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Obama didn't ask Congress about ousting Wagoner
The Hill ^ | 03/30/09 01:53 PM [ET] | Ian Swanson

Posted on 03/30/2009 1:08:10 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

President Obama didn’t want any advice from Congress on the decision to ask GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign, according to Carl Levin (D), Michigan’s senior senator.

“He didn’t ask us about it, he informed us,” Levin told reporters in a conference call Monday afternoon. “The president said he’d already decided.”

Levin said he and three other lawmakers were informed of the decision in a phone call Obama made from the Oval Office. Obama told the members of Congress that Wagoner needed to resign so that the administration could show the public it was making an effort at a fresh start with helping the auto industry, according to Levin.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; US: Michigan
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1 posted on 03/30/2009 1:08:10 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

“Rulers” don’t ask anyone about anything.

They Rule.


2 posted on 03/30/2009 1:09:36 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

Exactly.


3 posted on 03/30/2009 1:10:02 PM PDT by FarRightFanatic (It wasn't an election. It was a socialist coup.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Am I completely ignorant? Where the hell does anyone in government find the authority to fire anyone in the private sector? How did obama goa about this?


4 posted on 03/30/2009 1:10:04 PM PDT by Billg64 (It is my belief that this is our last opportunity to peacefully protect our republic.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

“He didn’t ask us about it, he informed us,” Levin told reporters in a conference call Monday afternoon. “The president said he’d already decided.”

That’s the difference between RULING and GOVERNING.


5 posted on 03/30/2009 1:10:16 PM PDT by 76Tiger
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

So let it be written, so let it be done.

6 posted on 03/30/2009 1:10:21 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Obama made the decision based on his experience running community cupcake sales.


7 posted on 03/30/2009 1:10:31 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Billg64

Maybe we should start calling him King Obama


8 posted on 03/30/2009 1:11:12 PM PDT by estrogen (time to fight)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

This yutz cornered the market on hubris.Sheesh.


9 posted on 03/30/2009 1:11:18 PM PDT by gimme1ibertee (For the sake of our Republic....RAISE HOLY HELL!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Was there a provision in the “bail-out agreement” that allowed this?

Obozo is a die hard Commie, there has never been an illusion in my mind.

When do we say Enough?


10 posted on 03/30/2009 1:11:28 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

So, now the Premier Bolshevik is going to hire and fire all the corporate heads. What next? What they have in the vending machines in the break room? I guess we are headed for the french type work weeks, time off, less production, type government of the head Bolshevik.


11 posted on 03/30/2009 1:11:45 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (America sits on it's ass while the Marxist - Bolshevik's take over.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This move was a cold and calculated move.

If Wagner deserved to get booted, they could have found a way to move him out. But, the President calling the shot? Wow.

12 posted on 03/30/2009 1:11:56 PM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Does anyone wonder now why Obama wants to meet up with dictatorial rulers?


13 posted on 03/30/2009 1:12:07 PM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Off-topic,but Yul was the perfect pick for Pharaoh!


14 posted on 03/30/2009 1:12:07 PM PDT by gimme1ibertee (For the sake of our Republic....RAISE HOLY HELL!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
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15 posted on 03/30/2009 1:12:38 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Moses’ God is God!


16 posted on 03/30/2009 1:12:57 PM PDT by DarthVader (Liberalism is the politics of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Wait till they figure out that Wagoner walks away with a 200 million dollar retirement package.

Hope he has security because ACORN will be paying him a visit any minute now.


17 posted on 03/30/2009 1:12:59 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: estrogen

and remind him how the french monarchy ended


18 posted on 03/30/2009 1:14:05 PM PDT by Billg64 (It is my belief that this is our last opportunity to peacefully protect our republic.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Maybe, Levin will be on the chopping block. And what about Granholm - you don’t suppose she could get fired? Obama is on a role.


19 posted on 03/30/2009 1:14:13 PM PDT by healy61
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

and being a racist...do you think he would have thrown out Wagner if he were BLACK?

NAHHHHHHH...not at all......


20 posted on 03/30/2009 1:14:20 PM PDT by antivenom (The messiah turning worthless mortgages into redeemable assets (like water into wine)...)
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