Gangster Government: Republican Car Dealer Loses Dodge Dealership To Another Dealer In Same Town

Proof • June 16, 2009

There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding the closing of Chrysler dealerships, and it looks like that controversy may have landed in my back yard here in North Dakota.
According to CNN, one of the Chrysler dealerships closed in North Dakota was Cedric Theel, Inc. in Bismarck which until just recently was a Dodge dealer. Now Theel no longer sells Dodge (according to their website they’re apparently just a Toyota dealer now), but according to a Bismarck Tribune article today Chrysler has pushed another dealership in Bismarck to begin selling Dodge.

The Dodge franchise will have a new home in Corwin-Churchill Motors, Inc., the company announced today.
Bruce Whittey, owner of Corwin-Churchill Motors, announced that Chrysler wants the Bismarck Chrysler and Jeep dealership to move forward with adding the Dodge brand.
Corwin-Churchill will need to expand its parts and services department, said Whittey. They will invest in new equipment to be able to service the larger vehicles, Whittey said, and will add five to six more employees.

So why would Chrysler pull Dodge away from one dealer in Bismarck, North Dakota under the auspices of saving money and getting more efficient only to encourage another dealer in the very same city to take up Dodge?
I can’t fathom a reason except for political. Mr. Cedric Theel is a long time Republican political supporter. According to disclosures on the Secretary of State’s website, Theel has donated thousands of dollars to the re-election of Republican Governor John Hoeven and I’m told by other sources that he’s been supportive of other conservative/Republican causes.
I can’t find any specific political donations from Mr. Bruce Whittey, owner of Corwin-Churchill Motors (though there are some contributions from Whittey family members in Mandan to Democrat Joe Satrom’s campaign for Governor in 2004), so I can’t speak to his politics. But it does seem fishy, no? Especially in light of the dealerships controversy nationally?
A Republican political contributor loses his Dodge dealership to another dealer in the same relatively small town? Maybe this has nothing to do with politics, but that move certainly doesn’t match Chrysler and the Obama administration’s story about closing dealerships to make the company more efficient.
These are the sort of questions that arise when the government takes control of the private sector. Are the decisions being made in the best interest of the businesses and the economy? Or in the best interests of the party that just happens to control the government at the moment?

Tags: Domestic Issues, North Dakota News, Politics, War On Terror

http://Array Buzz

Rob knows why, he just chooses to blast Obama. It is common knowledge what Chrysler is doing by consolidating dealers, having them sell only Chrysler products. Note that he will not respond to you explanation, just move on to the next chance to jab at Obama.

Rob is a extremist, this is what extremists do. Make blanket false statements for the effect.
http://2mdh.blogspot.com/ C. Y.

My question is would this have happened without ObamaRama’s fingers in the cookie jar?
Jay Tea

One possible explanation is that Chrysler is trying to get as many of its dealerships to carry their full line, and the Chrysler-Jeep dealer might be more able to add Dodge than the Dodge guy could add Chrysler and Jeep.

Hate to say it, but going Toyota only might actually be a good move for the guy.

J.
dodgeman

i believe that when the story broke about theel losing the dodge brand he stated that it was only 25% if their sales anyway. and it never made much sense to me to have 2 seperate mopaar dealer in bismarck, because of the cross over among the mopar brands consolidating all three brands under one roof makes sense. now i will agree that a private bussinessman should be able to sell whatever he wants and that the government should not be involved whatsoever, but in my mind moving dodge to corwin churchill made some sense. on the subject of dealer closings http://www.allpar.com has an interesting article on just how much money it takes to support a dealership. it sure opened my eyes on the reality of the situation
Jay Tea

Er… well put, Terry!

J.
dodgeman

just checked allpar.com for the site it’s at http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2009/06/jim-press-attacks-dealer-myths/ just wanted to clear that up
TomTom

Nothing this slimbag, muslim Liar does surprises me.
http://www.mylingerieblog.net/ Lizbeth

While one would hope that politics did not enter into the decisions on which dealerships to close that would be rather naive. President Obama is a politician despite all the rhetoric that a vote for him was a “change” in the way politics is done in Washington. Far from it, under the guise of this mysterious and welcome change I believe that Obama is nothing more or less than anyone else to sit in the Oval office. He may have fooled most of the people into voting for him but time will tell. If it turns out these Chrysler closings were political will the mainstream press make the story front page or bury it. My instinct is to say it will be buried.
Terry

Note that he will not respond to you explanation

Wrong again Spuzz.

Rob is a extremist, this is what extremists do. Make blanket false statements for the effect.

By your definition Spuzz, this makes you an extremist.
Terry

To be fair, Rob, I think you are missing some of the pieces. To start with, Jeep, Chrysler, and Dodge will now all be sold under a single dealership (Corwin-Churchill). So if the purpose was to pare down the number of dealers, then Chrysler succeeded without losing any brands in Bismarck. Also, I recall reading in the local newspaper that Chrysler contacted Theel weeks ago and asked Theel if they wanted to be a Dodge dealer or a Toyota dealer. Theel chose Toyota. So I can’t help but wonder if Theel had the first opportunity to carry the Chrysler brands, albeit at the expense of losing the Toyotas. I’m not saying there wasn’t favoritism involved. I’m simply saying that it isn’t an obvious open-and-shut case.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Also, I recall reading in the local newspaper that Chrysler contacted Theel weeks ago and asked Theel if they wanted to be a Dodge dealer or a Toyota dealer.

You mean the Obama administraction contacted Theel, because that’s who is calling the shots.

And why can’t a dealer be both?

If Chrysler were merely a private company making a decision that’d be fine. But Obama is calling the shots now.
WOOFX

Saw the new Dodge on the street yesterday and snapped a picture.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

I’m not saying there wasn’t favoritism involved. I’m simply saying that it isn’t an obvious open-and-shut case.

No, not open and shut, but this shouldn’t be happening in America.

And I don’t see where this really makes Chrysler any more efficient. If Dodges were selling well at Theel, why shut Theel down?

The government shoudln’t be making these decisions. That the government is making these decisions opens the door to this kind of nonsense.

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