shuttered? The approximate odds of such an occurrence can be calculated. 789 of the Chrysler's dealerships are closing, which represents 25% of the total (according to MSNBC).
Recall that 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."
Thus, the odds that any, randomly selected, single dealership would remain open is roughly 75%. The odds that a single dealership would close is roughly 25%.
In the Bentonville, AR territory, the odds that RLJ would remain while its competition gets axed is .75 * .25 * .25 = .046875 (4.6%).
In Huntsville, AL, the odds are .75 * .25 * .25 = .046875.
In Branson, MO, .75 * .25 *.25 *.25 = .01171875.
In Lee's Summit, MO, .75 * .25 *.25 *.25 *.25 = .0029296875. In Shreveport, LA, .75 * .25 *.75 = .140625.
What are the odds of all of these RLJ dealerships remaining open while their competitors are wiped out? Maybe 1/10,000,000 of 1%. Yes, that's one ten-millionth of one percent.
Approximately the odds that I'll win American Idol. Or that you'll land two frisbees, simultaneously, on each of Barack Obama's teleprompters during one of his televised speeches.
Hello, mainstream media: anyone listening? How about you, class-action lawyers?
Now it appears that instead of my figurative thoughts of the wheels flying-off, it may happen literally.
Impeached by whom, one wonders?
Who has the power to do that? The Democrats?
Forgive me for not holding my breath.
“I’ve been telling people for months that I thought the wheels would soon fly-off this administration.”
Looks to me like they’re getting away clean with every last bit of this despicable tyranny.
Could you look at Sumter, SC and Columbia, SC with the map?
Point being. Sumter went to Obama. Columbia went to Palin.
I’m just posting what’s on those sites. I have a feeling they’re going full bore and will soon have lots of info.
Just adding another item next.
They’d probably tell you if you email them directly.
http://www.gatewaypundit.blogspot.com
http://www.directorblue.blogspot.com
Unreal. After Weeding Out GOP-Linked Dealers Chrysler Looking To Open New Dealerships!
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More Hope and Change...
** 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.
** The closings also tend to be in “Red” Counties where Obama lost.
** Even Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla) lost his Chrysler dealership in Florida and found out from a colleague on the House floor.
** One report claims the odds that these Chrysler closings occurred without partisan bias are less than 1%.
Now this...
Automotive News is reporting that Chrysler is already looking to open new franchises after closing 789 dealerships.
Chrysler did more last week than thin the dealer ranks in clogged metro markets. Chrysler also took out some underperforming dealers, leaving some good smaller markets without any Chrysler stores.
Chrysler President Jim Press said the company will be back in those markets.
Chrysler has been managing its dealer count downward in overdealered metro markets, a program called Project Genesis.
Of course, several of the dealerships that were closed had owners who happened to donate to Republicans and a number of these businesses were profitable “5 Star” dealerships.
Previously:
Hope, Change & Marxism: Did Obama Target GOP Donors In Chrysler Dealer Closings? (Video)
Shock! Big Dem Donor Group Allowed to Keep Their 6 Chrysler Dealerships Open
More On Chrysler Closings— Did Team Obama Target Red Counties?
Even GOP Congressman Loses Chrysler Dealership
Dealergate: Mapping the Chrysler Closures
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/
Thanks!
Imagine the uproar if President Bush fired 5 U.S. Attorneys, 4 of whom were Democrats, and 1 a Republican.
Now imagine that Bush closed 40 military bases in Blue counties, and 10 in Red counties.
Now listen to the silence after 0bama closes 789 Chrysler dealerships, only one of which donated to his campaign (and then, only $200).
You can’t believe the msm? We are not in the USA anymore, this is a very bizare twilight zone episode. Remember all of the Clinton scandals? I kept waiting for the media to ride in like the cavalry to expose all the wrong doing and bring Clinton to justice, the way that Nixon was exposed and brought to justice. Nixon was driven out of the presidency for one offense while Clinton committed multiple offenses and was not called on it by the media.
Even the Monica Lewinsky scandal was sprung on the media by accident. They really didn’t believe that there really was a blue dress. When the blue dress was found the story was out in the open and the media could not cover it up. Of Course, by that time Clinton was in his second term and could not be voted out.
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