April 22, 2004

I guess Ralph Nader won't be on the ticket
Posted by Jon Henke

John Kerry sets them up....

"I don't own an SUV," said Kerry, who supports increasing existing fuel economy standards to 36 miles per gallon by 2015 in order to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil supplies.
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Kerry said he owns and drives a Dodge 600 and recently bought a Chrysler 300M.
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Kerry said it's important for his family to buy American cars and pledged to keep car manufacturing jobs in the country if elected.
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"I want cars to be made in Michigan, made in America, made" by the United Auto Workers, Kerry said.
...and I knock 'em down. Kerry (who, you remember, is a big advocate of fuel efficiency) says he recently bought a Chrysler 300M. Well....

- The Chrysler 300M gets an "EPA estimated mpg: 17 city/ 25 highway". That's SUV mileage.

- The Chrysler 300M is "made in Brampton, Ontario". Plant details can be found here. The 300M has been made there since 1998.

So, it's important to Kerry to buy cars "made in Michigan, made in America, made" by the United Auto Workers".....but he buys a car made in Canada, by Canadians.

Oh, and in that article, Kerry claims...

"I don't own an SUV," said Kerry, ...

Kerry thought for a second when asked whether his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, had a Suburban at their Ketchum, Idaho, home. ... "The family has it. I don't have it," he said.

Uh huh. Well, he didn't earn that 'flip-flop" reputation for nothing. Here's what John Kerry said when he talked to the Detroit News...
Q: What kind of vehicles does your family drive?

A: We have some SUVs. We have a Jeep. We have a couple of Chrysler minivans. We have a PT Cruiser up in Boston. I have an old Dodge 600 that I keep in the Senate. ... We also have a Chevy, a big Suburban.

Note that he claims multiple SUVs.

Hm. An automative discrepancy? It's minor stuff, to be sure, but it's exactly the sort of stupid minutiae politicians do lie about.

And catching them at it? Well, that is its own reward.

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In all honesty, the guy has so much money he probably doesn't even know how many cars he has.

He probably goes down to one of the garages at his summer home ad says "Oh gee, I forgot I bought this one..."

Posted by: John Rogers at April 23, 2004 04:05 AM

Well, I know that Kerry used to have a Lincoln Navigator because I was almost run over by him on Nantucket about 4 years ago. We were walking across Main Street and he came roaring down the road leaning on the horn for us to get out of the way. It's a cobblestone street and pedestrians have the right of way. He was at the wheel and the license plate was HEINZ57 (no lie). Prick.

Posted by: chuck at April 23, 2004 06:53 AM

Well, Kerry's wife has a lot of money. Without her, he'd probably have less than I do, and I don't have much.

As for almost being run down, it's a shame you didn't have something pointy to introduce into his radiator at the time, huh?

Posted by: JorgXMcKie at April 23, 2004 02:12 PM