Chrysler's 'hit list' targets GOP donors

Dealers who give to Republicans much more likely to be shuttered.

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Arlen Specter must be a silent partner in a Chrysler Store.

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Pete E. Kruzer
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The conclusion that the article is suggesting *may* or *may not* be true. It shows how statistics can be abused. For example: What if Chrysler dealership owners across the board tend to donate to Republican candidates - IOW 90/10 statistic of the closed dealerships may in fact be *true*, but it may be that it's statistically 90/10 Repub/Dem donations for *all* Chrysler dealerships - ones that are bing closed and ones that are not being closed.

I'm not saying that that is necessarily the case, but without giving all the statistics to establish that other part of the picture (i.e., what was the Repub/Dem giving ratio of the dealerships that are remaining open?), the article is being nonscientific at best, dishonest at worst.

It's kind of like saying: "30% of accidents involving injuries or fatalities involve drinking. That means that 70% of such accidents do not involve drinking - *THEREFORE* the roads would be safer if people made a point of driving while drinking.

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Bill Putney

Shut down the stealerships and a Republican connection is coincidental.

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News

Bill is, of course correct -- the presentation of the story is a huge red flag. And surprise, surprise: "News Flash: Car Dealers are Republicans (It's Called a Control Group, People)"

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Joe Pfeiffer

No, it's a CONSPIRACY.

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Dori A Schmetterling

It's widely stated that, in general, business owners and executives tend to be (or to vote) along republican lines.

If this holds for dealership owners, then I would expect that more of the dealerships to be closed would be owned by republicans vs democrats. This downturn in the economy in general would seem to hit republicans especially hard if business owners or exectives tend to be republican vs democrat.

I believe that most demographic studies tend to show that democrats (or liberals) tend to concentrate in urban areas while republicans (or conservatives) tend to be found moreso in rural areas. If so, then again this wave of GM and Chrysler dealership closings seem to be focused on low volume dealers and/or to dealerships located in sparsely populated areas (ie rural areas).

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MoPar Man

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