Jeep: We’re staying in U.S., and Romney is wrong
From the Royal Oak (Mich.) Daily Tribune:
Chrysler Group LLC’s top executive said any statements by presidential candidate Mitt Romney suggesting the company was moving Jeep production from its assembly complex in Toledo, Ohio was simply not true.
“Chrysler Group’s production plans for the Jeep brand have become the focus of public debate,” Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said in a statement on Tuesday.
“I feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position: Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to China,” he continued. “Jeep assembly lines will remain in operation in the United States and will constitute the backbone of the brand. … It is inaccurate to suggest anything different.”
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has begun running ads in Ohio, stating Chrysler planned to move Jeep production to China. Analysts described the ads as part of Romney’s efforts to pry the state’s pivotal 18 electoral votes from President Barack Obama.
The letter from Marchionne, published first in the Detroit News, went on to explain:
“North American production is critical to achieving our goal of selling 800,000 Jeep vehicles by 2014. In fact, U.S. production of our Jeep models has nearly tripled (it is expected to be up 185%) since 2009 in order to keep up with global demand.
We also are investing to improve and expand our entire U.S. operations, including our Jeep facilities. The numbers tell the story:
– We will invest more than $1.7 billion to develop and produce the next generation Jeep SUV, the successor of the Jeep Liberty — including $500 million directly to tool and expand our Toledo Assembly Complex and will be adding about 1,100 jobs on a second shift by 2013.
– At our Jefferson North Assembly Plant, where we build the Jeep Grand Cherokee, we have created 2,000 jobs since June 2009 and have invested more than $1.8 billion.
– In Belvidere, where we build two Jeep models, we have added two shifts since 2009 resulting in an additional 2,600 jobs.
With the increase in demand for our vehicles, especially Jeep branded vehicles, we have added more than 11,200 U.S. jobs since 2009. Plants producing Jeep branded vehicles alone have seen the number of people invested in the success of the Jeep brand grow to more than 9,300 hourly jobs from 4,700. This will increase by an additional 1,100 as the Liberty successor, which will be produced in Toledo, is introduced for global distribution in the second quarter of 2013.”
It’s hard to predict the impact of such events, especially in the media shadow of Hurricane Sandy coverage. But you would think that the Romney campaign’s blatant willingness to mislead and to frighten thousands of Americans unnecessarily about their job security at Jeep would have a serious effect on public opinion and would lead at least some voters to question his credibility on a range of other issues as well. It demonstrates a fundamental lack of respect for those to whom the truth about such matters is critically important.
– Jay Bookman
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USA Patriot
October 30th, 2012
7:36 pm
Peter, maybe you should stop “thinking”, ’cause you don”t know what you’re saying….just saying!
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
7:37 pm
“I think he is not a job creator, since he was a pioneer in out sourcing.”
Wrong. While companies that Bain owned or was invested in certainly outsourced and do outsource, Romney was no “pioneer”.
There is plenty to go after Romney on, why make things up?
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
7:37 pm
Dawgs are going to Beat BAMER in the SEC CG and win the BCS National Championship Game!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p1Q1qCfXrQ
USMC
October 30th, 2012
7:37 pm
Peter, SOCIALISM has proven NOT to work.
You should try to let go of your envy & hatred for others.
The first step is to identify what it is that you want to accomplish in life.
Step two is to go accomplish it.
(don’t forget to mix in a personal relationship with a someone special)
You will miraculously stop ENVYING other peoples’ possessions AND be HAPPY!
Joe Hussein Mama
October 30th, 2012
7:39 pm
USMC — “Peter, SOCIALISM has proven NOT to work.”
Afraid not. It works just fine in many countries, as well as right here at home.
I hope you’re not allergic to socialism, because you’re going to get a nice big dose of it when you retire.
F. Sinkwich
October 30th, 2012
7:40 pm
“Sorry, Punkin. Every word was true. And no matter how much you dislike it and want to rage about it, it’s still true.”
Sez you.
Maybe, but who gives a sh*t? Doesn’t make your opinion worth more than anyone else’s, so what’s the point?
Peter
October 30th, 2012
7:40 pm
USMC. read my posts…….. I have been self employed for over 27 years now..when i get up in the AM i have to look in the mirror period.
I don’t believe in socialism, but I beleive in kindness to others.
All I have ….. I created…… and I am happy, in shape, and excited about allot in my life.
USMC
October 30th, 2012
7:41 pm
“Dawgs are going to Beat BAMER in the SEC CG and win the BCS National Championship Game!”
