1. On February 13, 2008 Obama said in Janesville : “I believe that if our government is there to support you, and give you the assistance you need to re-tool and make this transition, that this plant will be here for another hundred years.”
2. In June 2008 GM announced that the Janesville plant would stop production of medium-duty trucks by the end of 2009, and stop production of large SUVs in 2010 or sooner.
3. In October 2008 Obama doubled down on his promise to keep Janesville plant open: “As president, I will lead an effort to retool plants like the GM facility in Janesville so we can build the fuel-efficient cars of tomorrow and create good-paying jobs in Wisconsin and all across America.”
4. In December 2008 GM idled production of GM SUVs at the Janesville plant. Medium-duty truck assembly continued.
5. In April 2009, four months after Obama was inaugurated, GM idled production of medium-duty trucks.
6. In September 2011, more than two years after Obama was inaugurated, GM reiterates that Janesville plant is on “stand by status.” Auto industry observer David Cole, tells the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel it would be premature to say the Janesville plant will never reopen.
6. Today the GM facility in Janesville still has not been retooled “so we can build the fuel-efficient cars of tomorrow and create good-paying jobs,” as Obama promised.
So called fact checkers are giving another hearing to ‘facts’ they trashed making the commentary even stronger, like the ‘You didn’t build that’ context was much more damning than the sound bite.
They do need to be fact checked. So does Snopes need to be fact checked. They are not the experts in everything.
Did anyone listening to Obama in 2008 stop to ask what he knew about manufacturing and business, what experience he had? Potheads imagine things, and crackheads feel empowered, but that doesn’t have anything to do with reality, especially with an old doper like Obama who had never done anything productive. Because people were foolish enough to believe him, Obama has had three and a half years at the top of world power, and he still hasn’t done anything productive. His on the job training isn’t working out, and it is costing us trillions.
I like how Guy Benson goes after all the Democrats’ talking points. Of course this is the last we’ll hear of anything except “liar and extremist” from the media. Actually, we didn’t hear this from the “mainstream” media. Next week will be painful. I’d suggest a fishing trip in the wilds of Canada or Alaska without the temptation of a cell phone.
The Obama Campaign, redefining history one fact at a time.
( nationalist Socialist Reality created out of lies and whole cloth.)
Bump
I have not thought about buying a GM or Chrysler product for a long time and kowtowing to a corrupt union is a guarantee that it won't happen any time soon.
The rot has been evident for decades.
Are union assembly goons (and their supervisors) still getting drunk and doing drugs while "on the clock?"
He had a composite factory in mind.
Cheers!