Review Finds Closing Chrysler Dealerships Were Republican Donors
Nice Deb — ... Of course. Doug Ross @ Journal took all of the owners whose names appeared more than once in the Chrysler dealer list, and: of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates. While this isn’t an exhaustive review, it does have some ominous implications if it can be verified. Ross says the evidence points to a highly partisan decision-making process. Check out his blog for specifics. ...

Economic Political Warfare: All Shuttered Chrysler Dealers Were Heavy GOP Donors
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Excerpted From Doug Ross at Director Blue: A tipster alerted me to an interesting assertion. A cursory review by that person showed that many of the Chrysler dealers on the closing list were heavy Republican donors. To quickly review the situation, I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once in the list. And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates. While this isn’t an exhaustive review, it does have some ominous ...

todaze Lympian quote o the here’s exactly what they are
Knowledge is Power — I hope the FCC takes a good look at FOX and straightens them out. Do you guys know who runs it? Roger Ailes, A Republican operative from way back to Nixon. ---neoLympian Just like the auto dealers........... Buzz

Hope, Change & Marxism: Did Obama Target GOP Donors In Chrysler Dealer Closings?
Gateway Pundit — ... Doug Ross looks at the possibility that the Obama Administration may have targeted GOP donors in deciding which Chrysler dealerships would close their doors. ...

Were the Chrysler dealers culled based on campaign contributions?
TigerHawk — Doug Ross compares the list of axed Chrysler dealers with their campaign contributions, and finds that virtually all of them had given money to Republicans or other Obama opponents -- Hillary, mostly -- in the last election cycle. The question is whether there was some sort of malice aforethought in this result, or if it is an artifact of the political proclivities of car dealers in general. We do not yet know whether the list of retained Chrysler dealers skewed left, or leftier, in its contributions. It would be, frankly, surprising, but if it did we would know that the fix ...

Evidence That Obama Picked the Chrysler Dealerships to be Closed?
Ace of Spades HQ — Evidence That Obama Picked the Chrysler Dealerships to be Closed? Take it with a grain of salt, there's not enough information to tell. Still, it is interesting that the politically active owners of the Chrysler dealerships to be closed under Obama's proposed sham sale donated to Republicans, the GOP, or Hillary Clinton (during the primary). This is from Doug Ross: To quickly review the situation, I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once in the list. And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP ...

Does Obama have a car dealer enemies list?
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Is the Obama administration punishing Chrysler dealers for their politics? A preliminary analysis by Doug Ross suggests that could be the case. ...

Doug Ross
Sister Toldjah — RED ALERT: Did anti-Obama campaign contributions dictate which Chrysler dealers were shuttered?

Are The Chrysler Dealerships Obama’s Shutting Down Owned Exlusively By Republicans?
Say Anything — An (admittedly not exhaustive) review seems to indicate as much. To quickly review the situation, I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once in the list. And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates. While this isn’t an exhaustive review, it does have some ominous implications if it can be verified. However, I also found additional research online at Scribd (author unknown), which also appears to point to a highly ...

Statistician Needed [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom — Doug Ross : A tipster alerted me to an interesting assertion. A cursory review by that person showed that many of the Chrysler dealers on the closing list were heavy Republican donors. To quickly review the situation, I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once in the list. And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates. While this isn’t an exhaustive review, it does have some ominous implications if it can be verified. However, I also found additional research online at Scribd (author ...

Be careful with Chrysler closure “hit list” claims
Michelle Malkin — There have been several interesting and informative blog posts published recently on the Chrysler dealership closure “hit list.” Posts by Joey Smith , Doug Ross , and on Free Republic shed light on the campaign contributions of the targeted dealers — who happen to lean Republican. Is Obama capable of such Chicagoland thug tactics? Of course he is, and I’ve pointed out many cases of it over the past two years. But I would caution against carried away with “Nixon enemies list” rhetoric until a thorough vetting of the dealers on the list is done ...

IT SEEMS THAT PARTY ALLEGIANCE DETERMINED WHICH CHRYSLER DEALERS GOT CLOSED
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — ... VIA SONDRAK. - Posted by Reliapundit @ 8:00 PM IT SEEMS IT WAS A CHRYSLER-KRISTALLNACHT - WITHOUT THE BROKEN GLASS! FURHER INSPECTION BEARS OUT THIS ANGLE: Doug Ross noticed that quite a few of the expropriated Chrysler dealers were GOP contributors. Punditarian wasn't sure how significant that was; he expected most if not all car dealers to go GOP. Today, the WSJ published a full page ad from the National Dealer Council -- 17 dealers elected by the dealer organization ro represent all dealers' ...