I thought I would wake you up, Brocephus!
There is NO harder HITTING defense than the Uncontrollable pack of Wild BullDawgs in Athens!
They are a NASTY bunch. They knocked the #2 team in the Country out; cracking heads!
(Florida didn’t see the end zone all afternoon!)
And now Bamer is next! We are coming for the Alabama Elephants!
Moderate Line
October 30th, 2012
7:41 pm
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
7:30 pm
Steve and Gisela Feinberg are prolific donors to the Republican Party and related organizations. Former Republican Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle works for Cerberus as Chairman of Global Investments, and former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was a client.
+++++++
Actually, Cerberus was a top contributor to more Democrats than Republicans according to OpenSecrets.org
http://www.opensecrets.org/usearch/index.php?q=Cerberus&searchButt_clean.x=0&searchButt_clean.y=0&searchButt_clean=Submit&cx=010677907462955562473%3Anlldkv0jvam&cof=FORID%3A11
F. Sinkwich
October 30th, 2012
7:41 pm
“I hope you’re not allergic to socialism, because you’re going to get a nice big dose of it when you retire.”
Or if you’re stupid enough to elect O’bozo.
Truth-O-Meter
October 30th, 2012
7:42 pm
Mitt may have the last laugh. Isn’t Ohio the state in which something like 16 % of those polled believed that Romney was responsible for killing Bin Laden? Go figure! Any auto worker who supports this man should be sentenced to “walk” for the rest of his/her life.
I voted the second day early voting was allowed in my county but I fear many of the low information voters will buy the snake oil Romney is selling.
A dishonest man will start a war just by telling a lie. This is a character flaw not befitting a president.
USA Patriot
October 30th, 2012
7:42 pm
JHM – HA! Let’s see what happens a week from today. Where, pre tel has socialism worked successfully?
USMC
October 30th, 2012
7:42 pm
“I don’t believe in socialism, but I beleive in kindness to others.”
There’s your sign…
Fred ™
October 30th, 2012
7:43 pm
Fred ™ Your comment is awaiting moderation.
October 30th, 2012
7:39 pm
USMC
October 30th, 2012
7:31 pm
Breaking News!!!!!!
Dawgs are going to Beat BAMER in the SEC CG and win the BCS National Championship Game!
++++++++++++++++++
I’ll be happy if the rat bastiches get by Ole Miss this week. i’ll worry about Auburn after that………
Joe Hussein Mama
October 30th, 2012
7:44 pm
F. Sinkiewicz — “Sez you.”
Shrug. I don’t owe you any proof. I’ve got a DD-214, a rating letter from the VA and several letters of appreciation from state and local GOP leaders. Whatever some upset Fishwich dude on the internet thinks about it is irrelevant.
“Maybe, but who gives a sh*t? Doesn’t make your opinion worth more than anyone else’s, so what’s the point?”
The point is that it’s true and it both upsets and ENRAGES you. So I will talk about it more in the future. Especially when you’re around.
Thanks for the G-2, Fishy! Always good to know what gets your goat! (cackling with glee)
USMC
October 30th, 2012
7:44 pm
THE COMMON MANS’, MAN out among the people!
http://apnews.myway.com/image/20121030/APTOPIX_Romney_2012.sff_OHCD111_20121030151229.html?date=20121030&docid=DA2854680
If I didn’t know any better, I would think he was working on one of Comrade Obama’s SHOVEL READY jobs!
Peter
October 30th, 2012
7:45 pm
USMC.. while in the service you reported to a higher up….. for over 27 years I reported to myself.
That takes courage, dedication, hard work, and a personal belief system……. I have run over ten Peachtree road races, countless others, the Atlanta 1/2 marathon, and the rock and Roll marathon in San Diego… that takes time effort and training… I am sure you know what I mean.
I just have a different philosophy about human life, than a Republican that want to control others.
Fred ™
October 30th, 2012
7:45 pm
Yo USMC you miserable old man………
Did you ever check out the shot of the day link i gave you?
milt
October 30th, 2012
7:46 pm
Of course they say they are staying. President Obama bailed them out and they aren’t going to say what they will really do until after the election. Mama didn’t raise no fool. Here or there……..
USMC
October 30th, 2012
7:46 pm
“I’ll be happy if the rat bastiches get by Ole Miss this week. i’ll worry about Auburn after that………”–Fred
One of the more “WISER” of Georgia Fans!
Joe Hussein Mama
October 30th, 2012
7:46 pm
F. Sinkiewicz — “Or if you’re stupid enough to elect O’bozo.”
You’ll get it when you retire, have no fear.
