The GM Volt, the brainchild of former GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, was recently named the European Car of the Year. Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly have used the car as an example of big government running amok, wasting tax dollars and creating a vehicle that is so unsafe to drive that only Europeans will buy it. (In fact, the Volt has passed all the latest battery/fire tests with flying colors.)
what eye thynk: Why can’t O’Reilly and Limbaugh let this issue die? Well, because they have invented a Volt-Obama connection that they just can’t let go--even though the connection lives entirely in their minds.
One of their main screaming points is the $7500 tax credit to which Volt buyers are entitled. They can’t get enough of railing against President Obama and big-government liberals for giving our tax money away to these tree huggers. Problem is, that $7500 tax credit became law while George W. was President; but, hey, don’t let the facts get in the way of a good anti-Obama rant.
Mr. Lutz, who describes himself as “deeply conservative” says he has become disenchanted with the lies these two spread to advertise their cause. “It's…the radical fringe who will use anything to attack Obama.” Asked why conservative Republicans seem to be rooting against the Volt, Lutz replied: "They all...believe that the Volt is Obama's personal product program, because Rush told them so".
Well, at least one Republican has broken from the herd--George H.W. just bought his son Neil a Volt for his birthday. (Maybe he just wanted that tax credit?)
People such as Limbaugh and O'Reilly who seem to only have hatred and vitriol in their hearts are some of the ugliest souls out there. Their pettiness and disingenuousness shall inevitably be their destruction.
ReplyDeleteCommon sense, forward-thinking solutions to our current state of affairs, such as energy and mobility alternatives should be given all possible energy and attention, regardless of the ridiculously small minded foes of progressive thought.
People like limbaugh and orally say stupid and incorrect things to keep themselves relavent. Personally, I am still surprised that lardball is still on the air. Others have been fired for saying less offensive things.
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, its a typical right wing attack on Obama because they just don't like him. Surprisingly, the GOP hasn't accused him of the Kennedy assasination yet.
Bill O'Reilly & Rush Limbaugh; synonyms for all things hateful toward President Obama. It's just that simple. Besides, they'e ass holes.
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