#1 automotive reason why I hate Democrats: They murdered Pontiac

A lot of people (usually idiot Democrats that blindly believe anything Obama and the Media tell them) think I'm nuts when I told them that the government killed off Pontiac. Well, if they won't believe me, perhaps they'll believe former GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz...

"The Feds basically wanted to get GM down to Cadillac and Chevrolet."

"I wanted, badly wanted, to keep Pontiac, because Pontiac was on its way back, and it had been mismanaged for a number of years, you know, with 'rebuild excitement,' and the excitement was only in the plastic body cladding..."

"We were embarked on a strategy of making Pontiac different from the rest of GM in that Pontiac wouldn't get any front wheel drive cars, they would all be rear-wheel drive, and the next G6, was going to use the architecture of the Cadillac ATS, it was going to be a 3-series sized rear-wheel Pontiac, with basically the Cadillac ATS 'de-premiumized,' obviously, a lot of the cost taken out, but still fundamentally that architecture."

"...but the Feds said "yeah, let's just, how much money have you made on Pontiac in the last 10 years?" and the answer was "nothing." So, it goes. And, when the guy who is handing you the check for 53 billion dollars says I don't want Pontiac, drop Pontiac or you don't get the money, it doesn't take you very long to make up your mind."

Sources:

http://jalopnik.com/the-feds-killed-pontiac-bob-lutz-says-1452735716

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4fsxqeVV_c

And that is why you DON'T make deals with the Devil from that Hell that is the District of Columbia. They didn't know anything about cars and could not see the potential that Pontiac had coming in the next few years. Like the accountants that had run (and badly mismanaged) GM in the 1980's and 1990's, they were only worried about the cash being generated and NOT the product.

And that, above all else, is the #1 reason why I wish Barack Obama and his ilk would die from a combination of Pancreatic and Testicular Cancer. If Pontiac were around today, my next car might have come from them instead of another Buick or Chevrolet. (Not that I have anything against owning another Bowtie or the fine automobiles from the Tri-shield division...)

Now, thanks to these idiots, there will never be another Firebird, GTO, Solstice, Grand Am, Grand Prix, Bonneville, Tempest, Star Chief or any of those other great cars that made Pontiac the 'Excitement Division' in years past. Thanks a LOT, Democrats. As usual, you go out of your way to destroy anything associated with America, Freedom or Fun. I hope you all choke.

- Lord Publius