Gas Station TV — More Obama Socialism
Apparently, Sen. Obama thinks that private companies don’t have the right to choose who they do business with. His campaign was arranging to advertise on gas pumps in Florida through a company called Gas Station TV. The ad was going to talk about how Sen. McCain had voted against higher gas mileage standards and how Sen. Obama had proposed to give everybody $1,000 of the oil companies’ money. Well, it seems that Gas Station TV’s CEO, David Leider, decided, before the deal was finalized, that he didn’t want to run the ads. The Obama camp responds with this
It looks like Gas Station TV doesn’t want the American people to know about Senator Obama’s plan to offer working families a $1,000 energy rebate that would be funded by a tax on oil company profits.
You know what? Its up to Mr. Leider and Gas Station TV what they want the American people to know about. They invested their time and their money to build this company and, by God, they can do with it as they please. As long as they are not breaking the law, they can advertise or not advertise about whatever they choose! Its their company! Sen. Obama has the same right that I have in regards to this… if I don’t like the advertising they are showing or other decisions that they are making, then I can quit buying gas at the stations where they advertise; that is how the free market works… we vote with our dollars!
Sen. Obama seems to think that Mr. Leider chose not to air the ads because of pressure from the oil companies. Mr. Leider says he just doesn’t want to get involved in politics. I don’t know, but I do know this… it doesn’t matter! Its his choice; its his company; its his customers; this is America for Pete’s sake! Even if he did think that running an ad that was less than helpful to his customers, the oil companies, was a bad idea, does that make him evil? No, it makes him a good businessman. Should ABC (owned by Disney) have to advertise about Universal Studios or Six Flags? And, besides, its his choice and, as long as its legal, the government should have no say in it!
People, this Socialist wants to be our President! Do you want him deciding what you can see on television? Do you want him to make business decision for your company? This guy gets scarier every day…