<o:p>...on May27, 2009, The Washington Examiner and Newsmax exposed the connection. (links provided below) </o:p>
Why was there neither rhyme nor reason as to which dealership of the Chrysler Corporation would be closed? Roll the clock back to the weeks just before Chrysler declared bankruptcy. Chrysler, like GM, was in dire financial straights and the federal government graciously offered to "buy the company" and keep them out of bankruptcy and "save jobs".
Chrysler was, in the words of Obama and his administration, "too big to fail", same story with GM.
The feds organized their "Automible Task Force" to fix Chrysler and GM. Obama, in an act that is 100% unconstitutional, appointed a guy named Steve Rattner to be the White House's official Car-Czar literally, that's what his title is. Rattner is the liason between Obama, Chrysler, and GM.
Initially, the national media reported that Chrysler had created the list of dealerships to be closed. That is not true.
The Washington Examiner, Newsmax, Fox News and a host of other news agencies discovered that the list of dealerships was put together by the "Automobile Task Force" headed by none other than Mr. Steve Rattner.
Now the plot thickens. Remember we said earlier that there was neither rhyme nor reason why certain dealerships were closed? Actually there's a very interesting pattern as to who was closed down.
Again, on May 27, 2009, The Washington Examiner and Newsmax exposed the connection.
Amazingly, of the 789 dealerships closed by the federal government 788 had donated money, exclusively, to Republican political causes, while contributing nothing to Democrats political causes. The only "Democratic" dealership on the list was found to have donated $7,700 to Hillary's campaign, and a bit over $2,000 to John Edwards. This same dealership, reportedly also gave $200 to Obama's campaign.
Does that seem a little odd to you?
Who, exactly, is Steve Rattner, the guy who put the list together?
Well, he happens to be married to the babe named Maureen White. Maureen happens to be the former national finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As such, she would have access to campaign donation records from everyone in the nation, Republican or Democrat. But of course, this is just a wacky coincident, we're certain.
Then comes another wacky coincidence.
On that list of dealerships being closed down, a weird thing hapopened in Arkansas, North Louisana, and Southern Missouri. It seemed that Bill Clinton's former White House Chief of Staff, Mack McClarity, owns a chain of dealerships in that region, partnered with a fellow by the name of Robert Johnson. Johnson happens to be founder of Black Entertainment Television and was a huge Obama supporter and financier. These guys own a half dozen Chrysler stores under the company of RLJ-McClarity-Landers. Interestingly, none of their dealerships were ordered closed - not one - while all of their competing Chrysler/Dodge and Jeep dealerships were!
Eight dealerships located near the dealerships owned by McClarity and Johnson were ordered shut down. Thus, by pure luck, these two Obama supporters now have a virtual monopoly on Chrysler sales in their zone. Isn't that amazing?
Go look in The Washington Examiner, the story there, and it's in a dozen or so other web-based news organization, this isn't being made up.
Now if you thought Chrysler was owned by Fiat, you are truly mistaken. Under the federal court ruling, 65% of Chrysler is now owned by the federal government and the United Auto Workers union, Fiat owns 20%. The other 15% is still privately owned and presumably will be traded on the stock market.
Obama smiles and says he doesn't want to run the auto industry. As horrifying as this is to comprehend, and being as how this used to be the United States of Amrerica, it would appear that the president has the power to destroy private businesses and eliminate upwards of 100,000 jobs, just because they don't agree with his political agenda.
This is Nazi Germany stuff, and it's happening right here, right now, in your back yard. There are voices in Washington demanding an explanation, but the "Automobile Task Force" has released no information to the public or any of the Senators demanding answers for what has been done. Keep your ear to the ground for more on this story. If you've ever wanted to make a difference about anything in your life, get on the phone to your national Senator or Representative in the House and demand an investigation on this.
Benjamin Franklin had it right when he said, "All that's necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.".
Car Czar No More. An amazing thing happened as this story was going to press. Obama's Car Czar, Steve Rattner, resigned on July 13 and was promptly replaced by former steel workers union boss Ron Bloom. According to CBS news.
Rattner left "to return to private life and spend time with his family".
Treasure Secretary Tim Geithner said, "I hope that he takes another opportunity to bring his unique skills to government service in the future.". By the way, Rattner is under investigation for a multi-million dollar pay-to-play investment bank scandal in New York. Uh-oh! But, we're certain that had nothing to do with his resignation.
And, according to several news sources out there, there are rumors he's being investigated for what could be pay-to-play scandal involving the closing of Chrysler and GM dealerships. Really? Again, that couldn't have anything to do with his resignation, that's ridiculous! LikeCBS said, this guy just wants to spend more quality time with his family.
Obama has thirty two personally appointed "Czars" that answer to no one but him, all of whom are acting without any Constitutional authority.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-conf idential/Furor-grows-over-partisan-car-dealer-closings-46261 _447.html
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/200905/closing-chryslers-de alerships-readers.html
http://www.paulibrahim.com/blog/2009/5/29/more-on-the-politi cized-chrysler-dealership-closings.html
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/05/gibbs-denies-polit ics-in-chryler.html
My Comments:
Here, I've done your homework for you. As you can see, the first link is from the Washington Examiner, the rest are from different blog sites where this story was first picked up.
The media won't do it's homework but blogs are constantly on the alert for these kinds of things. There was enough fervor from their investigations that caused the mainstream media to look into and substantiate what the blogs already found out. I hate to burst your bubble (not really) but Obama and his Czars are the most corrupt individuals ever seen since our countries founding.
The auto industry lost over 100,000 jobs and countless other jobs lost in the thousands of industry related supporting entities. And then these hypocrites have the audacity to make claims of cheating and corruption against our business leaders? Hypocrites! To top things off, this sleazy pack of vipers have the nerve to claim to be concerned with fixing our economy and creating jobs when the truth is they could care less about you.
The truth is they've destroyed as many as 1 million jobs or perhaps even more. Obama and his thugs make the Mafia look like choir boys. How much more evidence do we need before we impeach Obama and throw this disgraceful thug out of office?? Or are you still waiting for your hope and change? Good luck.