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| Liberals Urged to Switch to Progressive Insurance | |
| 2005-02-24 | |
A group that wants "blue state" voters to patronize like-minded companies is making the case for having liberals switch auto insurance companies. In a press release, BuyBlue.org noted, "The chairman of appropriately named Progressive Insurance contributed over $68,000 to Democratic politicians in the last election cycle, including Howard Dean and groups like America Coming Together." Moreover, Buy Blue notes that Progressive Insurance Chairman Peter Lewis is "part of a joint venture with George Soros and Herb and Marion Sandler to fund progressive think tanks." Buy Blue says its mission is to make liberal voices "heard loud and clear, from board rooms across the country to Wall Street to Capitol Hill." According to Buy Blue, most auto insurers contribute to the "conservative war chest." It envisions a multi-million dollar shift, if liberals would only switch to Progressive. It's not clear if a liberal shift to Progressive might be offset by a conservative switch away, however.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #21 it's just one big pyramid scheme, isn't it? Soros just got in early. |
| Posted by: spiffo 2005-02-24 11:54:35 PM |
| #20 I heard someplace that GEICO is anti-gun. Can anyone confirm? Anyways, Allstate (my motorsickle) seems okay but nothing on Mercury (my four-wheeled contraption). |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-24 9:48:47 PM |
| #19 Progressive is cat poop. Yea your premiums are low but so are their pay outs. They avertise like hell on cable/satelite channels no one watches along with the weight loss and hair growth pills. I got something progressive for you right here Chris W. |
| Posted by: FlameBait 2005-02-24 9:46:56 PM |
| #18 Geico's ads are goofy-good, but 21st Century gives an engineer discount... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-02-24 9:19:21 PM |
| #17 Peter Lewis gave a heck of a lot more than $68,000. Top Individual Contributors to 527 Committees 2004 Election Cycle Rank 2 Peter Lewis Peter B Lewis/Progressive Corp Cleveland, OH $22,997,220 He was only $500,000 less generous to the Dems than George Soros. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-02-24 9:00:47 PM |
| #16 You idiot neocons - they give you THEIR prices AS WELL AS prices from their COMPETITORS! The choice is obvious! Die Gecko Die! BFD - get off yer dead behind and you too can find the same info. Oh wait - progressives like their information spoon-fed to them. I do hate those stupid GEICO commercials though... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-02-24 8:30:16 PM |
| #15 We're so progressive that we provide cash payments to families of but..as for the mommies and baby's in stroller victims, uh sorry, suicide bombings are an act of war. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-02-24 7:03:17 PM |
| #14 You idiot neocons - they give you THEIR prices AS WELL AS prices from their COMPETITORS! The choice is obvious! Die Gecko Die! |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2005-02-24 4:59:30 PM |
| #13 If they're really good liberals at Progressive they probably take your premiums but disallow all your claims. But they will sympathize... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-02-24 4:49:03 PM |
| #12 OK Dreadnaught, how about State Farm. Also Red though not as Red as Geico... Besides just cause Swami Warren invests in a company such as GEICO doesn't mean he influences policy, it means as all good mega-swami know, he knows they run it well and there is profit to be made. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-02-24 4:29:00 PM |
| #11 Before we start the Red state surge over to GEICO, it might be best to recall that GEICO is part of the Berkshire Hathaway group, whose head muckety-muck is Warren Buffet, who served on Kerry's economic advisory board. Mr. Buffet is certainly not a moonbat, but he ain't exactly on our side either. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2005-02-24 2:47:43 PM |
| #10 J D Power does give GEICO a very good rating, whereas Progressive is pretty much an also-ran, if you need any more incentive to switch. J D Power gave Amica the award in this category, but I'm not sure where their loyalties lie. |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-02-24 1:48:48 PM |
| #9 Time to short Progressive. |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-02-24 1:36:51 PM |
| #8 Conservatives can switch to Geico Maybe not, when they consider that GEICO stands for Government Employees Insurance Co. |
| Posted by: Spot 2005-02-24 1:28:56 PM |
| #7 So Progressive will end up with New Jersey, Conn., Mass, New York drivers. The worst in the country. That'll help their business. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2005-02-24 12:43:29 PM |
| #6 And it looks like Conservatives can switch to Geico (Lizard not withstanding)! Where is Allstate? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-02-24 12:11:56 PM |
| #5 "The chairman of appropriately named Progressive Insurance contributed over $68,000 to Democratic politicians in the last election cycle, including Howard Dean and groups like America Coming Together." Good money going after bad. Give them a wide berth. They are bad investors. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-02-24 12:01:59 PM |
| #4 Corrected |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-02-24 11:53:05 AM |
| #3 It's buyblue.org. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-02-24 11:17:16 AM |
| #2 Oops! BuyBlue.com is a computer company: Blue Mountain Technology. CNSNews stepped on it's, uh, keyboard. I wanted to look it up so I could see who NOT to buy from. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-02-24 11:05:54 AM |
| #1 This will hurt them far more than it will help them. Think Air America. Besides, who wants to belong to an insurance company associated with a ruthless profit-bandit like Soros. He's screwed many a little person before - for his own personal gain. I wouldn't be putting my life savings or security in the hands of a crowd like that....scary! |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-02-24 10:53:19 AM |