Hmmm: Chrysler dealers shut down in Obama bankruptcy are mostly Republican?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... I’m skeptical that this is as bad as it looks — it’d be politically suicidal, for no benefit greater than petty revenge — but consider it your must-read of the day . Don’t stop before the updates either or you’ll miss profitable dealers scratching their heads trying to figure out what mysterious sin they could have committed to warrant termination. To quickly review the situation, I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once in the list. And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates. ...

The other list: It gets worse
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Since Doug Ross reported that many of the dealers on the list of Chrysler outlets to be closed were donors mostly to Republicans, attention has now been focused on the list of dealerships which are slated to remain open. Some preliminary findings, as well as related news, have bombshell potential. ...

How To Succeed In Business...
Wizbang — Have friends in high places... The story making the rounds today is an analysis of the political contributions of the owners of Chrysler dealerships who are being forced to close. The evidence presented so far, though far from complete, appears to show a correlation between owners who donated to GOP candidates and dealerships getting closed. As they say correlation is not causation, so it's too early to infer that the closings constitute some sort of political hit list. Perhaps there is some basis to that charge and and there's no evidence yet that Joey Smith, who appears to ...

Obama Administration Closing Down Dealerships That Donated to the GOP??
Patterico's Pontifications — ... And so there is really very little that is surprising about the fact that the Chrysler dealerships getting closed down appear to share a curious characteristic: they donate heavily to Republicans: ...

More On Chrysler Closings-- Did Team Obama Target Counties They Lost?
Gateway Pundit — ** Earlier it was reported that the Obama Administration may have targeted GOP donors in deciding which Chrysler dealerships would have to close their doors. ** Last night it was discovered that a Big Dem Donor Group was allowed to keep all 6 Chrysler dealerships open.... And, their local competitors were eliminated by Obama's task force!! Here is the latest on the Chrysler closings-- I was sent this earlier today: I have obtained two pdf files from the bankruptcy court. One is the ...

Obama administration's Chrysler dealer closings: Damaging info on 'the list' gets worse
Hyscience — ... Since Doug Ross reported that many of the dealers on the list of Chrysler outlets to be closed were donors mostly to Republicans, attention has now been focused on the list of dealerships which are slated to remain open. Some preliminary findings, as well as related news, have bombshell potential. ...

Is the Administration targeting GOP donors that own Chrysler dealerships?
doubleplusundead — Is the Administration targeting GOP donors that own Chrysler dealerships? If this does end up being true , it's going to cause major instability in the economy, and in the whole of society. You can't forcefully shut down the private businesses of your political opposition like this, it's fascism. Posted by: ...

Obama Administration Continues Directive 10-289
The Jawa Report — ... . Miss Rand: "Point Two. All industrial, commercial, manufacturing and business establishments of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth remain in operation, and the owners of such establishments shall not quit nor leave nor retire, nor close, sell or transfer their business, under pentalty of the nationalization of their establishment and of any and all of their property. And if you donate money to the GOP... well, that's a nice dealership you've got there. It would be a shame if something happened to it. A Simpson's analogy seems apt here: The Obama Administration is Fat ...

The great Chrysler purge
dustbury.com — ... Apparently, among Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep dealers being given the axe, there are far more Republican contributors than Democratic contributors. Sample rhetoric: ...

Obligatory Obama-Closes-Chrysler-Dealerships-Over-Politics Post
Ace of Spades HQ — Obligatory Obama-Closes-Chrysler-Dealerships-Over-Politics Post I just can't buy this -- if true, it's politically suicidal, even with the media on his side covering for him. And it's not that I don't think that Obama is capable of this -- I just think that he'd only do this if the political advantage to be gained was commensurate with the exposure and downside. I don't see that here. ...

Chrysler Crony Capitalism?
Behind Blue Lines — ... dealerships. Dealerships, after all, cost Chrysler nothing and provide upstream revenue. Third, there’s some indication that Chrysler management didn’t make the closure decision. Rattner and his crew did. Finally, when we lay out the paperwork and see who got the chop, an interesting pattern emerges. The ones getting chop are all Republican campaign contributors. Small wonder that the fired dealers have hired Arnold & Porter to fight this out in the bankruptcy court.  Doug Ross at DirectorBlue has done yeoman’s work piecing together all the disparate threads (be sure to read ...

Dancing with the Dealers 3: Targeting GOP Districts
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... dealers in their areas are on the other. Both are in .PDF format. 2. An attorney for closed dealers deposed Chrysler president Jim Press and said that his impression is that the decisions of which Dealers will stay and which will go really wasn’t Chrysler’s, as the company is under considerable pressure from President Obama’s automotive task force. 3. Many of the Chrysler dealers on the closing list were heavy Republican donors. Some are sitting congressmen ...

News Flash: Car Dealers are Republicans (It's Called a Control Group, People)
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... Overall, 88 percent of the contributions from car dealers went to Republican candidates and just 12 percent to Democratic candidates. By comparison, the list of dealers on Doug Ross's list (which I haven't vetted, but I assume is fine) gave 92 percent of their money to Republicans -- not really a significant difference. ...

