We were hoping to see some begging on Capitol Hill last night, like when Hank Paulson dropped to his knees in front of Nancy Pelosi and was rewarded with 700 billion dollars. However, we saw no such thing out of Alan Mulally, Bob Nardelli and Rick Wagoner – nor did we see anything that resembled anything at all other than entitlement. As Jason just posted, they blamed the economy, the unions, sunspots, whatever – everyone but themselves.
Caroline B just sent me this link that shows the heads of fail of the Medium 3 getting out of their private jets in DC, even. No, they can’t possibly bear to fly coach, or even first class – or, G*d forbid, DRIVE ONE OF THEIR OWN CARS to the Hill – it’s Gulfstream G4′s all the way, baby. (Apparently GM owns EIGHT of them.)
Maybe $25 billion isn’t worth contrition any more, but we don’t want to believe that. Hopefully, one of these characters will get down on his knees and sob like a little girl before this is over. That brings me to a new POLL – whom do you think is capable? Alan Mulally, because he’s used to being the Ford family’s whipping boy? Bob Nardelli, whose pride is broken after being steeped in Home Depot fail? Or maybe Rick Wagoner simply because GM is in the most dire straits?
Jason // Nov 19, 2008 at 8:44 am
I suspect Chris Dodd will be the first to cry, tearfully apologizing to the Three Horsemen of the manufacturing apocalypse for ever doubting them and for making them wait for their blank check.
EM // Nov 19, 2008 at 8:59 am
Definition of Irony:
Both Ford AND General Motors banner adz on the right hand side of the page. LOL!
Lolo, ESQ // Nov 19, 2008 at 9:14 am
WHERE IS LOLFED ON BANDIT REPLACING YANG ON CRAMER’S WALL OF SHAME
Jason // Nov 19, 2008 at 9:15 am
LOLFED DOES NOT CARE WHAT CRAMER SAYS BECAUSE CRAMER IS FUNCTIONALLY RETARDED
mr3 // Nov 20, 2008 at 1:09 am
wagoner wins, that vote is chock full of win. gonna go close my eyes now and dream of him in his band uniform leading the march to gofuckyerself land, with the rest of the us auto industry and all the failbanks and the mortgage defaulters in tow. while i’m at it, i might as well dream of ron paul holding a white house press conference wishing them well.
mary // Nov 23, 2008 at 10:04 am
When I clicked on the video on the other site, there was an ad for Chevy trucks with a southerner telling me how the F-150 was perfect for American families. I didn’t realize it was an ad at first, since it looked like the sort of thing that you’d use to editorialize before talking about how the car companies just don’t get it.
Ugh.
I’m hoping that they tie any future GM/Ford/whatever bailout to a rise in the CAFE or emissions standards. I’ll give ‘em $25b if they just stop making stupidly big cars.