Sometimes Mr Obama is so incredibly, ridiculously obtuse and trenchant that he becomes nothing more than a parody of himself, and this is clearly one of those times.
I don’t even have to ask you the question, I’ll simply provide you with the answer up front: YES, Mr Obama IS this stupid.
From Politico.com:
PUEBLO, Colo. – President Obama, while villifying Mitt Romney for opposing the auto industry bailout, bragged about the success of his decision to provide government assistance and said he now wants to see every manufacturing industry come roaring back.
“I said, I believe in American workers, I believe in this American industry, and now the American auto industry has come roaring back,” he said. “Now I want to do the same thing with manufacturing jobs, not just in the auto industry, but in every industry.
“I don’t want those jobs taking root in places like China, I want those jobs taking root in places like Pueblo,” Obama told a crowd gathered for a campaign rally at the Palace of Agriculture at the Colorado State Fairgrounds here.
The proof:
Obama: “And GM is number one again.”
Really, Mr Obama? Let there be NO mistake: that would fall into the category of a bald-faced LIE.
Here’s the truth:
You know who came roaring back — but in truth never left? Why yes, that would be the Ford Motor Company, as they didn’t take a DIME of Mr Obama’s money. Because of this, does Mr Obama support and promote Ford?
No. Not Ford. GM.
Chrysler, in the meantime, was abandoned by Daimler and then purchased by Fiat.
Remember the dealerships? Remember the dealerships completely kicked to the curb? Remember the resulting hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of dealership employees and salesmen and service personnel who got kicked to the curb?
In fact, RACE played a role in the closure of dealerships:
The Obama administration, already under fire for unprecedented allegations of racial bias, faces a new bias claim from a most unlikely source: one of the administration’s own inspectors general.
[D]ealerships were retained because they were recently appointed, were key wholesale parts dealers, or were minority- or woman-owned dealerships. [Emphasis added.]
Somehow, conveniently, we seem to have forgotten these recent times so that we might hoist the Pretending Black Man into another presidential term.
Let’s talk about the Chevrolet Volt. The car that won’t sell. No matter the incentive. Because it won’t run more than 30 miles on its batteries. GM Volt purchases made by government?
Let’s talk about the mass purchases made by your federal government of GM. Because GM is protected and supported by the Obama administration.
Let’s talk about GM selling the fewest number of cars this year.
And about its June sales: to mostly FEDERAL agencies:
General Motors announced this month its auto sales increased by 16 percent in June, its best monthly sales gain since 2008. Considering all the company has been through, and the fact that it still owes taxpayers approximately $25 billion in TARP repayments, a 16 percent boost in sales sounds like good news, right?
Who knows? With consumers buying up all these cars, maybe GM can reestablish itself as an auto heavyweight, shareholders will finally get to see a return on their investments, and President Obama will have something to brag about on the campaign trail.
Not so fast.
As it turns out, there’s a big reason GM experienced an increase in sales last month: “government purchases of GM vehicles rose a whopping 79% in June,” according to the National Legal and Policy Center’s Mark Modica.
Seriously?
“Overall fleet sales (which are typically less profitable than retail sales) at Government Motors rose a full 36% for the month, helping to drive decent sales improvements year over year,” Modica reports.
GM now offers “financing” to sub-prime buyers.
Worst cars, worst financing?
To enable our predicament to occur all over again?
BZ