USA Patriot — “Where, pre tel has socialism worked successfully?”
Start your research with the countries of Scandinavia. Include industrialized Europe, and don’t forget to look at the USA, where Social Security and Medicare — not to mention the VA health system — are fine examples of socialism.
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (aka "Knuckle-Dragger")
October 30th, 2012
7:46 pm
Good for Jeep, but GM is already in the process of building a plant in China. Seems that even those union folks know a good deal when they see one.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 30th, 2012
7:47 pm
Okay, ladies and gents. I’m out for the evening.
All be well and drive safely. Especially Fishy.
Fred ™
October 30th, 2012
7:48 pm
Brocephus: I’ll get back to you lol. I have been summoned.
USMC: Bite me lol
Everyone else: later.
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
7:52 pm
Actually, Cerberus was a top contributor to more Democrats than Republicans according to OpenSecrets.org
Was is probably the key operative. When I clicked on the links for the individual groups, this is what I saw.
Cerberus Capital Management
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000021907
Total contributions to PACs, parties and outside spending groups: $550,005
Total contributions to candidates: $598,173
Top Candidate Recipients, 2011-2012
Mitt Romney (R) $83,916
Ben Quayle (R-AZ) $67,750
Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) $62,500
Scott Brown (R-MA) $55,450
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) $35,000
————————-
Cerberus Global Investments
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000022334
Total contributions to PACs, parties and outside spending groups: $12,500
Total contributions to candidates: $2,500
Top Candidate Recipients, 2011-2012
Mitt Romney (R) $2,500
getalife
October 30th, 2012
7:53 pm
They asked the coward 14 times if he would end fema but mitt is too weak to answer.
Too weak to be President.
Doug
October 30th, 2012
7:55 pm
Go Dawgs! I’m out, Bookman my bad Obama should take no blame or responsibility for the economy lol.
josef
October 30th, 2012
7:56 pm
USMC
Since when did you decide to join the night crew…not that that’s a bad thing…
Gmare
October 30th, 2012
7:56 pm
Fred, thanks for the Joan Jett!
USA Patriot
October 30th, 2012
7:57 pm
getalife – POTUS “The US is here to help everybody through the storm”, reporter, “Washington DC is shut down, sir”, POTUS, “They’ll be open tomorrow”. Yep, that’s leadership, D’oh, politics.
USMC
October 30th, 2012
7:58 pm
“Since when did you decide to join the night crew…not that that’s a bad thing…”–josef
Since I started feeling a little more Risque! Off to the gym!
DannyX
October 30th, 2012
7:58 pm
New poll just released…
“27% say they’d only survive less than a week during a Zombie Apocalypse, 32% say more than a year, 30% in between”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:01 pm
Now “This” is a campaign ad !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=D9vQt6IXXaM&hd
Peter
October 30th, 2012
8:02 pm
Since I started feeling a little more Risque! Off to the gym! Go get-em USMC…. for your own heart !
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:06 pm
“Air Raid Pearl Harbor: This is No Drill !”
” ……………….. whereas the American Shipbuilding Association (now dissolved) counted six major yards, China has more than 100. Whenever China becomes confident of the maturation of its naval weapons systems, it can surge production and leave us as far behind as once we left the Axis and Japan. Its navy will be able to dominate the oceans and cruise in strength off our coasts, reversing roles to its pleasure and our peril—unless we attend to the Navy, in quality, numbers, and without delay.”
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203922804578080990821307624-lMyQjAxMTAyMDMwMDEzNDAyWj.html?mod=wsj_valetbottom_email
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:08 pm
Poor old Jay’s Romney attack topic has been debunked like all the others previous. Guess he should sanity check his sources, if that’s possible.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
8:08 pm
GM calls latest Romney auto ad ‘politics at its cynical worst’
http://www.freep.com/article/20121030/BUSINESS01/121030036/?odyssey=tab|mostpopular|text|SPORTS07
…I really hope that this last gasp effort to close the gap in Ohio backfires badly, but we’ll see.
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:10 pm
Since when did you decide to join the night crew…not that that’s a bad thing…
USMC, looks like you’re being stalked.
Gmare
October 30th, 2012
8:11 pm
Josef, and here I thought his blog name meant that he thought both candidates suck…. Well, I am kinda old, but thought I was more in tune than that. Bummer.
