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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 09:34 AM
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Iacocca selling DeVos?
Edited on Wed Sep-20-06 09:38 AM by LuckyTheDog
Well, I guess that makes sense. Iacocca, afterall, gave the world the K Car. Thus, Iacocca has experience selling things that are uninspiring, under-powered and far from being the best choice in the marketplace.

Unfortunately, though, nobody has figured out how to design a minivan based on the same platform used to build Amway Dick. Thus, I think Michigan could end up selling out to the Germans even faster than Chrysler did.


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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 08:12 PM
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1. If you can find a better Gubernatorial candidate, then vote for HER.
Lido, I love you, but you've lost your mind.
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 08:18 PM
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2. And how can he say he hasn't given up on Michigan?
He lives in California, for goodness sakes!
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weeksbr1 Donating Member (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-23-06 12:11 PM
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4. Iacocca - Another Jobs Maker!
More like a jobs faker... though I wasn't even born yet, I seem to remember something about a huge layoff when Lee was in charge. Oh Dick, you've got quite the team campaigning for you.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-23-06 08:56 AM
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3. As the sister in law of a Chrysler Union employee I take offense.
I'm quite happy with our Ram and our Pacifica...

Devos is horrid on his own... Iacocca left Chrysler years ago. Welcome to 2006. :hi:
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 09:21 PM
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8. Did I mention the Ram or Pacifica?
Edited on Mon Sep-25-06 09:23 PM by LuckyTheDog
The point is that, like the K Car, Amway Dick is uninspiring, under-powered and far from being the best choice in the marketplace.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-26-06 11:53 AM
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9. I believe you mentioned Chrysler.
:eyes:
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blue4barb Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-23-06 02:22 PM
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5. I definitely take offense at Iacocca endorsing DeVos,
especially in light of the DeVos family/in-laws supporting the Ford Motor boycott.
I have written a couple of organizations trying to get info on a contact for Iacocca, but all I can find is his diabetes foundation. As a daughter of a life-long Ford Motor employee, I'd like to send him my "thoughts" on his TV ads for DeVos.

I did search Newsmeat for Iacocca's political contributions. I think among the most recent ones that showed was for a donation to Norm Coleman (MN). The few democratic donations were from many, many years ago. Someone on another thread said he supported Kerry in 2004, but I didn't see any financial contributions for him.
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steveranger Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 05:31 PM
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6. Frantic Devos???
Is it me, or has anyone else noticed that the clips of Devos in this ad make him appear frantic, rushed, crazed?

Scary!!!
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hickman Donating Member (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 07:06 PM
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7. The big three know how to design a minivan the same way,
but they can't. They have to answer to stock holders. Greasing the skids with a ton of money and entitlements doesn't necessarily make a good van, and really pisses off the stock holders for the wasted money once the public realizes what a sham of a vehicle it is.
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