In another potential blow for the president’s Ohio reelection campaign, Jeep, the rugged brand President Obama once said symbolized American freedom, is considering giving up on the United States and shifting production to China.
Such a move would crash the economy in towns like Toledo, Ohio, where Jeeps are made and supplied, and rob the community of the economic security they thought Obama’s auto bailout assured them.
Obama is such a fan of Jeep that he included a picture of himself speaking at the Toledo plant in his newly released second term agenda binder. In his address to the plant in 2011, Obama said, “I just took a short tour of the plant and watched some of you putting the finishing touches on the Wrangler. Now, as somebody reminded, I need to call it the ‘iconic’ Wrangler. And that’s appropriate because when you think about what Wrangler has always symbolized. It symbolized freedom, adventure, hitting the open road, never looking back.”
Well it appears that the taxpayer bailed-out Chrysler is looking back and now considering cutting costs by shifting production of all Jeeps to China, which has a strong desire for Jeeps.
If the Italians and Communist Chinese go through with this, may Jeep go down the toilet! How DARE they do this to an American Icon! Remember folks, they have not made the same mistakes that the Soviets did. I don’t care how Nationalistic and Capitalistic they purport themselves to be…they are still Communists!
I have, of course, placed my opinion of this move on the graphic above…so that the Communist Chinese can read it. It will not take a Rocket Scientist to figure it out.
Tags: Fiat, Guangzhou Automobile Group, Jeep
