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RUSH: Frank in Harbor Springs, Michigan, welcome to the EIB Network, sir. You are next.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes. Rush, thank you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s an honor to talk to you. I\u2019ve been a longtime listener, and I\u2019m a retired systems engineer for Ford Motor Company. As such I\u2019ve survived a number of fairly major recalls but I do find it interesting the way both the government and the media are continuing to bash Toyota. You know, they seem to be going after them with continued gusto. In fact, today I hear that there are Democratic demands for congressional investigations, which I\u2019m sure will be televised. But I haven\u2019t heard anyone in the media mention the fact that Toyota, who currently operates five assembly plants in the US, has no UAW members in any of the plants. Just wondering. I find it interesting. I know you were talking earlier about the way Obama kind of takes care of his buddies in the UAW and I\u2019m just wondering if you think it\u2019s possible that Ron Gettelfinger maybe could have been a recent visitor or guest at the White House?<\/p>\n

RUSH: What do you think?<\/p>\n

CALLER: (laughing) <\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing) <\/p>\n

CALLER: I think it\u2019s a rather distinct possibility.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I think your instincts on this are pretty on. I think your instincts are right. Look, they own General Motors and Chrysler. They\u2019re using the power of government ownership here to go after a competitor on the basis the competitor is killing its customers, and, (sigh) yep, they\u2019re not unionized. It\u2019s out there for one and all to see. This is Chicago thug politics.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s interesting, too, that Toyota did have a unionized plant at the Fremont, California, NUMMI facility and they announced late last year that they were going to mothball the plant. That\u2019s the one that they inherited from General Motors — and, as such, inherited a bunch of GM UAW workers along with it. But that was their highest cost assembly plant, and that was the reason given for their shutting it down this year.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I think your instincts are right on the money here. I mean, there\u2019s no question that that\u2019s what this is all about. In addition to taking slams at a competitor. No question whatsoever. Look, I\u2019m glad you called out there, Frank. Thanks very much. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: Back to our caller, I think his name was Frank from Ford Motor Company talking about the government and UAW. The US government, I saw it on Fox, US government, which is GM, Chrysler, and the UAW, I mean that\u2019s who this is now, GM, Chrysler, Obama, and the UAW demanding to know what Toyota knew and when did they know it regarding the brake problems and all these recalled cars. And according to Fox, Obama, GM, Chrysler, and the UAW are demanding that Toyota hand over all related documents to them. Now, this clearly, ladies and gentlemen, is harassment. There are literally hundreds of car recalls every year. We almost never hear about them in the news. You know, more people die from lightning strikes than have died in Toyotas, and if they could unionize lightning strikes I\u2019m sure they\u2019d do it. Maybe they should because they\u2019d never happen then. But all of a sudden Toyota being attacked by the UAW for plant closings like the one out in Fremont, California, and for trying to avoid hiring union workers, suddenly they\u2019re getting all of this attention from our government, which — (laughing) — is in partnership with the UAW in the car business. Holy smokes! I know I got a smile on my face but sometimes that\u2019s all you can do. This is hideous. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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