Showing posts with label Rick Wagoner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rick Wagoner. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Coincidence? I Think Not



Surprise, surprise. Turns out that under GM CEO Rick Wagoner, who Obama finally told to scram after thirty god-awful years ruining America's largest automaker, the GOP was busy raking in the big bucks. Ca-ching!

Wagoner, who joined GM in 1977, has had a senior role in GM management since 1992, before becoming CEO of the company in 2000. It is Wagoner's brilliant leadership and vision during this golden, eight-year reign that helped steer GM away from the lame-o hybrids and fuel efficient cars nobody wants to instead focus on more practical, everyday vehicles like Hummers, perfect for carpooling the kids to soccer practice or taking out terrorist sleeper cells in Iraq!

But it's not just GM execs who profited from Wagoner's impressively inept tenure at the helm of General Motors. Republicans did quite well themselves.

From the time Wagoner took over as CEO in 2000, through the end of last year, GM and its Political Action Committee (PAC) contributed almost $2 million to Republican candidates and organizations, compared to just $815,000 to Democratic ones.

Well cry me a river. Maybe instead of complaining for once, the Dems should try asking their best friends over in the autoworkers union to help make up the difference.

Oh, wait...What's the country code for calling China again?


RIP: 1908-2009

Monday, March 30, 2009

Obama To GM CEO: "Hit The Road, Rick!"


Rick Wagoner, He Gone!

Presidential bully Barack Obama's reign of terror against the humble, hard-working CEO's of the auto industry continued over the weekend.

The latest casualty of his war on greed was none other than
General Motors' CEO Richard Wagoner, whose high-rolling, eight year tenure ushering in the collapse of the GM empire came to an unceremonious close on Sunday.

Apparently,
Mr. goody two-shoes in the White House thinks there should be some consequences to keeping your failed industry afloat on the suckered public's (endless) dime.

Which is why, this time, Obama's decision to honor GM's latest request for $16.6 billion more in emergency federal aid comes at a price: CEO Rick Wagoner's god damn head!