NBC's Meet The Press Interview With Then President-Elect Obama On Detroit Auto Bailout In December 2008

What he says and what he does are two differnet things. President Obama gave this interview in December 2008. He has now had 2 1/2 years to walk the talk and show Americans that he means what he says and says what he means. Believe me, I wish I could say that my American President was a person of integrity. Whether it was Barack Obama or anyone else holding that seat. Unfortunately, I'm still left deeply wanting.

President Obama has been claiming repeatedly since this interview that the federal government has no intention of running the automakers. To share his exact words with you (4:00), "We don't want government to run companies. Generally, government historically hasn't done that very well." Hmmm... really now Mr. President you sure fooled us. Here is an excerpt from a Washington Post article dated July 19, 2010: TARP auditor criticizes Obama administration's push to close auto dealerships.

The Obama administration's request that General Motors and Chrysler Group accelerate the closing of U.S. dealerships probably was unnecessary and may have added to unemployment, a government watchdog said.

In fact, after listening to this interview again, President Obama's entire response is about how we, meaning the government feels about how the automakers have been managing their corporations and production output. It's not the government's place to tell any industry how to run a corporation and what they should be producing. That should be a consumer choice. We, the general public, are the consumer en masse. If we are demanding more of a certain product, the company will adjust their output to meet that demand. If a product fails to meet consumer expectation, demand for that product will decrease and the company would have to decide if it is in their BEST INTEREST to stop producing it and create an alternative based on the consumers response. The government is meant to pass regulatory laws to prevent abuse of any kind and that is it. Oh and protect us from people or groups that intend to cause us harm.