Obama Labor Boss Buys Canadian-Built Car

USNews.com ^ | August 31, 2011 | PAUL BEDARD

[Qbert]

To show her support for American workers, President Obama's labor secretary, Hilda Solis, has junked the standard black limo and purchased a new Chevrolet Equinox to ride around Washington in. The problem: the crossover SUV is built and assembled in Canada from parts also made in Canada.

Solis proudly arrived at a media breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor today in the shiny silver vehicle, which she has dubbed the "bullet." She was asked about why she traded the standard-issue limo for the SUV. "What better example could I set if I encouraged my staff to go and purchase and seek how we could acquire a vehicle that would for me would send a signal that we're for supporting our American workers, American-made products, fuel efficient as well," she told the Monitor's Dave Cook, who provided this video of her answer.

Solis added that she was inspired to buy the Chevy because of the pride she saw in American auto workers during trips to U.S. car and truck plants. She said that she was wowed by "the pride that they take making our automobiles here in America."

The car is made at two Canadian plants and has been so popular that General Motors has been hiring more workers in Canada to keep up with demand.

[USNBandit]

You can’t make this stuff up. What an idiot. Why isn’t she driving a Volt?

[xkaydet65]

Chevy in Canada is made by UAW workers. Solis is not being disloyal.Her loyalty is to the union not country.

[AlaskaErik]

She could have bought a Kia Sorento...made right here in America. Oh wait, it's made at a non-union plant. Can't have that.

[Squantos]

ROTFLMAO !

What a nitwit polidiot !

[Cheetahcat]

Brain dead worthless Skank!

[Qbert]

“Why isn’t she driving a Volt?”

Yep. My question: why is this moron even allowed to drive in the first place?

[FlingWingFlyer]

...which she has dubbed the "bullet."

If a politician and its constituents are shot by a former college "student" loon, the responsibility will rest directly on this knucklehead's shoulders. What's up with this macho "bullet" crap anyway? Or did she name her SUV after a can of Coors Light?

[Eddie01]

The Eqinox and Terrain are exceptionally well engineed vehicles. Perfect for a family. Great gas mileage. They had to add a second plant (Oshawa) to handle the volume driven by free market sales. I get the point but if your lokking for a great American engineered car, this is one of them.

[RitchieAprile]

is it silver and does the stereo blare the theme from Soul Train?

[TwelveOfTwenty]

"What better example could I set if I encouraged my staff to go and purchase and seek how we could acquire a vehicle that would for me would send a signal that we're for supporting our American workers, American-made products, fuel efficient as well," she told the Monitor's Dave Cook, who provided this video of her answer.

And yet the lefties pick on Bachmann’s gaffes. What would you call this?

[RitchieAprile]

is it silver and does the stereo blare the theme from Soul Train?

[secret garden]

Heelda ping.

[IceAge]

Same plant as Obammie’s buses?
Guess she is just following her leader.

[Oceander]

[NonValueAdded]

Another entrant in the box of rocks contest. Lee and Waters have competition!

[oyez]

She said that she was wowed by "the pride that they take making our automobiles here in America."

Fine. I'll never buy a GM again. I'm wowed by "the pride that they take making our automobiles over in Stuttgart. She should be thinking about why so many people don't want a GM anymore or anything with the UAW decal in the door jamb.

[KevinDavis]

Maybe, however, it is built by Obama Motors.. Therefore it is crap..

[lowbridge]

bump

[Figment]

Well hell. If one wants to buy the most American content car in the USA it would be(shudder) a Toyota. There are plenty of USA parts in that Chevy too though. My company makes several of them