Obama initiates Car Wars
Barack Obama wants to talk about the Issues That Matter.
Issues like John McCain’s inability to send e-mail.
And issues like…the McCain family’s cars:
Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign hit Republican John McCain today over his family’s ownership of foreign cars, saying it would air a TV ad in Michigan highlighting McCain’s statements on buying American.
But the ad, which accuses McCain of misleading Michigan voters by saying he’s bought American vehicles “literally all my life,” doesn’t say that of the 13 vehicles owned by the McCain family, only one is registered to McCain himself – a 2004 Cadillac CTS built in Lansing.
The 12 other vehicles include a 2005 Volkswagen convertible, a 2001 Honda sedan, a 2007 Ford half-ton pickup and three Gem neighborhood electric vehicles – essentially road-worthy golf carts built by a Chrysler subsidiary.
All part of Obama’s laughable “Buy American” posturing.
The Democrats will spread the word about this Issue That Matters with two events in Michigan today to “highlight the McCain’s family vehicles, as well as events in Missouri and Wisconsin.”
Just a reminder of what Obama was driving before he was hoisted by his enviro-sanctimonious petard. From May 2008:
There he goes again. Barack Obama is lambasting Detroit’s Big 3 automakers again for manufacturing SUVs. He attacked the car companies over the weekend for making the “mistake” of investing in SUVs and large trucks instead of producing more fuel-efficient vehicles. Obama also bragged about his Big 3- bashing speech a year ago that delivered “the kind of truth-telling we need from the next president.”
A truth-telling reminder of the gas-guzzling car Obama himself was driving before eco-hypocrisy caught up with him:
Chrysler 300C
Output: 340 hp, 390 lb-ft
EPA fuel economy, city/highway: 17/25 (17/24 AWD)His fancy wheels got less than the standard 27 mpg that he now whines is too low.
After his do-as-i-say-ism was exposed, he traded in his beast for a Ford Escape Hybrid.
But on the campaign trail, to this day, it’s still the bigger the better.
Obama’s eco-hypocrisy emission standard: High.
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Be nice to Her Worship. She’s converting her car to run on natural gas because it’s not a fossil fuel.
Now, she is leadership you can believe in. Whenver she speaks, I feel like a Martian listening to Slim Whitman.
Maybe. Christmas is coming up soon
Agreed. Michelle is the one with the ban-hammer in hand though. I know she would not want the leftoons to make leaps of assosciation from one comment here, which would be bad for all of us.
Nice to see you back around here, Navywife91! We love our military families, and salute you.
My 65 Ford 250 Camper Special has well over 400K on it-2nd drive train and still running-nephew drives it. My 85 Ford 150 is going strong–over 300K son drives it and I am now diving a 2005 Ford 150–no problems so far.
But then we had a 1980 Ford Granada that got half it’s millage on the service rack. Go figure.
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Hey Obama-Want to see a Bitter American?
Look at your wife.
We sold a 1975 ford F150 last year that is still running and had over 300,000 miles on it.
Let’s also point out that the 300c is assembled in Brampton, Ontario.
Or you can go with FIAT.
Fix It Again Tony!!
http://www.americanarmed.blogsot.com
My hubby and I are both proud Americans and conservative (in MA if you can believe it) and we both drive Toyotas. Great gas mileage and they never break down. If Detroit ever gets around to making something as nice as the Camry for around $20k we’ll buy one. Until then I’m sticking with my beloved “rice burner.”
So tell us sausage, what is the quota on how many cars a family of 9 can own?
and you don’t have to drill for it!
Ditto! Of course I’d like to buy American, but if American autos (or any other consumer product, for that matter) isn’t what I want/need, well made, and reasonably priced, then I’ll look elsewhere – I’m willing to pay more for a better product, just to be clear on that point.
Do you think Detroit is listening? Build it, and they will buy…
snausage:
If they have 2 cars at each house they still come up one short. Or perhaps snausage would rather have them fly their cars to each house when they travel there.
It’s just like a liberal though, to decide what you can own and how many.
Many luxury cars are designed and manufacted in the US now: BMW, Mercedes, Chrysler, etc.
Many of the highest performing (best warranty, longest lifespan,ability to maintain value, etc.) cars (and especially the engines) are manufactered in the US now: Toyota, Honda, etc.
