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May 28, 2009
Correction
I wrote earlier that Mankiw's Dead Granny Hates Judge's Spending Habits attack was the dumbest attack against anyone ever.
I was wrong.
Michelle Malkin and the wingnutosphere are claiming that most of the Chrysler dealerships being closed are owned by Republican donors. Dealership closures for political reasons. Yup. We all know how threatening those Republican car salesmen are to the White House's political agenda and they must be stopped!
Does this mean Malkin and the others support the ongoing investigation into the Bush administration's attorney firings? After all, U.S. attorneys are a little more important than guys who can sell the shit out of a La Baron.
Nate Silver debunks it with his hands tied behind his back. In short, because 88 percent of all car dealership owners are Republicans, it stands to reason that the closures will naturally impact more Republicans. Put another way, if the company that makes kitty litter boxes stops making them, it will impact more cats than dogs.
Filed under: Car Culture || Michelle Malkin || Wingnuts
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Posted By Bob Cesca | May 28, 2009 11:00 AM
Comments
Step One: Invent ridiculous, paranoid conspiracy theory that makes no real sense.
Step Two: Complain that MSM is not covering the story / refuses to find out the truth!
Step Three: Repeat
Posted by: cousinavi at May 28, 2009 11:49 AM
Nate Silver is right. I used to be a car salesman and every car dealership owner I met or knew, including my own, was a Republican. It is overwhelmingly Republican, as he says. Without ever seeing any numbers on it until now I would've thought it was about 90% or higher, so I was close. As usual Malkin fails to see the truth and is just a knee-jerk moron.
Posted by: ZIRGAR at May 28, 2009 11:53 AM
"As usual Malkin fails to see the truth and is just a knee-jerk moron."
But she goose-steps very smartly.
Posted by: ∇•B=0 Goddamn Silly Ratfaced Git ∇•D=ρ at May 28, 2009 12:05 PM
GIT: Yeah, she does do that well, looking sharp in her knee high black boots.
Posted by: ZIRGAR at May 28, 2009 12:12 PM
It seems the tin-foil hats have been passed to a new clan of conspiracy theorists.
Posted by: thespacecowboy at May 28, 2009 12:18 PM
88% of car dealership owners are republicans?
That explains a lot, like why they are always out to screw people over.
Posted by: J M Goddamn Ashby at May 28, 2009 1:34 PM
Holy shit. Really? God - get them while they last:
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/
Posted by: jenski42 at May 28, 2009 2:36 PM
Right, and it was Obama himself who decided which dealers to close.
Posted by: cynicalgirl at May 28, 2009 3:12 PM
And has anyone mention that had we had the pleasure of a McCain presidency, he would have had the automakers go bankrupt? No bailout. How much sooner would the dealerships have died?
Posted by: Broadway Carl at May 28, 2009 3:20 PM
"Michelle Malkin and the wingnutosphere are claiming that most of the Chrysler dealerships being closed are owned by Republican donors."
I hate to be the spoil sport, but this is a fact.
An overwhelmingly inarguable fact.
It's insane to believe there are intentional political scores being settled here, but the effects of dealership closures will likely harm Republican donors.
That sounds like a legitimate beef on fact alone.
But dealerships might not be closing if cars like my pre-9/11 mindset Ford Mustang didn't charge me $210 F-ing dollars for a replacement key recently!
Posted by: MrBrink at May 28, 2009 5:00 PM
I think that they should make the whole process public and show why they decided to close certain dealers. I am looking forward to seeing Obama's sunshine and transparecy on this one.
Posted by: Shakes The Clown at May 28, 2009 5:22 PM
I wonder if Nate can somehow quantify icky creep factor, wholly undeserved self-aggrandizement and 50 point IQ reptilian sales tactics and correlate them with how many of those types of car salesmen donated to Republicans.
My uneducated guess: 100%
(I wonder if Malkin has ever sold cars...hmmm...)
Posted by: 60th Street at May 29, 2009 11:49 AM
Hey all you Republican geniuses. The GOP voted against the bailouts. How many Republican car dealers would be closing today if they had gotten their way?
You welcome dumbasses.
Posted by: Chemical Ollie at May 29, 2009 12:26 PM