BTW, surgery is scheduled for 11/05.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
8:12 pm
Simey lyin Mitt is definitely not Presidential. Politicizing a storm relief benefit:
The event itself was billed as a “storm relief” benefit, and the Romney campaign asked supporters to bring with them food and other goods to donate to victims of the storm. But soon, reporters poked holes in the campaign’s explanation for staging the rally. First, the relief event was scheduled for the same time and location as a recently canceled political rally. Then, photos emerged, showing that donors were asked to wait to drop off their goods until Romney arrived to accept them himself, suggesting a photo op not unlike the one his running mate Paul Ryan staged earlier this month in a soup kitchen. And Salon noticed that the targeted recipient of all of the donations — the Red Cross — doesn’t even accept most of what the Romney campaign collected in Ohio.
But just in case there were any lingering questions over the political nature of the relief rally, Romney’s staff left no room for doubt when they aired a biographical video that was part of the Republican National Convention in August (and used by the campaign at political events since).
Even Stuart Stevens, a Romney aide and longtime GOP strategist, admitted that the campaign engaged in politicking at the Ohio event during an interview with NPR political correspondent Ari Shapiro
The man is not fit to lead this country.
ODD OWL
October 30th, 2012
8:12 pm
If the U.S. auto makers expand their businesses to china and other foreign countries, is that a good business practice or a bad business practice ???
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:13 pm
I love it when a plan comes together:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/30/california-karate-student-pummels-intruder-found-in-bathroom/?test=latestnews
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
8:14 pm
Gmare
If I do not see you on line before your surgery, I hope all goes well.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
8:15 pm
Why is it that the conned do not know the meaning of simple words like stalk? They want to create nuances of the word “rape” and then create absurd claims of “stalking”. Its more sad than silly
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:17 pm
ODD, Expanding business into foreign markets is a good practice, exporting jobs,however, is a bad practice given our weak job market.
Gmare
October 30th, 2012
8:17 pm
JHM, “dafuq.”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:22 pm
Just one person with a gun and that guitarist would have been playing some sour notes:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225061/Church-pastor-killed-Rev-Danny-Kirk-Sr-beaten-death-electric-guitar.html
F. Sinkwich
October 30th, 2012
8:22 pm
“I have run over ten Peachtree road races, countless others, the Atlanta 1/2 marathon, and the rock and Roll marathon in San Diego…”
Oh yeah?
I have marathon GOLD in every olympics since ‘64.
Don’t believe me? Just ask JHM.
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:23 pm
Why are liberals so asinine. I guess it’s just part and parcel of their twisted ideology.
MiltonMan
October 30th, 2012
8:24 pm
Yet Jay fails to mention the Fiat owns 53% Chrysler which was approved under Obozo.
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
8:25 pm
Expanding business into foreign markets is a good practice, exporting jobs,however, is a bad practice given our weak job market.
Well, since most people’s retirements are dependent upon 401k’s and not defined pensions, anything that improves the stock values would seem to benefit us anyway, or at least those with jobs and 401k’s anyway. You also have to consider that many pension funds, public sector included, have investments in the stock market too.
Joseph
October 30th, 2012
8:25 pm
Here’s the comment Jaybird….
Together, we are working to establish a global enterprise and previously announced our intent to return Jeep production to China
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:26 pm
“PETA wants sign to memorialize fish killed in crash”
Well, there you go.
Josef
October 30th, 2012
8:26 pm
Del…
Me? Stalk USMC? That really is funny, considering geography if nothing else.
GMare…
Good to at least have it on schedule…keep me posted,
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:26 pm
MiltonMan, Jay probably doesn’t know that.
Gmare
October 30th, 2012
8:26 pm
Thanks, TBs.
Mary Elizabeth
October 30th, 2012
8:28 pm
“Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has begun running ads in Ohio, stating Chrysler planned to move Jeep production to China.”
“It demonstrates a fundamental lack of respect for those to whom the truth about such matters is critically important.”
===================================================
Romney’s ease with telling a lie as reality in this specific incidence is indicative of the fact that he has probably lived out many lies throughout his life and will continue to do. That says not only that he is comfortable living a surface reality but that political appearance is more important to him than is truth. When he engages in that falseness, he shows lack of respect for all Americans, as well as for himself. I only hope that Americans will see deeply enought into what this means. I do not want Gov. Romney to be representative of what America is either to America’s young, who are our future, or to the world.
NOTE to GMARE: I will be thinking of you on November 5th and saying prayers for you. God bless.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:28 pm
“When Obama called the SEALS they complied – when the SEALS called Obama he lied”
Josef
October 30th, 2012
8:28 pm
Both
Gmare
October 30th, 2012
8:29 pm
Josef, I will.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
8:29 pm
Now now Del… you’ve gotten a slap on the wrist earlier. Control yourself.
