[calcowgirl]

McCain tells Grand Rapids audience economy can be fixed

GRAND RAPIDS -- The auto industry and Wall Street took center stage in the presidential race today when Republican John McCain, after touring a suburban Detroit auto plant, declared in his strongest language so far that he will fight for government loans to help the American auto industry retool.

... He told a crowd of supporters in a question and answer session in downtown Grand Rapids that the economy can be fixed.

... “I’m here to send a message to Washington and Wall Street: We are not going to leave the workers here in Michigan hung out to dry while we give billions in taxpayer dollars to Wall Street,” McCain said. “It is time to get our auto industry back on its feet. It’s time for a new generation of cars and for loans to build the facilities that will make them.”

[goldstategop]

McCain's for a bailout... its too much to expect him to give up Michigan's electoral votes. I marvel how quickly politicians give up on principle when an election is on the horizon!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[ken21]

never mind, john.

the unions will vote for obamao anyway.

[unspun]

Globalism forces either loss of businesses or government subsidizing of them.

[GloriaJane]

I would guess that if republicans can get the democraps to let us drill our own oil then the auto industry would get a jump start from that.

[rabscuttle385]

"We are not going to leave the workers here in Michigan hung out to dry while we give billions of taxpayer dollars to Wall Street," McCain said during brief remarks to reporters at the plant. "It's time we get our auto industry back on its feet. It's time for a new generation of cars and for loans to build the facilities to make them."

Just nine days ago, both McCain and Palin promised in an essay published in The Wall Street Journal that they would "protect taxpayers from more bailouts". And, now, here they are, in favor of forcing taxpayers to bail out U.S. automobile manufacturers that are failing due to corporate screw-ups.

In McCain's America, there is amnesty for illegals and there are bailouts for Big Business, but there is no amnesty for the law-abiding, honest, smart, productive, and hard-working U.S. taxpayer. So, folks, get to work, because the executives of Ford, GM, Chrysler, and countless other U.S. corporations are counting on you for their millions in annual bonuses.

It appears that Socialism for the rich is the new "conservatism."

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[jwparkerjr]

McCain should write his offer of help down and seal it in an envelope to be opened after he's won the election. The offer would read simply, “Get off your dead-asses and build a relatively small, safe car that get great mileage and doesn't have to make repeated trips back to the dealer every year. Then price it so that everyone who buys one isn't single-handedly financing the retirement of one union employee.”

There, that's the help he should give!

[TChris]

The only thing that could be done to help the auto industry would be to outlaw labor unions in one way or another.

I think it's worth a Constitutional amendment. Make the entire country Right-To-Work.