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Obama to automakers: ‘You can’t just make money on SUVs and trucks’
The Hill ^

Posted on 08/15/2011 2:19:28 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

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To: Sub-Driver

Do as I say: Build cars nobody wants! Like the Volt!

Obama is known for his marketing prowess.


41 posted on 08/15/2011 2:35:20 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President. Alea iacta est!)
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To: vpintheak

My first question is does anyone know how many sheets of OSB board I can carry in a Prius?


42 posted on 08/15/2011 2:35:45 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Meanwhile the a$$hat travels around in an up-armored Greyhound bus that will get a freaking 100 yards to the gallon.

You just need to understand the market with the same savvy acumen as our high roller business mogul President. From anyone else, this would be an egregiously tin-eared statement that would make you an instant laughingstock.

Obama, though, he knows the market. He's like the Gordon Gecko of Keynesian redistribution.

43 posted on 08/15/2011 2:36:26 PM PDT by Steel Wolf ("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
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To: Sub-Driver

I wouldn’t put this maroon in charge of a lemonade stand.


44 posted on 08/15/2011 2:36:42 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping

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45 posted on 08/15/2011 2:36:43 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Sub-Driver
. . . Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.

Thomas Paine: Common Sense, 1776

46 posted on 08/15/2011 2:37:43 PM PDT by Quiller (When you're fighting to survive, there is no "try" -- there is only do, or do not.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

baraq and the rest have just announced that they are going to try to take down the auto companies and put out of work all the tradesmen. You know, the UNION plumbers, carpenters, sheetrockers, electricians who drive 3/4 ton trucks and vans.
And the unions still support him.

f in idjit.


47 posted on 08/15/2011 2:38:01 PM PDT by Texas resident (Hunkered Down)
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To: Sub-Driver

This man is dumber than I thought. Of course, he is enjoying being this man is dumber than I thought because he wants to wreck havoc on a country that isn’t even his own. I am sure his family is proud of him.


48 posted on 08/15/2011 2:38:15 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The Lightworker has a business plan that involves 1000 pound electric carts, airbag cabin compartments, and consumer mandates all priced to move at 75,000 dollars per unit. The battery will be towed for better mileage.


49 posted on 08/15/2011 2:38:19 PM PDT by dogcaller
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To: Sub-Driver

Coming next to DC: Directive 10-289.


50 posted on 08/15/2011 2:39:17 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (My dream ticket for 2012 is John Galt & Dagny Taggart!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Running you mouth, Bozo, isn’t the same as running a company!


51 posted on 08/15/2011 2:39:34 PM PDT by IbJensen (God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made politicians.)
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To: CodeToad

He doesn’t understand business or the free market,
but he DOES understand fascism, viscerally.

And that’s what this is- “You go ahead and own the business, I’ll just make you run it my way.”


52 posted on 08/15/2011 2:39:55 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: cripplecreek

Oh! you can just pay them extra to cut it down to size! Or just pay to have it delivered a couple of days after you really need it! After all, you are the evil rich and deserve to pay extra!


53 posted on 08/15/2011 2:40:11 PM PDT by vpintheak (Democrats: Robbing humans of their dignity 1 law at a time)
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To: Sub-Driver

bump


54 posted on 08/15/2011 2:41:28 PM PDT by ken21 (ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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To: Sub-Driver

“....government can be an effective partner in that process....”

That’s the problem.... we don’t need or want government involvement, we need a government to follow the Constitution and get the hell out of our lives, period.

Most of my life, when my health allows me to be active, involves my truck.

None of this jerks junk is going to tow my boats, tractor trailer or my camp trailer... and haul my dog.

He can take his threats and shove them up his -—.

Even if gas goes to $10 a gallon, I’ll still be driving my truck and towing my toys. If gas ever gets that bad, I’ll ride my Harley to the grocery store.

Dear God I wish this jerk would walk off a cliff.


55 posted on 08/15/2011 2:41:44 PM PDT by Gator113 (Palin 2012, period.....)
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To: Sub-Driver

We are so blessed.

There is no area of human endeavor in which Obama is not an amazingly competent expert.

The man is a genius.

We live in a paradise of growing wealth and secure prosperity as a result.


56 posted on 08/15/2011 2:42:01 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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To: Sub-Driver
BTW Evergreen Solar went bankrupt today despite this:

Evergreen Solar Was Hoping to Hire 90 to 100 People for Its Manufacturing Plant. “Evergreen Solar, the Marlborough-based maker of solar panels, also is hoping to hire 90 to 100 people at a manufacturing plant in Devens, said Gary Pollard, vice president of human resources. The plant, which opened last summer, is expected to employ more than 800 when it reaches full capacity.” [Boston Globe, 3/6/09]

57 posted on 08/15/2011 2:42:05 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President. Alea iacta est!)
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To: MrB

0bama does not understand business, but he does know about runnin a bidness.


58 posted on 08/15/2011 2:42:10 PM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: Sub-Driver
BTW Evergreen Solar went bankrupt today despite this:

Evergreen Solar Was Hoping to Hire 90 to 100 People for Its Manufacturing Plant. “Evergreen Solar, the Marlborough-based maker of solar panels, also is hoping to hire 90 to 100 people at a manufacturing plant in Devens, said Gary Pollard, vice president of human resources. The plant, which opened last summer, is expected to employ more than 800 when it reaches full capacity.” [Boston Globe, 3/6/09]

59 posted on 08/15/2011 2:42:35 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President. Alea iacta est!)
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To: Sub-Driver
“You can’t just make money on SUVs and trucks,” Obama said...

Obama still believes that commerce in this country can continue with vehicles that run on batteries and have to be recharged two, perhaps three or more, times per day. He has absolutely no concept of the necessity for large vehicles to ply this country's highways and transport goods hither and thither. Even if we could do that with electric vehicles, the cost in electricity and idle time would raise the price of goods into the stratosphere.

Not only does he not understand, "he does not understand that he does not understand."

60 posted on 08/15/2011 2:43:00 PM PDT by davisfh (Islam is a mental illness with global social consequences)
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