Milton, who owns Budweiser?
N-GA
October 30th, 2012
8:30 pm
When Obama gets re-elected:
1. Romney never again runs for public office.
2. The GOP implodes and then divides like an amoeba into even more useless parts.
3. A bunch of wing-nuts flees to the only country that supports Mitt for president….Pakistan.
4. Federal tax revenues begin to rise.
5. Lindsay Lohan changes her mind about Mitt.
6. Meat Loaf, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent decide same-sex plural marriage is good for them.
Gmare
October 30th, 2012
8:30 pm
Thanks, Mary Elizabeth.
larry
October 30th, 2012
8:32 pm
I have marathon GOLD in every olympics since ‘64.
When did Paul Ryan start commenting here.
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:32 pm
You also have to consider that many pension funds, public sector included, have investments in the stock market too.
I was specifically referring to our weak job market not the stock market. The stock market for now is doing just fine, while the job market is in a world of hurt.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
8:33 pm
When Obama called the SEALS they complied – when the SEALS called Obama he lied”
A rather slimey scummy false attack, right Senior Digits. Nothing is too below you.
getalife
October 30th, 2012
8:33 pm
Spineless mitt never stopped campaigning.
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
8:35 pm
I was specifically referring to our weak job market not the stock market.
It didn’t read that way. Pardon me for misreading your statement.
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:35 pm
Now now Del… you’ve gotten a slap on the wrist earlier.
Keep up the poor fight, keep trying maybe one day you’ll succeed but it doesn’t matter to me either way. LOL
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:36 pm
Good Fight?
Doesn’t it rhyme ?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:37 pm
“Spineless mitt never stopped campaigning.”
‘Forward’: Obama gets a little electioneering in during FEMA briefing:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/oct/30/forward-obama-gets-little-electioneering-during-fe/
YAWN ………………………….
Mr_B
October 30th, 2012
8:37 pm
“27% say they’d only survive less than a week during a Zombie Apocalypse, 32% say more than a year, 30% in between”
37.8% claim Obama Administration should have foreseen the Zombie Apocalypse and responded with a Warthog strike.
22.4% believe that the Zombie Apocalypse was actually initiated by Eric Holder.
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:38 pm
It didn’t read that way. Pardon me for misreading your statement.
No pardon necessary this is only a blog.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:38 pm
“Imagine that. A presidential candidate who gives millions of dollars a year to charity does a storm relief event in Ohio, and an MSNBC anchor is disgusted by it because the Red Cross would prefer people donating cash.”
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/10/30/msnbc-trashes-romney-collecting-food-and-supplies-sandy-victims#ixzz2ApgQdUFi
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:39 pm
………… and how many millions did Obama personally (not your tax dollars) give to charity last year ?
getalife
October 30th, 2012
8:41 pm
mitt is a coward spineless and weak . He will be gone soon.
Mr_B
October 30th, 2012
8:41 pm
Best wishes GMare. Vote before you go in, if you haven’t yet!
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
8:42 pm
No pardon necessary this is only a blog.
Well, common decency and such still applies, even on a blog. There are still people who are man enough to own up to their mistakes.
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:43 pm
Soon B.O. can join Jimmy Carter as another Democrat presidential reject. The two can vie back and forth for the worst American president award. I can hardly wait.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:44 pm
“mitt is a coward spineless and weak . He will be gone soon.”
Mitt should be capitalized and you need a comma in there.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:45 pm
“PETA wants sign to memorialize fish killed in crash”
……………. and I forgot to say these people get to vote.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
8:45 pm
Bull, senior digits, MSNBC and others are rightfully appalled that Mitt would turn a storm relief campaign into a politcial event….
Nothing too low for you, again, right?
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
8:45 pm
G Mare
Wishing you a speedy recovery!!!
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:49 pm
MSNBC is a joke.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
8:49 pm
There are still people who are man enough to own up to their mistakes.
Damn your vulcan ears. There’s no “owning up” or “apologizing” on a blog. You spin, backtrack, move the goal posts, claim you were just kidding or that the other poster “walked into your trap”.
And then you go “boom”, declare victory and say you have to go fleece some customers. 
