I read this yesterday (It’s been updated since) and sort of agreed with AllahPundit that it wasn’t enough to make a case. Even this seems like it could be explained away rather easily:
During the 2008 Presidential Election, they gave:* $7,150 to John McCain
* $2,300 to Gov. Mitt Romney
* $500 to Gov. Mike Huckabee
* $1,950 to Sen. Hillary Clinton
* $0 to Pres. Obama
I have changed my mind. There is a smoking (at least smoldering) gun. When a big supporter and a Chief of Staff to a former Democrat President escape the axe AND have every bit of competition eliminated in a 20 mile radius, it’s a eyebrow-raiser.
When it happens 6 times in a row, that’s just plain nuts.
The interesting part is who the three main owners of the company are. The owners are Steve Landers (long-time car dealer, 4th-generation dealer), Thomas “Mack” McLarty (former Chief of Staff for President Clinton), and Robert Johnson (founder of Black Entertainment Television and co-owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats). Landers has given money to Republicans in the past, but McLarty campaigned for Obama in 2008, and Johnson has given countless amounts of money to Democrats over the years.* Bolding mine
They told me that if I voted for John McCain that the economy would devolve into “crony capitalism” and only the politically connected would be allowed to prosper… AND THEY WERE RIGHT!
(with apologies to Prof. Reynolds)
UPDATE: Major props to the SNL crew for seeing this coming
