tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694644156867084372.post7011102810085455636..comments2023-10-01T09:19:04.438-04:00Comments on Libertarian Party of Citrus County: The Chicago Way2Bfreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00303405885623088186noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694644156867084372.post-88759856782813403392011-05-09T09:33:36.080-04:002011-05-09T09:33:36.080-04:00Actually, GM and Chrysler were victims of Chicago ...Actually, GM and Chrysler were victims of Chicago Style Thuggery, and Ford was the company that got away with Chicago Thuggery.<br /><br />According to opensecrets.org, during the 2008 Presidential primary season, the CEO's of GM (Rick Wagoner) and Chrysler (Bob Nardelli) were found to have given significant contributions permissable by law to Mitt Romney. The CEO of Ford, Alan Mulally, did not.<br /><br />Furthermore, all three automakers warned in 2007 that Pelosi's Energy Act (Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007) would lead to a crisis in the auto industry as the government was dictating small cars and trying to ban the trucks that had dominated the auto sales force. Together they warned the feds would have to pay for the unfunded mandate of the switch to small cars.<br /><br />The result was GM and Chrysler were seized and forced into packaged bankruptcies for Obama's seizure while Ford was rewarded for selling out to China (Geely, for which four current Fords are made off one Geely chassis, including the Taurus, Edge, and Explorer) and Japan (Mazda, which offers the Fusion, Fiesta, and new Focus, and the Ford engines), along with the Democrats, which in 2008 all bought the Ford Escape Hybrid (a Mazda 626 wagon from the late 90's) for campaign use. Most Republicans, on the other hand, just used their personal Cadillacs, Chevys, or even in Romney's case he was tripartisan, not buying. (Ford made a badge that was Democrat-centred to call the Escape the Candidate's Choice.)<br /><br />Ford also promised they'd use a GM transmission that the two automakers agreed in 2002 to manufacture at separate plants but are the same gearbox. Both automakers use the same 6-speed box, known as a 6F or 6T (both automakers' nomenclature).<br /><br />Ford was also rewarded with the majority of purchases in Porkulus (Fusion Hybrids, which are Mazda6's built in Mexico when Mazda builds the car in Detroit) and government contracts, and Alan Mulally now serves on the President's Export Council.<br /><br />Obama's punishment for GM was to kill three brands (one was too un-PC for its name, another was an SUV, which Obama wants banned), and to kill projects such as bringing a Holden Commodore (GM Australia's full-size sedan GM hoped to challenge BMW; prior to Obama, was sold as the Pontiac G8) to be built in a Canadian plant as the next Chevrolet Impala. (The Commodore also fronts the 5th generation Camaro)<br /><br />Go figure. Obama did seize automakers for political gain to reward his cronies.Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366544608847776006noreply@blogger.com