Mr_B
October 30th, 2012
8:50 pm
imagine a multimillionaire Presidential candidate who donates millions of dollars a year to his own religious organization while reaping the benefits of huge tax deductions, and who stages a “charity” event as a photo-op to collect relief supplies that are of little actual value to the people needing relief, and that in fact slow down the operations of organizations that actually are providing relief.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
8:51 pm
MSNBC is a joke. I am sure they will be devastated to hear your opinion.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
8:51 pm
“Forward’: Obama gets a little electioneering in during FEMA briefing:”
As low as it gets.
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:52 pm
Okay enough lib busting for one night,but of course they do a good enough job of busting themselves. Good night y’all.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
8:52 pm
GMare, I missed your post before. Hope your recovery goes well.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 30th, 2012
8:53 pm
Well, I usually stay off of this blog at night, but I wanted to wish G Mare good luck with her surgery. Who knows? Maybe they’ll cut out the librul part and you’ll come back as a raging conservative. Anyhow, I’ll miss you while you’re out, G Mare. Us super-smart Conservatives need some libruls to beat up on, and we’ll be one short for awhile. God bless.
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
8:54 pm
Keep
Some of us have morals and a conscience.
Moderate Line
October 30th, 2012
8:55 pm
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
7:52 pm
Actually, Cerberus was a top contributor to more Democrats than Republicans according to OpenSecrets.org
Was is probably the key operative. When I clicked on the links for the individual groups, this is what I saw.
Cerberus Capital Management
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000021907
Total contributions to PACs, parties and outside spending groups: $550,005
Total contributions to candidates: $598,173
Top Candidate Recipients, 2011-2012
Mitt Romney (R) $83,916
Ben Quayle (R-AZ) $67,750
Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) $62,500
Scott Brown (R-MA) $55,450
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) $35,000
+++++
And if the list gets expanded past 5 we get:
$65,000
$58,191
$44,250
$32,500
$30,050
$25,000
$20,145
$12,500
$7,500
$5,000
Orrin G Hatch (R-UT)
Mitt Romney (R)
Ben Quayle (R-AZ)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Scott P. Brown (R-MA)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Barack Obama (D)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Tim Pawlenty (R)
Also, the second top PAC recipient according to the link below was the DNC.
http://influenceexplorer.com/organization/cerberus-capital-management/94faa21c10a04094a8a696416aa4f0a6
John Huffman
October 30th, 2012
8:55 pm
Thank a Michigander for given us Mitt! Go Bucks!
Recon 0311 2533
October 30th, 2012
8:56 pm
Oh yeah, I almost missed…Gmare all my best wishes for a successful outcome for your surgery.
Liberal Nightmare
October 30th, 2012
8:56 pm
Romney made his statements off of a Bloomberg story with direct quotes from a Chrysler Exec. Now they are flip flopping. Tell the truth you insolent morons. (You lib turds had to google insolent didn’t you?) Fiat, an EU company that has billions in debt, owns Chrysler. Spin the story how you want, Fiat will die a slow deserved death and Chrysler is not far behind with inferior products.
Again, what do you Lib-turds do for work. Still the same posters 24-7. L—–oooo—–sers!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
9:00 pm
Brosephus, what’s next “fairness”…
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
9:00 pm
Moderate Line
All that aside, those numbers represent donations made by the company, not the person. The wiki post stated his and his wife’s donations as opposed to the company as a whole. What I see in those numbers is nothing but people hedging their bets by donating to both sides of the fence.
ragnar danneskjold
October 30th, 2012
9:00 pm
Don;t know why leftists would criticize Romney for quoting the mainstream media:
Bloomberg:
To counter the severe slump in European sales, Marchionne is considering building Chrysler models in Italy, including Jeeps, for export to North America. The Italian government is evaluating tax rebates on export goods to help Fiat. Marchionne may announce details of his plan as soon as Oct. 30, the people said.
“This makes sense on multiple levels” as it will boost plant utilization and would cap “Chrysler’s own potential, limiting the likely cost to Fiat shareholders of buying out the Chrysler minorities,” Stuart Pearson, an analyst at Morgan Stanley in London, said in a note to investors today.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-28/marchionne-seen-missing-fiat-sales-target-by-19-billion#p1
As Marchionne owns Fiat and most of Chrysler/Jeep, I am not certain I would bet the house on Jeep-manufacture staying in the US. And Mr. Romney said nothing untrue; Obama did use taxpayer funds to put Chrysler into foreign hands.
Lic my dirty A- Hole
October 30th, 2012
9:01 pm
If this election comes down to any one state, boycott that freakin state. Send a message to each swing state to get their lib-turd populous either exterminated or in line or face the consequences!