Grampy McBush owns 13 cars, many of them IMPORTS, because he "supports the industry." NURSE!!!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

McCain ridiculed over 13 car fleet

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/McCain_ridiculed_over_13_car_fleet_09212008.html

Barack Obama's backers Sunday branded Republican John McCain as out of touch and guilty of betraying US workers after it was reported his family owns 13 cars, including several foreign models.

The Republican presidential hopeful and his family have already faced ridicule and criticism from Democrats over a property portfolio which includes seven homes.

The United Auto Workers union (UAW) accused the Arizona senator in a conference call organized by Democrats of not telling the truth about always buying American cars, as the family fleet reportedly includes a Honda and a Volkswagen.

"When he's in the midwest, he tells voters he supports the industry," UAW president Ron Gettelfinger said, referring to economically bereft battleground states.

"That's a really a nice campaign line, but it turns out that John McCain wasn't being straight with the people of Detroit," Gettelfinger said.

"We need a president who's committed to rebuilding the auto industry in America, not a president who buys foreign cars," said Gettelfinger.

In the past, McCain has said he was proud to buy American cars, including in an interview on a Detroit television station.

The latest flap erupted after Newsweek reported that McCain and his wife Cindy, an heiress to a lucrative beer distribution company, had 13 vehicles.

Cindy McCain drives a Lexus with the private number plate "Ms Bud" which is registered to the beer distributorship, the magazine reported.

Newsweek said that Obama and his wife Michelle own a single car, a Ford Escape Hybrid, which was dubbed by Gettelfinger as a "green machine" emblematic of a future generation of US vehicles.

There was no immediate response to the UAW attack from the McCain campaign.

[jakem]

1. i have to say, this type of attack i think is absurd.

If I could afford more than one piece of crap car (1978 diesel mercedes) I would certainly not buy all american cars either.

I think he has like 3 out of 12 as foreign cars from the previous article i read-

Granted, I would not spout off about it either, but I am not a politician.



And before someone starts attacking me. Yes. I do think he is unsafe, unstable, incapable and spineless.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. I hear ya, BUT...

...if he "supports the industry" and wants that to be a campaign pitch, 100% of the cars in his garage should be from Detroit.

Just my own 2 cents worth.

I think he sucks ASS on every POSSIBLE level other than his vehicle ownership, so this post is a "grace note" if you will. I want to nail his deceptive ass on EVERY POSSIBLE LEVEL. This is just ONE of them.

"Supporting the industry"...when those words are spoken in the industry's heartland...amounts to a LIE as long as you're not 100%.

:patriot:

[jakem]

4. yeah, ok. fuck him.

(but between you and me, i still think it is silly...)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. Agreed, it's silly, but I agree even more with the "fuck him" part.

:rofl:

:patriot:

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. Which one is an Elitist Again and who has used that argument?

[jakem]

8. now that we can use.

:hi:

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. I posted that this weekend but the NY times did one even better

[ContinentalOp]

10. LOL!

I dunno man, when you put it that way... I think I'm going to go for the guy with a JET!

[hisownpetard]

2. Same reason you bought those two 6-packs of beer, and then a single bottle, right?

The bottle was for the trip home from the liquor store, I assume.

Makes sense to me!

[fed_up_mother]

7. How can Obama and Michelle own only one car

You think they sold one since they no longer need it while he's campaigning and has secret service driving him around? I would imagine that they had two cars earlier.

[ChazII]

9. Since when has 2 = many?

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