Posted on 05/26/2009 8:57:59 AM PDT by pissant
Excerpted From Doug Ross at Director Blue:
A tipster alerted me to an interesting assertion. A cursory review by that person showed that many of the Chrysler dealers on the closing list were heavy Republican donors.
To quickly review the situation, I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once in the list. And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates. While this isnt an exhaustive review, it does have some ominous implications if it can be verified.
However, I also found additional research online at Scribd (author unknown), which also appears to point to a highly partisan decision-making process.
I have thus far found only a single Obama donor (and a minor one at that: $200 from Jeffrey Hunter of Waco, Texas) on the closing list.
You should read the whole thing as it contains not only more information, but damning updates from Cars.com
(Excerpt) Read more at patdollard.com ...
Good one...
I’m already planning to visit my congressdude this week. I’ll make sure this is brought to his attention. Doug Ross’ article has been printed and the link is at the top of the page. I’ll put it directly into the hands of someone in Rohrabacher’s office.
Anyone else feel like doing the same with their elected officials, I’d encourage you to go for it.
It’s VERY political. Neither Chrysler nor GM are Council on Foreign Relations members, but Ford is.
Chrysler and GM are facing bankruptcy. Apparently Ford isn’t.
As I was leaving for work this morning, on “Fox and Friends” on the Fox cable news, they mentioned they were going to cover the story. I had to leave before they got to it, but it looks like the story is getting legs.
Here are a couple of interesting charts from Open Secrets:
Car Dealers: Top Contributors to Federal Candidates and Parties (2008)I haven't checked any of these dealers against the list of franchises being closed down as opposed to those remaining open.Car Dealers: Top Contributors to Federal Candidates and Parties (2010)
Car Dealers: Long-Term Contribution Trends (Interestng that the trend for 2010 seems to be trending towards the Dems so far.)
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