The vast majority of “everyday” American cars vastly outperform European high performance vehicles: The Ford F150 pickup truck can outrun a Porche, Chryslers are more nimble, more powerful and more agile than a Bentley, Lincolns (and Chryslers) can outperform BMWs on a rally course…the list goes on.
Foreign cars, particularly European cars, simply look nice. But, they break every week, cost 10 times as much to buy, cost 20 times as much to fix when they do break, and get horrible gas mileage – far worse than even an old pickup truck, unless you get one of those micro cars that go 70 miles per hour and would squash if you leaned against it.
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Thanks for the visual, Flyoverman.
On September 23rd, 2008 at 12:23 pm, lgm, The Great Equivocator whined:
B. Hussein Obama is rich and out of touch. Where’s the phony?
Good for McCain! After all he’s been through and the all the physical pain he had to endure – with NO relief – I am glade he is rich! I wish I was rich, too!
Oh really? Did “3AM” Obama tell you that?
So what? I doubt few senators pump their own gas; I doubt Obama even drives his own vehicle.
a.) Nearly all poiliticians have secretaries – so what’s your point? – and (b.) Your empathy and appreciation for President McCain’s sacrifice and service to this country is underwhelming.
So you say! We’ll see who’s face is muddied come Saturday morning.
Do you have a problem with PRESIDENT McCain? I don’t think you really do, as you’re doing an awesome job at getting us worked up to elect him, i.e., I still believe you are a GOP plant.
hope he’s got his tires inflated to the proper pressure….
NJ-Aviator said:
John McCain has seven houses and thirteen cars and a private jet. That’s not humble. McCain got access to fancy houses by marrying a rich girl who got her money from a rich daddy (think of the husband of Paris Hilton). Obama got his money mostly from books. His first book is still a best seller two years after it was published.
Thanks for agreeing to something.
The market price of Obama’s home is about $2M, Rezko or no Rezko. One of McCain’s homes has a market value over $10M. I’m not jealous, but it’s just wrong to say Obama is rich elite without remembering that McCain is richer and more elite.
Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska has been indicted for getting cheap housing from criminals. Palin is supporting him for re-election. Don’t pretend Republicans care about sleaze.
The only acronym I’ve ever heard used for PONTIAC was when I was at Compaq and the server design team heard they were going to use the new Windows 2000 Operating System (this was in early 1999). It stood for “P*** on NT5 In A Compaq.” Windows 2000 at the time was being called Windows NT5. Yeah, it worked out to be PONT5IAC, but someone would just say “Pontiac” and every geek in the room would chortle and snort.
This is supposed to be a bad thing?
I’m sure even you know that his wife, daughter of an Arizona beer distributing king, is the rich one.
lgm, let me ask you something, son. Are you a masochist? You come on here and post some of the silliest things I’ve ever seen, which then get gleefully dissected with fact by other members on here; and then you post more silly propaganda the next day.
Unlike the trolls here, I believe one should drive what one wants and can afford. You can afford a big Hummer – that’s your business. I personally like my 200hp 05 Chevy Monte Carlo, and my wife has her Chevy Equinox.
The only complaint I have with SUV’s is when I’m parked between them I cant see around them to back out. But that’s not a big enough concern that I’d want to ban them. I just back out a little more carefully.
Besides, why does Obama get to drive an SUV for safety and a mother of 3 does not? The hypcrisy reeks.
Let’s see.
2005 Pontiac Grand Prix GXP V8 305 HP
1978 Chevy P/U
1981 Corvette
1970 Corvette Convertible
and a couple other projects
Then there are my wifes car’s
I’m almost as bad as McCain..
Oh yeah, Not a cent owed on any of them.
lgm, don’t pretend you care about facts. Do the ends (bashing Republicans) justify the means (spreading lies)? If you have any proof that “Palin is supporting him for re-election”, please give us your source. Either you are lying or the NY Times is lying:
So who’s telling the truth, lgm or the NY Times? It’s one thing to bash Republicans, but it’s quite another to out distort the Times to do it.
Humility has nothing to do with material possessions, or the lack thereof.
Is that a trick question?
Maybe Letterman should GET tanked…then maybe he’d be funny again!! Haven’t watched him for years…he isn’t just old,he’s UGLY!!!
lgm is not only deluded, but scatterbrained.
I bet you complained about Kerry’s wealth too. How about the Kennedy Crime family’s wealth?
They name streets after people like you: one way.