Bill Looman, Georgia Business Owner, Draws Fire For 'Not Hiring Until Obama Is Gone'

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WACO, Ga. (AP) -- A west Georgia business owner has been deluged with calls and emails after posting signs on his company's trucks that say he's not hiring anyone until President Barack Obama leaves office.

Waco-based U.S. Cranes LLC owner Bill Looman tells WXIA-TV that reaction has been so intense he's had to disconnect his phones and temporarily shut down the company's website.

He posted the signs on his company's trucks for other motorists to see on roads and interstates across the South. The signs proclaim "New Company Policy: We are not hiring until Obama is gone."

Looman says he's not refusing to hire employees to make a political point. He told WXIA he can't afford to hire anyone because of the economy, and he blames the people in power.

Video below via WXIA.

Comments

[macman237]

01:08 AM on 12/08/2011

WHY is it when Libbberals complain it it's their "PATRIOTIC DUTY" but when Republican­s/Conserva­tives/Anyone else does it they're "traitors" "gun nuts", "racists" "haters" etc etc

HYPOCRITES.

[macman237]

11:55 PM on 12/07/2011

Once again, if you're not a Far-Left Ideologue, Minority or ILLEGAL Alien you're not allowed to have an opinion....

[Hiker54]

02:20 AM on 12/01/2011

Wonder if he can go another 5 years without hiring anyone?

[jlprt]

08:41 PM on 11/30/2011

This guy is a militia NUT! I can't believe anyone took him seriously in the first place (Well, we know Fox was happy to have him) He's a dangerous, racist, gun rallying, extremist

[BiggpussJr]

02:39 PM on 11/29/2011

Well it just goes to show that by owning a business it doesnt make you a smart man. With millions of people out of work a comment like that can only backfire. People who are unemployed dont care about politics they care about feeding their families. I have a feeling that he will wish he could get a bailout after this fallout.

[Darryl Von Rokk]

07:21 PM on 11/28/2011

Another liar!!

[Hoz Hoven]

06:42 PM on 11/28/2011

Looman has taken down his FB page. He's wilting under the glare of national attention. He only wanted to "preach to the (bigoted) choir".

[nowRnever]

05:57 PM on 11/28/2011

Well, bless his heart. Obviously he didn't think this through. And it appears to have backfired.

[chancefavors]

05:40 PM on 11/28/2011

Ask Not...
Looman is a very selfish man..

[chancefavors]

05:31 PM on 11/28/2011

Why do they hate America to the extent that they want to see her fail?The very thing they accuse the other of being, they tend to be the worst offender. If it's not my way, it's no way? America is changing. HAS changed..

Looman, this ain't your grandaddy's America.

[Handyman2]

05:08 PM on 11/28/2011

Republicans claim to own "patriotism", which presumably includes respect for the politcal process. However, when their candidate doesn't win, it's because he "cheated", or he's not legally entitled to hold office (birther) or his / her political agenda will bring about the destruction of the country. They love the country only when they are in charge of the country. This is same party whose poltical leader (McConnel) announced that the number one objective wasn't jobs, it wasn't recovering from the recession or ending the wars in Iraq and Afganistant, it was to make Obama a "one term President".


And people wonder why our political system has become incapable of solving problems. They don't want to solve problems, they just want the other guy to lose.....at all cost.

[Golfer59]

05:01 PM on 11/28/2011

This is still America and Bill Loomis can pretty do what he wants with "HIS BUSINESS"!! Jus like we can do what we money with our money. Are you following my logic here?

[drlouise]

06:00 PM on 11/28/2011

Yep! And people can still react negatively to Loomis and his actions and criticize him!

[mtdem4ever]

06:27 PM on 11/28/2011

Why are you all riled up? Of course he can do what he wants, just as we can ridicule him for doing so.

[macman237]

12:56 AM on 12/08/2011

Remember when America had a REAL President? LMFAO

[Justdontgetit]

04:45 PM on 11/28/2011

Hims needs to pull up hims panties and go home.

Maybe he's been spending too much time with his militia buddies and not enough time with his business.

[Marnie1]

04:22 PM on 11/28/2011

Bull Hockey, If he wanted to say "Can't hire becsue of the bad Obama economic policy," then that is what he would have said.
What he did say and is doing is punishing those who are suffering from the bad Bushie economic policies.

Which makes him a very stupid very mean person.

[CogitoErgoSum VA]

03:58 PM on 11/28/2011

I wonder how many of those complaints he received were from Repub politicians upset that he put their strategy out there in the open for everybody to see (not that they've really been hiding it, but they won't say it as blatantly as he did).