Obama Warns of Gas Guzzling Cars

[Derek77]

I thought this was funny.

Obama Warns of Gas Guzzling Cars in Town Hall Meeting

Tue Aug 15 2006 21:47:08 ET

Illinois Senator Barack Obama warns citizens at his 50th Town Hall meeting about gas guzzling, WPSD-TV reports.

It was among many points made to the standing room only audience at the Metropolis Community Center. Obama spoke on everything from DC politics to global warming.

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," claimed local News Channel 6.

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Tommy Vietor, Senator Obama's press secretary, explains: "What Senator Obama has long advocated is the use of vehicles that are more fuel efficient, including but not exclusively hybrids.

"The vehicle senator obama travels in while in illinois is a Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV), which can run on e85, a blended fuel made of 85 percent ethanol.

"So he in fact was practicing what he preached at the town hall meeting in Metropolis yesterday when he said we must drive fewer gas-guzzling vehicles."

But it does not appear that GMC's Envoy is E85 ready.

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Good try though.

Edited August 16, 2006 by Derek77

[loki]

just funny!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!

[Drew Dowdell]

If the Envoy has the 5.3... I'm sure it can easily be converted.

I doubt he has though.

[Camino LS6]

Freakin loudmouth politicians.

They know nothing about cars.

[Flybrian]

And yet this is probably the most honest, true-to-fact, representative action of any politicial as of late.

The average American will tell you hybrids save gas, we should all save gas, etc. The average American will then buy a V6, V8, pickup, or SUV.

In this case, Obama is truly representing the constituancy.