Chrysler: Look at yourselves Republicans

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-20-2008
Chrysler: Look at yourselves Republicans
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Sat, 12-06-2008 - 8:55am

Looks like Chrysler, which is privately owned by rich Republicans, is pulling all its right-wing strings in DC to get it a piece of that auto bailout $$$.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/business/06chrysler.html?hp

Defense contractors. Big oil. Big pharma. Same thing for the past 8 years in which this Republican Administration has spent trillions and pulled every regulatory string to help its buds without any regard for everyone else. This is what you are about. While the top of the party goes on its personal feeding frenzy with your taxpayer dollars, they whip you up with issues like anti-stem cell research, anti-gay marriage, anti-liberal this and and liberal that. If you are a Republican making under 200K a year, you are getting played. Big time.

PS I am still for the auto bailout, but not to help rich Republicans. Rather I am strongly for it to help America because the terrible fallout due to one of these companies going under right now. I point this out to help Republicans understand their party's motivations and what their party is truly about.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 12-13-2008
Tue, 12-16-2008 - 11:14am

Did you notice when posters on the board started to use the name 'Hoover'?

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-13-2008
Tue, 12-16-2008 - 11:16am

"how about simply allowing people to spend their own money as they see fit?"


OMG what an almost extinct concept.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-20-2008
Tue, 12-16-2008 - 11:22am
I also noticed that when the CRA came up....
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-23-2008
Tue, 12-16-2008 - 11:55am

I'm not sure if you are saying that tongue and cheek, but in Illinois there are those from the left that have raised that very point. The argument is is if Fitzgerald is making politics a crime. This is the pay to play version of politics and Blagojevich isn't unique in embracing it. I don't think it's unique to Chicago or Illinois politics either. It's just rather pervasive here.

The legislature, and Lisa Madigan AG have begun the process of impeaching Blagojevich. I wonder if successful will he sing. On another note, it's fun watching all these Governor and Senator Want-to-be's Madigan, Quinn, etc. scramble to get Blagojevich out before he can either appoint someone to Obama's vacant seat or a special election is approved and a Repbulican gets a decent shot at a US Senate seat from Illinois.
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iVillage Member
Registered: 12-13-2008
Tue, 12-16-2008 - 12:45pm


"All about minorities "ruining" the economy...

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-13-2008
Tue, 12-16-2008 - 1:00pm

Yip, firmly tongue in cheek.


A familiar call of the left is 'it's their private personal (ahem) affair' when it's not.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-20-2008
Tue, 12-16-2008 - 9:01pm

I haven't seen this one around in awhile............


http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-elpoliticsto/?msg=18444.84

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-02-2008
Tue, 12-16-2008 - 9:17pm
Yes my money would be better spent in my hands and would help the economy more.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-20-2008
Tue, 12-16-2008 - 9:33pm

I would agree as long as there

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-02-2008
Tue, 12-16-2008 - 9:37pm
Senate majority leader Harry Reid voted no.

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