Wednesday, August 16, 2006

More Equal Than Others

GreenObama

While I don't pretend that the Democrats have a monopoly on hypocrisy, it certainly seems that the Left has a more difficult time avoiding it. Some of the most vivid images of the former Soviet Union was Party leaders dining on fine caviar, while workers in the Ukraine were allowed to starve to death. Premiers toasting with fine wine, while citizens were being admitted to hospitals for drinking brake fluid. These pictures of Communism captured the unachievable nature of a classless society.

By their marriage to the ideal of a egalitarian Nation, " the Left is forced into the same corner. Especially now, that the environment is becoming the major issue for the Democrat Party. It seems that Global Warming is an issue that the Democrats think they can win on, and they have been pushing it pretty hard.

Unfortunately, their solution to Global Warming is conservation, and conservation requires sacrifice. Real environmental sacrifices are completely foreign to a group of politicians who have become accustomed to riding around in limousines and private jets. It's easy enough to wag their fingers at the soccer moms and NASCAR dads, who prefer larger vehicles to haul the kids and dry wall, but when it comes to getting themselves to a speaking engagement, they like the limo warmed up, and the A/C on high. In recent posts, I've illustrated this behavior coming from unlikely Movie Star, Al Gore, to the Quivering Heroin Addict, Robert Kennedy Junior. New to the lineup of environmental hypocrites is none other than the Halle Berry of the Senate, likely Presidential candidate, Barack Obama.

According to Matt Drudge, Barack appeared at a Town Hall meeting, where he stressed the importance of driving smaller cars. After applause and handshakes, he was escorted out to an idling GMC Envoy. Made aware of the apparent contradiction by local TV News, Obama's campaign advisor said that it was an E-85 Envoy that burned mostly Ethanol. Which sounds pretty good. Except, GMC doesn't make an E-85 Envoy.

Like George Orwell stated so brilliantly in Animal Farm: "Some .. are more equal than others."

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow. your right wing nut jobs don't actually research anything do you?

*********From GM **********
E85
GM is the largest producer of E85 flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) in the U.S. with more than 1 million E85 FFVs on the road. E85 technology is available in some of our most popular full-size pickup trucks and SUVs.
***************************

Most vehicles with little to no effort can be converted to e85. You also forget politicians in this country are allowed by lefties and righties (clear thinking ones anyway) the right to a little protection. Your Frigid fucking soccer moms crying because someone ridicules them for driving alone to Elaine Bryant in their new Hummer H2 should fucking get AIDs and die. Oh this should also clear up the misconception that Dems are pussies. I promise to punch in the mouth every one of you fuckers that says something stupid in front of me. Facts and Truth matter, not your fucking opinion. get it through your head. or suck on a 12gauage you nazi fuck.

Tim Slagle said...

Chris,

Where does all that anger and hate come from?

Here's a complete list of all General Motors E-85 compatible vehicles:

2007
5.3L V-8 engine Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra half-ton pickups 2WD & 4WD
5.3L Vortec-engine Avalanche, Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon & Yukon XL
3.5L Chevy Impala (LS, 1LT & 2LT)
3.5L Chevy Monte Carlo (LS and LT models only)
5.3L Chevy Express
5.3L GMC Savana
3.9L Chevy Uplander
3.9L Pontiac Montana (Offered only in Canada and Mexico by special order)
3.9L Saturn Relay
3.9L Buick Terraza

2006
3.5L Chevy Impala (LS, 1LT & 2LT)
3.5L  Chevy Monte Carlo (LS and LT models only)

2005 - 2006
5.3L Vortec-engine Avalanche
5.3L  Vortec-engine Police Package Tahoe*

2003 - 2006
5.3L V-8 engine Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra half-ton pickups 2WD & 4WD
5.3L Vortec-engine Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon and Yukon XLs

2002
5.3L V-8 engine Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra half-ton pickups 2WD & 4WD
5.3L Vortec-engine Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon and Yukon XLs
2.2L Chevrolet S-10 pickup 2WD
2.2L Sonoma GMC pickup 2WD

2000 -  2001
2.2L Chevrolet S-10 pickup 2WD
2.2L Sonoma GMC pickup 2WD

http://www.e85fuel.com/information/general_motors.php

Notice the glaring absence of the GMC Envoy. While I'm aware that it is a pretty straightforward conversion, I highly doubt that Barack pulled into the garage, rolled up his sleeves, and started wrenching on his Envoy. The more likely scenario, is that his campaign manager told a big fib, and is not accustomed to being fact checked, by an unhostile press, swooning over the prospect of a Democrat President, who looks like an African American.

Anonymous said...

This is one lazy hit piece. You don't even have a picture of Obama in or near the Envoy in question; you have a photoshop job that a toddler could have done. You don't even have a damning quote from Obama; you have his campaign manager being a weasel.

Man, that's weak.

Tim Slagle said...

I never intended the picture to be confused with an actual photo. In fact, it was purposely photo-shopped sloppily, for comedic effect. Perhaps you just didn't find anything even remotely comedic on this topic. I am quite certain that most Democrats, who are pinning presidential hopes on Obama, wouldn't.

Secondly, the quote came directly from Obama's press office, which means that it is as attributable to Obama, as much as anything Tony Snow says, is attributable to the President.

Even more damaging, his press office didn't just dispute the story, they demanded a retraction from the TV news station for calling Obama a hypocrite. Which runs directly counter to the image Obama's people have been desperately trying to paint, of a straightforward honest guy, who rises above politics.

For those of you who didn't bother to follow the links, here is that "retraction."

"Editor's Note: After this story appeared Sen. Obama's press office sent us this additional information: 'A story your station ran seems to imply that my boss Senator Obama was being hypocritical when he said Americans should drive more fuel-efficient vehicles though he was himself traveling in an SUV.

The SUV in question, though, is a Flexible Fuel Vehicle that can run on E85, which the Senator fills it with wherever its available (and in fact he's worked very hard to provide tax credits to increase availability and access to e85). I believe in light of these facts the story is misleading and warrants a correction.'"

http://www.wpsdtv.com/articles/stories/public/200608/14/0DDC_local_news.html

Anonymous said...

You ever notice that liberals can only insult people? No intellectual discourse. Just insults. Why you might wonder? It is simple -- liberals are nothing but emotions.

John Weeks

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