Buckle up, Mr. President, here we go!

[babylonsister]

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Buckle up, Mr. President, here we go!
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Assembly Manager Teri Quigley, gets behind the wheel of the new Chevy Volt, during his tour of the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Mich., Friday, July 30, 2010. The plant is where the Volt, an electric car will be assembled. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


DETROIT (AP) -- Don't say President Barack Obama isn't dutiful and law-abiding.

When Obama toured a General Motors assembly plant Friday, he was invited to test drive a battery-powered Chevrolet Volt inside the cavernous facility.

He looked beseechingly to his top aides, including press secretary Robert Gibbs, all of whom shook their heads. Obama appealed to the chief of his Secret Service detail, who threw up his hands in resignation.

The smiling president got in, buckled his seat belt and proceeded to drive - drum roll, please - 10 feet, and probably not above 2 mph, as news cameras clicked away.

"I hope it has an air bag," Gibbs said.

Obama, who almost never gets to drive, pronounced the ride "pretty smooth."

[Beetwasher]

1. Just Think About How Different He Is From Bush, Who Would Have Certainly Run Someone Over

n/t

[geek tragedy]

2. No, that was Laura Bush. nt

[Kurovski]

22. Quick brown fox...

:rofl:

[BootinUp]

3. LOL nt

[louis-t]

5. Or bumped his head getting in.

Or put it in reverse by mistake. Or said something really stupid. Or wiped a boogie on the dash.

[BootinUp]

6. Or said something stupid like

We need to show our love to automobile workers.

[Kurovski]

23. Or screwed the Ambassador to Poland in the back seat. (nt)

[SunsetDreams]

8. Yeah and If Cheney Was In The Back Seat, He Would Have Shot Them First

Have to make sure they are dead:evilgrin:

[BootinUp]

11. lol

you almost have to feel sorry for comedians like Jon Stewart that the Bush years are over.

[leftofcool]

4. Good job, Mr. President

Now, it's too bad that car is going to cost about 40K which is out of the price range of most middle class hard working people. If you can get GM to cut the price in half as well as enjoy the drive yourself, I will indeed deem you thew new Messiah because that would be a miracle.

[moparlunatic]

9. That car has no chance of being succesful.

40k for something that has a range of 40 miles on battery = FAIL

[firedupdem]

12. Plus those 'union' workers made it....just awful... n/t

[Ikonoklast]

24. You keep posting that spam in every thread about the Volt.

The range of that vehicle exceeds 40 miles, as it is NOT powered by battery only.


You need to either educate yourself, or brush up on your reading comprehension.

[Citizen Worker]

13. As a pre-condition of the federal loan guarantee auto workers were forced

to take a pay cut to $16.00 per hour for new hires. Notice that we didn't demand the same pre-condition of the banking thieves. How many $40,000 automobiles could you afford on a $32,000 annual income?

[babylonsister]

14. OMG, yes, and you should see the footage of Obama there

today. They were all throwing tomatoes at him. It's twue!

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. Remember the first microwaves & VCR's? It didn't take long until they

became affordable for the people you speak of. I paid nearly a thousand bucks for my first microwave, and now you can pick 'em up for under fifty bucks. Are you "honestly" suggesting that this president should determine what a car manufacturer charges for its products?

[MadMaddie]

21. It's always something isn't it? People selectively forget

how it works....

[nmbluesky]

7. someone will look that car and buy

that Obama drive this car... Do you?

[Phx_Dem]

10. How cute. He lools like he's learning to drive!

[JNelson6563]

15. Awesome!

I look forward to when they get battery production up and the price comes down. Plus it's always good to wait a few years on a new model so they can work out any bugs.

Julie

[moparlunatic]

16. I keep asking myself

If this technology becomes hugely successful, how could our power grid support millions of these things plugged in every night for 8hrs. Most power is generated from coal. Seems unsustainable to me.

[BeyondGeography]

17. Uh-oh, Obama's going for a ride with a pretty white woman

:scared:

[old mark]

18. That was my first thought...I expect there will be a number of

billboards on this.


mark

[amborin]

20. A Disaster of a car, at taxpayers' expense