In tone of the latest and most brutal abuses of power the president has perpetrated on Americans so far, is the selective process by which he decided which Chrysler dealerships got closed down.
Of all 789 dealerships to be closed, dealers contributed $450,000 to GOP presidential candidates; $7,970 to Sen. Hillary Clinton; $2,200 to John Edwards and $450 to Barack Obama. For the “progressives” out there, that’s a 1000-to-1 ratio of GOP-to-Obama donations for closed dealerships.
According to directorblue.blogspot.com, Dealership conglomerate RLJ is owned by Democrat bigwigs Mack McLarty and Robert Johnson. RLJ magically happened to keep all six (6) of their dealerships while its competitors were shuttered. McLarty is a former Clinton chief-of-staff and Robert Johnson (founder of BET) is a major Democrat fundraiser. These politically connected, powerful Democrat supporters were completely insulated from the closings in every market in which they compete.
Democratic donor Sidney Deboer is Chairman of Lithia Motors. He donated over $14,000 to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). Lithia Motors lost only two of its 29 dealerships while gaining as many as five additional ones in the resulting carnage. Deboer was also insulated from Chrysler’s closings.
White House car czar Steven Rattner is married to Maureen White, the former national finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee. And before Rattner became a major player on Wall Street, he was a New York Times reporter. Rattner is a key decision-maker on the Obama-slash-General-Motors-slash-Chrysler management team. And Rattner’s wife would presumably be an expert on political fundraising and could, if so inclined, advise her husband on who to protect and who to punish.
Steven B. Fader contributed the individual maximum to Hillary Clinton for her 2008 campaign: $4,600. Fader is listed as owning four dealerships. Two of those dealerships are in Virginia Beach, VA: Hall Chrysler Jeep and Hall Dodge.
Another Fader dealership that remains open is Heritage Chrysler in Baltimore, MD. Nearby dealers that were closed include Antwerpen Dodge of Randallstown, MD owned by Jacob Antwerpen (no contributions founds); SKS Auto-Park of Baltimore; Bel-Air Dodge of Baltimore; and Schaefer & Strohminger Dodge Towson of Baltimore. The latter three are owned by Louis M. Schaefer, who has no contributions of any kind listed. Put simply, Fader’s dealership remained whole while four area competitors were wiped out.
This looks like it is going to be a major investigation, as we are not dealing with ‘little people’ here, we are talking about the heart of America. For this OR ANY administration to gut the livelyhood from his opponents SMACKS of banana republic despotism. eliminate the opposition, reward your supporters. The opposition that makes too much noise can expect to be arrested on trumped up charges if Barack truly has Hugo Chavez’s playbook.
It it time for the president to admit that he has been overstepping his Constitutional powers and reverse course. We do not elect people to have POWER OVER US, we elect them to represent us.
Thank you for taking time to read this, and God bless you and yours!
