FOX NewsMoron Eric Bolling gets frothy at the thought of EV subsidies

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In this clip Eric uses an "interview" with the first Nissan Leaf owner, Olivier Chalouhi, as a soapbox to launch into the usual range-anxiety, anti-union, anti-big government nonsense that has helped make FOX News What It Is Today. The idea of government subsidizing EVs is "outrageous...ridiculous!", which is John Gibson's cue to chime in that the reason the subsidies exist is "we have a lame-duck Democratic administration that believes in this stuff" (nevermind that subsidies began in 2008, or that the Japanese government heavily subsidizes its entire auto industry).

Enjoy.

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4458863/first-nissan-leafs-goes-on-sale/

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1. Another article on this:

And you thought Fabio got the rough treatment when he went on Fox News. Try being Olivier Chalouhi, the first non-celebrity to take delivery of a Nissan Leaf.

Chalouhi braved the right-wing media machine to talk about his car, but the conversation turned almost immediately into a "bash the unions" segment instead of a real discussion about electric vehicles. There was also a lot of Japan-hating. One example: The host asked, "Why in the world are we paying Olivier $7,500 to buy a Japanese car?" The response (from one of the right-wing commentators), "Because we have a lame-duck Democratic administration that believes in this stuff." That's pure fantasy, since the history of the plug-in vehicle tax credit goes back to October 2008. Not that reality has any real connection to Fox, anyway. The Fox representatives also laughed about how much they enjoy putting gas into their cars, which just makes one's head hurt.

http://green.autoblog.com/2010/12/19/fox-news-attacks-first-nissan-leaf-owner-engages-hate/


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These are some sick bastards.