John Boehner on the success of the auto-industry bailout which saved millions of jobs.
“The administration’s auto bailout is nothing to celebrate,” said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican. “The model the White House should be touting is Ford, which, instead of relying on a taxpayer-funded bailout, saw trouble coming and made the tough decisions necessary to preserve jobs and weather the storm.”
What do you think about that, employees of GM?
According to John "Theres a Tear In My Beer" Boehner, your continued employment and job security is nothing to celebrate. And apparently neither is saving a distinctly American company which was founded in 1908. Nor is saving the countless number of dealerships and suppliers across the country which sell GM vehicles, parts, and maintenance.
What would John Boehner say if the Obama Administration had not rescued General Motors? He'd probably condemn the president for not acting quick enough. Or, he may simply say "So be it."
The Republicans are going to struggle in 2012 on this issue because so many of the jobs saved by the auto-bailout are located in Midwestern swing-states where Republican Governors are already hard at work ensuring that their eventual presidential nominee doesn't stand a chance.