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In the discussion thread: #Sensata tweets claiming that President Obama has shares [View all]

Response to justiceischeap (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 11:59 AM

6. Obama does, as a State Pensioner, BUT...

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Illinois state employees are invested (with their pension fund) in Sensata, and the President served in Illinois as a state senator.

BUT...

We're NOT telling folks to divest from the company... which is the only thing President Obama could possibly do, owning so little interest in the company.

Divesting from the company is, in fact, the LAST thing we want to see.

We want the plant in Freeport to stay in Illinois and remain a profitable American company.

President Obama's stake in the company is probably less than 1% of 1%, while Mitt Romney controls a full 51%.

That's why we're badgering the Massachusetts Governor instead of the former Illinois state senator.

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33 replies	Author	Time	Post
#Sensata tweets claiming that President Obama has shares [View all]	justiceischeap	Oct 2012	OP
Big difference between that being part of his portfolio that he probably doesn't even know about	tarheelsunc	Oct 2012	#1
I agree but we should be aware that this is happening.	justiceischeap	Oct 2012	#2
This, exactly	Dem2TheCore	Oct 2012	#4
Very true, but let's hope the unwashed masses understand that difference.	City Lights	Oct 2012	#15
Obama's money is in a state retirement plan.	TwilightGardener	Oct 2012	#3
Just because he has shares in the company, HE didn't decide to outsource the co. to China.	Lex	Oct 2012	#5
Obama does, as a State Pensioner, BUT...	OneAngryDemocrat	Oct 2012	#6
Come on...Obama has no control over a fund administered by somebody else. nt.	OldDem2012	Oct 2012	#7
Nuance is lost on some	Floyd_Gondolli	Oct 2012	#22
They're faulting the pension for investing in an Illinois company?	Barack_America	Oct 2012	#8
I think, they think, it's a tit for tat scenario	justiceischeap	Oct 2012	#11
The right will always be fools because they have no desire not to be.	Barack_America	Oct 2012	#19
Exactly. It was an American company	Lex	Oct 2012	#13
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	rainanna 14	Oct 2012	#9
Someone is scared. Kind of like, 'Biden was mean to Ryan'	Dawgs	Oct 2012	#24
When the state retirement fund bought shares in it, it WASN'T being dismantled and moved to China	Lex	Oct 2012	#10
started by Michelle Malkin	riverwalker	Oct 2012	#12
Well that explains a lot! eom	City Lights	Oct 2012	#18
"..SEIZE THE NARRATIVE. CARPE NARRATIVE."	formercia	Oct 2012	#33
Idiots who don't know the difference between controlling interest & shares in employees pension fund	we can do it	Oct 2012	#14
I think if any of us are on Twitter though, we need to push back on this meme.	justiceischeap	Oct 2012	#17
Feel free to do whatever you want to defend against an "issue"....	OldDem2012	Oct 2012	#23
I don't think it's a waste of time. It sure has the Republicans worried	Lex	Oct 2012	#25
They saw the size of the Anvil coming at them	formercia	Oct 2012	#27
If they vote, they need to be informed of that difference for the sake of the rest of us.	drm604	Oct 2012	#28
Have you tried explaining anything to anyone who watches and believes FauxNoiz?	we can do it	Oct 2012	#31
I see that as the state of Illinois supporting a local company	Lone_Star_Dem	Oct 2012	#16
"state retirement plan"	Avalux	Oct 2012	#20
....	rainanna 14	Oct 2012	#21
OK...	Rider3	Oct 2012	#26
It was the Pension Fund that Obama is a beneficiary to.	formercia	Oct 2012	#29
Of course, there are bullshit tweets like that.. this is WAR	Cha	Oct 2012	#30
..and Michelle Malkin is Tokyo Rose.	formercia	Oct 2012	#32

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