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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 05:54 PM
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I am editing out my very ugly remark about Lee Iacoca.
Edited on Sun Aug-21-05 06:08 PM by Maddy McCall
I am sorry. It was a pot shot. :shrug: :(
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:00 PM
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1. Now, now - be nice.
He backed Kerry during the elections.

He knew the weed would ruin us. :grr:

:hi: :pals:

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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:05 PM
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4. Really?
He's just so..... OLD. Seems like I remember him reworking Chrystler when I was a kid, and he was old then. Maybe my memory's screwed up.

I didn't know that he was a Kerry supporter. I take it back.

:hi:
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:11 PM
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9. Check it out (and yes he is old)


Iacocca Changes Support From Bush to Kerry

7 minutes ago

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Four years after former Chrysler Corp. chairman Lee Iacocca cut ads supporting George W. Bush's election, he's switching alliances to presidential challenger John Kerry (news - web sites).

Iacocca decided to announce his endorsement in person at a Kerry speech Thursday on creating high-tech industry jobs in Silicon Valley.

Iacocca, 79, gained a reputation as a champion of innovation within the automotive industry. He oversaw the development of the Ford Mustang in the 1960s and later the minivan and electric vehicles while at Chrysler Corp. He is the chairman and founder of EV Global Motors Co., a Los Angeles-based firm that designs electronic bicycles.

In a television ad that aired in Michigan during the 2000 campaign, Iacocca criticized Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore (news - web sites) on automotive issues, contending that Gore's environmentally "extreme ideas" could cost autoworkers their jobs.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=643411


:hi:

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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:13 PM
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10. Alright. You got me.
He just gave me shivers when I was a kid. I think it was those windshield sized glasses. :D
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:22 PM
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12. LOL - oh, he is no saint - he made his fortune at Chrysler
and wrote book bragging about it, but he was a much more able CEO than anything out there today. And he did wise up and endorse Kerry because he recognized that Bush would destroy our economy.

:-)

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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:04 PM
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2. Compared to some of the CEO's nowadays like Ken Lay...
Lee Iacocca comes off as a saint.

And that's kind of sad that that comparison can be made.

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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:06 PM
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5. I take it back...
Lee looked like a spring chicken in that Chrysler commercial.

:hi:
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:04 PM
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3. awe, come on now. I like Lee! He's one of the last fair CEO's
in the BIG Corporate world.
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:07 PM
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6. Ok, Ok, but he's still ancient. :-)
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:08 PM
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7. but OLDER men are so ...
yummy!!


ok, maybe not REAL old, but somewhat older is GOOD!


:hi:
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:10 PM
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8. I like older men...just not so old that I have to hoist them onto...
the potty chair.


:silly: :hi:
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:16 PM
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11. hehe
:rofl:
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:44 PM
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13. It's okay Maddy. His glasses did make him look creepy.
:freak:

Mighty nice of you to edit! :hug:

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