Gov. Perry Touts GM Plant as Place Where ‘Dreams Are Made’

[TexasTowelie]

ARLINGTON, TX -- The slick black 2015 Cadillac Escalade that Gov. Rick Perry screeched across the General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant floor was a far cry from the vintage Pontiac Chieftain that the plant first rolled out in 1954.

But present and the past converged on Tuesday as Perry joined local, state and congressional leaders in celebrating the facility’s six decade history in the community and the launch of several all-new, full-size SUV’s manufactured there.

“Dreams get made in this place,” Perry told plant employees, including several long-time workers who marked 50 years of service. “And it’s not just the dreams that roll off the assembly line floor. It’s the dreams that come true for a family.

“Continue making this place the envy of the country,” he said.

- See more at: http://myarlingtontx.com/2014/05/13/arlington-business-report-gov-perry-touts-gm-plant-as-place-where-dreams-are-made/#sthash.AuDz6xCr.dpuf

[font color=green]It's likely that the plant would be closed if the government had not loaned the company billions of dollars.[/font]

[randys1]

1. Rick Perry is an example of what humans should not be

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. I hope he wiped the shit off the

inside of his cowboy boots before he climbed into that shiny new Escalade.

[dem in texas]

3. This plant is still in Arlington because of Ann Richards

In the early 1990's, GM announced they were going to close either the Arlington or a Detroit plant. Ann Richards pulled out all her charm and persuasion to talk GM into keeping the Arlington plant open. She worked with the city official and they were successful and the plant stayed in Arlington and now has expanded. Ann didn't get all the credit for what she did like Perry did over the recent Toyota deal.

[white cloud]

4. Is this not one of those

Union plants the GOP always slams and tries to close?

[muntrv]

5. Didn't (P)Rick Perry oppose the GM bailout of 2009?