After all, it takes 3500 gallons of fuel to top off Theresa's Gulfstream II. Yeah, he's Mr. Energy Efficiency alright...
Senator Kerry, does your answer depend on the meaning of I?
John Kerry sets them up....
"I don't own an SUV," said Kerry, who supports increasing existing fuel economy standards to 36 miles per gallon by 2015 in order to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil supplies....and I knock 'em down. Kerry (who, you remember, is a big advocate of fuel efficiency) says he recently bought a Chrysler 300M. Well....
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Kerry said he owns and drives a Dodge 600 and recently bought a Chrysler 300M.
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Kerry said it's important for his family to buy American cars and pledged to keep car manufacturing jobs in the country if elected.
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"I want cars to be made in Michigan, made in America, made" by the United Auto Workers, Kerry said.
- The Chrysler 300M gets an "EPA estimated mpg: 17 city/ 25 highway". That's SUV mileage.
- The Chrysler 300M is "made in Brampton, Ontario". Plant details can be found here. The 300M has been made there since 1998.
So, it's important to Kerry to buy cars "made in Michigan, made in America, made" by the United Auto Workers".....but he buys a car made in Canada, by Canadians.
Oh, and in that article, Kerry claims...
"I don't own an SUV," said Kerry, ...
Kerry thought for a second when asked whether his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, had a Suburban at their Ketchum, Idaho, home. ... "The family has it. I don't have it," he said.Uh huh. Well, he didn't earn that 'flip-flop" reputation for nothing. Here's what John Kerry said when he talked to the Detroit News...
Q: What kind of vehicles does your family drive?
A: We have some SUVs. We have a Jeep. We have a couple of Chrysler minivans. We have a PT Cruiser up in Boston. I have an old Dodge 600 that I keep in the Senate. ... We also have a Chevy, a big Suburban.Note that he claims multiple SUVs.
Hm. An automative discrepancy? It's minor stuff, to be sure, but it's exactly the sort of stupid minutiae politicians do lie about.