Posted on 04/07/2011 8:32:13 AM PDT by FreedomFighter1013
FAIRLESS Hills, PA At an event at a Spanish windmill firm in Pennsylvania, President Obama suggested Americans consider selling their gas guzzlers for more fuel efficient cars. The president chided one questioner, saying: "If you're complaining about the price of gas and you're only getting 8 miles a gallon, you know,you might want to think about a trade-in."
The Associated Press reported that Mr. Obama made the comment "laughingly." However, the quote has been scrubbed from the original linked page.
Fortunately, Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit captured a screenshot:
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The President from GE!
Well BO has had so much success selling firearms he decided to switch to cars.
Ministry of Truth bookmark.
And when the president told the person to think about a trade-in, what did he have in mind? Did he want the person to buy a Chevy Volt? Is Obama being a salesman for General Motors in some way????
Real news from this president just gets worse and worse. I certainly hope the sentient part of the country’s voters can’t stomach his ineptitude in 2012.
Ha, you got that right.
I want to trade in our current model for a new one in Fall 2012.
you might want to think about a trade-in.
Oh, Obama is such a riot - what a comedian - he is almost as funny as Al Frankin. But, come to think of it, we ARE thinking of a trade in and it isn’t our cars, mr. funny man!
Forty-four thou for a Chevy cruze!
Get ready for Cash for Clunkers, Part Deux.
What cars get 8 MPG these days?
We just got back from a Caribbean cruise.
There are a sh*tload of windmills on Aruba.
The day we got there the wind was blowing like crazy and NONE of them were turning, LOL.
A-freaking-MEN to that.
Isn't that what Michelle made Barry do with his Chrysler 300 pimpmobile when the Kennedy's annointed him the next big thing ? the "fifth Kennedy brother"??
He can’t lose with the press actively providing cover for him.
Nascar with a restrictor plate?
Most large trucks (18 wheelers) get about 5 mi. / gal.
If their fuel costs go up, so do the prices for the goods they haul. If you have it, a truck brought it.
Inflation.
Those with cars that get 8 mpg don’t drive them.
They leave them in the garage and polish them once in a while, and maybe take them out on really nice days for a spin.
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