Posted on 03/15/2011 7:59:47 AM PDT by SmithL
At Friday's news conference, President Obama tried to connect with the common man coping with rising gasoline prices. Instead, the president left little doubt that he is clueless about cars.
"You may want to buy a fuel-efficient car," quoth Obama, "but you may not be able to afford it. And so you're stuck with the old clunker that's getting 8 or 10 miles a gallon."
Eight to 10 mpg? Which clunker would that be? I wondered. An old Hummer? Your father's father's Oldsmobile? A late-model Lamborghini? It takes a luxury brand, a boat-sized machine and/or a few decades to approach those dismal mileage numbers.
An 11-year-old Pontiac minivan, for example, gets 17 mpg in the city, 24 mpg on the highway. You have to go back to the Carter administration years or earlier to find Obama's idea of a gas-guzzling family car - and even that vehicle would have been a van, light truck/SUV or luxury model. And yet he is behind the wheel of Washington's energy policy.
Can you blame me for believing Team Obama was pushing the pedal to the metal in a rush for higher gas prices?
On Friday, Obamaland pushed back against the perception that its anti-drilling policies - implemented in the wake of the April 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon blowout - have contributed to high prices at the pump. The cost of filling one's gas tank has risen uncomfortably close to $4 per gallon in the Bay Area.
The administration rightly notes that domestic oil and natural gas production have increased since 2008, while imports have decreased.
OK, but: Erik Milito of the American Petroleum Institute told Environment and Energy Publishing, "The increased production levels in 2010 are a credit to the vision of previous administrations." Milito credited the 1995 Deepwater Royalty Relief Act...
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Another typical distortion by Odumbo to his believing minions.
Does this man even drive? I’ve not seen him behind the wheel of anything other than a bicycle. He is truly the least American person we have had in any position in our government.
Out of Touch
Clueless
Shameless
Rudderless
Obama Motors has sold over 300 of its prize Volts already.
He is so clueless
Isn`t that information you can petition any DMV for on basis of cause?
He truly is not fit for this job. I think the teleprompter writer may be more qualified!
8-10 mpg- that’s about what my durango gets.
an it’s a lot better than what my jeep gets.
It's up to 300?
I don't believe it - do you have a link? *snicker*
He asked the Secret Service agents how much MPG his car gets and they said 8-10 MPG. Of course, it is an armored plated limo.
Do you remember when Bush 41 went to a grocery store and discovered bar codes? The press sure did. Barack— he’s a little young to be living so far in the past.
1. He signs a movie screen, thinking it's a picture of Duke Ellington.
2. He has no clue how many states there are.
3. He's doing his NCAA picks while there is a nuclear emergency!
4. He thinks many Americans are driving cars that only get 8 to 10 miles to the gallon.
Feel free to add to my list.
His understanding of cars is as old and hackneyed as his Marxist, Colonial world view.
My 62 Chev Belair bubble top 409, got that kind of milage. However that’s when gas was 50 cents a gallon.
Didn’t the Cash for Clunkers eliminate the old clunkers getting 8 to 10 miles per gallon?
Here’s an amazing piece from that article:
“There always has been a corner of Obamaland that doesn’t appreciate the job-creating properties of cheap fuel. Now Energy Secretary Steven Chu told the Wall Street Journal, “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” Chu said that in September 2008 - and still Obama picked him for the slot.”
my boat gets 21..he must be talking big big boat clunkers
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