Arnold Hypothesizes POTUS Told U.S. Automakers To Go Along With New Enviro Regs for Federal $

Who's going to buy a Chinese made car? I won't!

It's our buying foreign made products that is helping China to beef up their armies, and putting US citizens out of work.

Once the government gets through with the auto mfgs., no one will be able to afford a car.

Plus, government is putting a lot of other businesses in danger of shutting down, that are related to the auto business.

RV's, RV parks, their suppliers, Steel industry, etc.

Be on the lookout for more job losses, while China gets all the jobs and fuel resources in the world.

Looks like the idiot got caught on a related issue. Some of the pension funds which by law were guarenteed to be the first to get their money from Chrysler that the idiot called greedy and ignored the law have now filed suit to stop the bankruptcy and demand that the law be followed. The sooner we get rid of this idiot the better off we will be, he has no clue about anything and is quickly spending this country into bankruptcy.

Why are we continually screwing American business. We have suffering car companies so we shove a new CAFE standard down their throats. Then Obama wants to hit manufacturers with the cost of Cap and tax for using energy in production. It's estimated up to 4800 people will die a year from these new CAFE standards because the cars will have to be lighter and more dangerous. Just who are we looking out for here? Americans? I don't think so.

KM - a increase in fuel economy is a great thing. All automakers can and should make it happen. All automakers SHOULD have done this before now. The foreign automakers are more agile with their R&D and should have no problem.

Union officials did not carry the labor vote in Mich., Ohio, & Ind. key to obamas securing the presidential election. The rank & file did it. Now we have the big doublecross - cars coming in from china, with "0" UAW labor,at a 25% less overall cost.

"If Mr. Obama told the foolish, short-sighted auto makers that bailout would require higher MPG, then good for him!"

Small thing your missing is that the law applies to all auto manufacturers, US, German, Japanese... most of which did NOT get bailout money, including Ford.

If Mr. Obama told the foolish, short-sighted auto makers that bailout would require higher MPG, then good for him! I doubt anything less would encourage these dinosaurs from driving toward extinction.

POTUS intertwining and collusion in the auto industry must be unconstitutional.
It seems that he is chief cook and bottle washer.. touching every facet of a bankruptcy, industry regulation, personnel.. if I was a nervous type, I would be very frightened.

This is definitely a page out of FDR's book.

"He needs to stick with trying to dig out his own State before he starts speaking for the President..."

I think Obama took over that responsibility when he told the government what he can and cannot do with the state budget after they took the bailout money. Seems the Governator doesn't have much else to do except banter about the defacto Governer of California, Supreme Governer Obama.

"At least Ford is doing it the good old American way. On their own."

I would have to agree. Ford went to the UAW and worked out some cost cutting measures. Ford also saved up a nest egg for a rainy day that they are using now. Ford has done the right thing and should be applauded for it. All at the same time increasing their customer satisfaction rating and quality control. Maybe Ford should be running the country...

Think I'll buy a Ford next.

It seems to me that Arnold is trying to stir things up between the President and the automakers. He needs to stick with trying to dig out his own State before he starts speaking for the President or for that matter the Automakers and Michigan!!!

At this point, buy anything that is not made by the two government motors companys..formerly GM and Chrysler.

At least Ford is doing it the good old American way. On their own.

"And when GM factories in the US start up again, employing Americans to make cars to sell in America, shall we just add this to your list of fantasies about how Obama is evil?"

The fantasy is assuming that Americans will continue to BUY cars from GM and Chrysler, whose businesses have been totally horked up by Obama and the unions. Billions in wasted bailout money (that we still have to pay for) and now the inevitable bankruptcies that should have occurred in the first place. Brilliant.

Toyota or Honda will be getting my future business.

Isn't it funny how America is the land that promotes competition - whether it's a brand of butter, a car, a football or a basketball team. Yet Americans observe our giant US auto competitors turning to Washington to bail them out. We see giant monopolistic banks and insurance companies and mortgage companies doing the same thing. Imagine Jordan or Lebron or Kobe doing such a thing. The game is over. They lost fair and square. These companies can hardly be called "American" - these giants, with all their anti antitrust conspirators in Washington and all the barriers to entry, make a mockery and a joke of the American way. Truly pathetic. You won't catch me driving their cars or banking in their banks -- you can bank on that.

Gibbs rejected that the billions in bailout dollars had anything to do with the decisions by General Motors and Chrysler to go along with today's announcement.

- We agree Gibbs but don't you want to court Arnold too? On the stuff he does know about hes great. On the stuff he doesn't know about like this us Democrats can teach him.

It's entirely possible!

At least Arnold was being honest. Gibbs "Obama did not bow to the Saudi king"..."getting the car companies to agree had nothing to do with the fact that we gave them $15 billion". What a joke!

Can't get too excited. There are plenty of other car makers out there: BMW, Mercedes Benz, Audi, Ford, not to mention Toyota and Nissan and Hundai. We can do without GM and Chrysler, although I will truly miss the Cadillac.

"That really sums up the right wing, forget facts and listen to my heated rhetoric."

Yeah, like forget Rasmussen.

Arnold can us Democrats adopt you? Maybe future Obamacan? Arnold please think about this.