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Fox News Host Gretchen Carlson: Government Unfairly Shutdown My Parents' GM Dealership
NewsBusters ^ | June 10, 2009 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 06/10/2009 7:11:32 AM PDT by Rufus2007

Many have claimed the federal government was playing fast and loose with the rules surrounding its takeover of General Motors and the circumstances surrounding the selection of which dealerships would remain open and those that wouldn't. Fox News' Gretchen Carlson came forward with evidence of this through a personal account of dealership closings.

Carlson, a co-host on the Fox News Channel's morning show "Fox & Friends," appeared on Glenn Beck's June 9 program and questioned the logic behind the decision reached by the government and General Motors (GM) to close down a dealership that has been in her family for 90 years.

"I'd like to get a hold of the car czar too," Carlson said. "Never did I think personally that I would need to get a hold of him, but now I do because my parents have owned a General Motors dealership in Anoka, Minn., for 90 years and they were terminated last week and they would like to know why. They would like to know why from the car czar."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: amyklobuchar; automakers; dealerships; economy; foxandfriends; foxnews; generalmotors; glennbeck; governmentmotors; gretchencarlson; minnesota; nationalization; theft; tm
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To: Responsibility2nd

Sounds like the same Modus Operandi is going on with the GM Bankruptsy. They have to sign a gag order by Friday or they are cut off completely.


61 posted on 06/10/2009 7:48:28 AM PDT by Blogger (It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins. - Ben Franklin)
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To: khnyny
Business can only survive in a society which is basically ethical and honors contracts.

I've thought the same thing for a while, and would expand it to state that society can only survive when it is ethical and honors contracts. While it's tempting to simply blame the lawyers, and yes there is blame there, lawyers generally represent the wishes of their clients. Every time you see an unethical lawyer, he's representing an unethical person.

A society that behaves ethically needs few rules. A society that is unethical cannot have enough rules, because no one will follow them anyway. This was the conundrum that Franklin and the other founding fathers expressed when they established the Constitution. They were quite aware that the freedoms enumerated in the Bill of Rights could be used to destroy those same freedoms.

62 posted on 06/10/2009 7:49:06 AM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
once the Government Motors gets back on it's feet, they will award dealerships to the sons of prominent Democrats in office..

Zimbabwe

63 posted on 06/10/2009 7:49:48 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Carley

Sorry to hear that.

I hope you can find something real soon.

It’s going to be tough on a lot of folks, and that’s what is puzzling.

Why aren’t people marching on Washington over this crap?

And I don’t mean just the ‘Tea Parties’.

There are more than ‘conservatives’ that are going to be affected by this and you would think people would be protesting in the streets by now.


64 posted on 06/10/2009 7:50:09 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: jeepers creepers

feel the same about your posts.


65 posted on 06/10/2009 7:52:06 AM PDT by bfree (Obamie the Commie-- FBO)
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To: Carley
"Her parents own something for ninety years????????"

Oh, for God's sake, get a grip on your childishness! The dealership has been in her family for 90 years.

This country is being taken apart at the seams and thrown away and you have to make a joke of it? Well, you will get what you deserve.

66 posted on 06/10/2009 7:52:06 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Sarah Palin...Unleashing the Fury of the Castrated Left!")
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To: khnyny

The Aristocracy of Pull. Unreal how close this is all following Atlas Shrugged. Did Obama use it as his training manual, but only reading the Wesley Mouch and looters part of it?


67 posted on 06/10/2009 7:52:19 AM PDT by Betis70 (Keep working serf, Zero's in charge)
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To: philled
is their franchise going to be given to someone else?

That's what the farmers in Zimbabwe were asking about their farms. We know the answer.

68 posted on 06/10/2009 7:53:26 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: hoosier hick
Airhead? And how many degrees do you have from Stanford? Hmmm?

hh
Degrees? What does a degree from Stanford, or anywhere else, have to do with intelligence. Those idiots ruining (running) this country have degrees out the ying yang. Probably some from Stanford. I fail to see where college degrees equates to intelligence, and I have 3 of them

69 posted on 06/10/2009 7:57:28 AM PDT by lynn4303
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To: hoosier hick; jeepers creepers
hh - I agree with your comment! Because of Gretchen's air-headed exposure, on National TV, of how GM/Gov treated her family's business we are learning what is actually happening to these dealerships that are being shut down.

I would not put it past the New Car Czar and GM/Gov to have targeted the dealership because of some of Gretchen's on air criticism of Obama and his Admin.

Obozo does not like Fox News!

70 posted on 06/10/2009 7:58:52 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Mr. K

If it can be proved that 83% of dealerships that were ordered closed were/are Republican owned, isn’t that a form of discrimination? I thought there were laws against that.


71 posted on 06/10/2009 7:58:53 AM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: lynn4303

So do I. BSEE, MSCS, MBA...

hh


72 posted on 06/10/2009 7:59:39 AM PDT by hoosier hick ((I'm back to..) Note to RINOs: We need a choice, not an echo. (Barry Goldwater))
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To: patriotspride
Goes to show that without a script/telepromter our media commentators come up short.

No offense, but did you read the rest of this thread?

She said "her folks" had owned the dealership for 90 years, and it was, indeed, founded in 1919.

73 posted on 06/10/2009 8:01:05 AM PDT by TonyInOhio ( It is hot in Suez. The dice are on the table.)
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To: IM2MAD
If it can be proved that 83% of dealerships that were ordered closed were/are Republican owned, isn’t that a form of discrimination?

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One would have to also know the % of all dealerships that were owned by GOP donors and the % of remaining dealerships that are GOP donor owned before a true conclusion can be made.

74 posted on 06/10/2009 8:01:43 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: Bigh4u2

I wasn’t referring to myself personally, but the general condition of a large part of America.

It’s hard for people to focus beyond their immediate concerns right now. We’re overwhelmed by the assault on our freedom, our national security, and of course, on the economy of this once great country.


75 posted on 06/10/2009 8:02:18 AM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I love her.


76 posted on 06/10/2009 8:02:40 AM PDT by suthener
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To: ladyjane

Rainbow Push


77 posted on 06/10/2009 8:03:04 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: Xenalyte

LOLOL..the way things are going O is going to make sure that no one lives to be 90.

God help this country if we don’t take back our country in 2010.

Forget the national party, get involved locally. Make sure your reps know you are watching them.


78 posted on 06/10/2009 8:03:57 AM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: Rufus2007

It would be interesting to know what the sales output of this store was and what the facility looks like in relation to what GM is/was trying to get in the stores? Also how far is it from other major cities, is it a single or multi line store, etc?


79 posted on 06/10/2009 8:06:12 AM PDT by deport
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To: lynn4303; hoosier hick
Heeee Heeeee - there is an old adage that has something to do with keeping your mouth shut so you don't prove something or the other.
80 posted on 06/10/2009 8:07:03 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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