Dealergate: Mapping the Closures
Gateway Pundit — More Hope and Change... ** Earlier it was reported that the Obama Administration may have targeted GOP donors in deciding which Chrysler dealerships would have to close their doors. ** Last night it was discovered that a Big Dem Donor Group was allowed to keep all 6 Chrysler dealerships open.... And, their local competitors were eliminated by Obama's task force. ** The closings also tend to be in "Red" Counties where Obama lost. ** Even Rep. ...

Unreal. After Weeding Out GOP-Linked Dealers Chrysler Looking To Open New Dealerships!
Gateway Pundit — More Hope and Change... ** Earlier it was reported that the Obama Administration may have targeted GOP donors in deciding which Chrysler dealerships would have to close their doors. ** Last night it was discovered that a Big Dem Donor Group was allowed to keep all 6 Chrysler dealerships open.... And, their local competitors were eliminated by Obama's task force. ** The closings also tend to be in "Red" Counties where Obama lost. ** Even Rep. Vern ...

President Obama, Job Killer
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Hope & Change-- Car Czar Behind Chrysler Closings Married to Former Dem Party Leader
Gateway Pundit — More Hope and Change... ** Earlier it was reported that the Obama Administration may have targeted GOP donors in deciding which Chrysler dealerships would have to close their doors. ** Later it was discovered that a Big Dem Donor Group was allowed to keep all 6 Chrysler dealerships open.... And, their local competitors were eliminated. ** The Auto Task Force, which includes Obama cabinet members, is reportedly calling the shots on which dealerships will close and stay ...

New Winger Conspiracy Scandal "DealerGate"
The Political Carnival — ... The initial pass at the list of shuttered dealers showed they had donated, in the aggregate, millions to Republican candidates and PACs and a total of $200 to Barack Obama. ...

Numbers Need Context (the Chrysler Dealership Closing Brouhaha)
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — ... Overall, 88 percent of the contributions from car dealers went to Republican candidates and just 12 percent to Democratic candidates. By comparison, the list of dealers on Doug Ross’s list (which I haven’t vetted, but I assume is fine) gave 92 percent of their money to Republicans — not really a significant difference. ...

Is Obama Using Your Tax Dollars To Drive Republican Car Dealers Out Of Business?
Right Wing News — ... dealers contend the criteria being used to determine which dealerships survive is not clear and that many of those that are being closed in fact are profitable businesses, despite the current recession. At a minimum, there should be a congressional investigation into this and there should be a special prosecutor appointed to determine whether members of the Obama Administration are misappropriating taxpayer funds to reward campaign contributors. PS: To the best of my knowledge, Doug Ross was the person who originally broke this story and I wanted to give him the credit for ...

Reverse Discrimination? Chrysler Minority Dealers Disproportionately Spared vs. Dealer Group’s Expectations
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — "Dealergate" is a term referring to a collection of evidence indicating that dealership termination decisions at bankrupt Chrysler may have been based on factors other than maximizing the chances that the company, post-bankruptcy, will be viable and profitable. Josh Painter at RedState has a roundup focusing on what have been the primary concerns, which continue to be vetted by Doug Ross (here, here, here, and here), Joey Smith, and several others. Those concerns are is that dealers with records of supporting Republican ...

Dealergate 5: Chrysler’s Dealer Council Speaks
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Not owning any part of Chrysler are its former creditors. Doug Ross, who launched the Dealergate investigation, has ...

The Politics of Car Dealers
Firedoglake — ... Overall, 88 percent of the contributions from car dealers went to Republican candidates and just 12 percent to Democratic candidates. By comparison, the list of dealers on Doug Ross's list (which I haven't vetted, but I assume is fine) gave 92 percent of their money to Republicans -- not really a significant difference. ...

On Moon Landings, Michelle Malkin, P-Values, the Clintons, and the Magical Mystery Dealergate Conspiracy Theory
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... about the hypothesis, put forward by certain conservative blogs, that the Obama administration was systematically more likely to close Chrysler dealerships whose owners are significant contributers to Republican political candidates. As we noted, it's absolutely true that the owners of the closed dealerships donated disproportionately to Republicans. However, as one could have learned through a few minutes of ...

Texas Rep. Accuses Dems of Closing GOP-Donating Chrysler Dealerships (Video)
Gateway Pundit — ... that now that the cat is out of the bag democrats are expressing concern over the closing of dealerships. No wonder these democratic dealerships on the Chrysler National Dealer Council supported the closings: The ratio of donations for dealers that were shuttered was 42 to 1, GOP to Democrat. Again here is what we know so far-- ** Earlier it was reported that the Obama Administration may have targeted GOP donors in deciding which Chrysler dealerships would have to close their doors. ...