We've known Mike Jackson to be a Republican with strong libertarian leanings and an all around great guy, however his appearance on CNBC Thursday brought his political views into a stronger light. Mike boasted of very strong sales of BMW and Mercedes automobiles last month and added, "I'm pleased to announce we did retailed 18,500 new vehicles, anincrease of 6% driven by a 27% increase in premium luxury, primarily Mercedes-Benz and BMW, so apologies to occupy wall street. And we had a very strong month with the domestic up 12%, driven primarily by a significant increase in pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. So apologies to global warming. So we can't seem to get it politically correct."
When it came to discussing the bailout of GM and Chrysler, Mike had this to say, "I still believe -- and it pains me to say this as a libertarian Republican, the economy was so bad in '08 and '09. unfortunately, there had to be government intervention. And i'm glad we have an American automobile -- i'm glad we have an American automobile today."
So, he's not gone quite the way of a full-blown Libertarian, as he is protectionist in his views, he is making progress. Someone hand the man a World's Smallest Political Quiz.
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