This is as obvious as a government-led hit job can be. How could it possibly be more clear?
1) Government/UAW-owned car manufacturers are in the red, and it's not getting any better.
2) Toyota is the #1 selling, non-union manufacturer.
3) Obama and his team are a group of Marxist Chicago thugs.
4) Every car manufacturer has defects and recalls. ALL OF THEM.
5) Toyota was chosen, out of all others, to be put under the harsh spotlight of government and media attention, to be the recipient of the fear, blame and scorn of the nation.
Given those facts, is it REALLY too difficult to deduce what's going on here? Given that Obama has closed nearly every Chevrolet or Chrysler dealership in the country that was not a Democrat supporter, do you REALLY think he wouldn't go after non-union manufacturers?
It will not matter WHAT Toyota does. They have been targeted for extermination. Expect the remaining non-union manufacturers to each have their turn in front of the firing squad.
Obama: Union, by any means necessary.
I’m definitely leaning your way on this. They are merely exposing the weak spots of their rivals in true form. I am hopeful the Toyota corporate owners are not too honorable for their own good here — Congress (and by extension the entire Dem administration in power) most certainly isn’t an honorable ‘institution’. It’s a different kind of “war”, but it’s being fought in front of our eyes. It’s akin to the Economic War China promised to bring us into 2 years ago (to ruin us...).
You left out the fact that Toyota is primarily made in TN, a very red state that is also now the headquarters of the tea party folks.