Wednesday, August 16, 2006
DWINDLER ACCUSED
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D-Media) slams gas-guzzlers:
He says part of the blame for the world’s higher temperatures rests on gas guzzling vehicles. Obama says consumers can make the difference by switching to higher mileage hybrids. Today the Senator said, “It would save more energy, do more for the environment and create better world security than all the drilling we could do in Alaska.”
After the meeting ... Obama left in a GMC Envoy after admitting to favoring SUV’s himself.
That report—picked up by Drudge—annoyed the Senator’s staffers, who pointed out that the Envoy is “a Flexible Fuel Vehicle that can run on E85, which the Senator fills it with wherever its available”. The planet’s dwindling oil reserves (not often that you see the word “dwindling” in any other context, is it?) may depend on this, because Obama is into SUVs big-time:
* “ ... rolling through the flatlands of central Illinois in a leased S.U.V., Obama offered an explanation of his ability to connect with white rural and small-town voters ...”
* “ ... on a gray, chilly day in January, Barack Obama stepped from a jet black SUV ...”
* “Racing back to the FleetCenter in an SUV, Obama inhaled a turkey and cheese sandwich with spicy mustard ...”