The White House’s “Recovery Summer” tour is beginning to resemble a jalopy wheezing from town to town, consuming whatever fuel will keep it going. Throw in Veep Biden, and it is a full-blown farce.
Biden dove into Toledo, Ohio, on Monday amid evidence of a stalled economy to once again boast to yet another UAW audience of the president’s “transformed U.S. auto industry.” A month ago, Biden came to Midland, Michigan, to advertise a subsidized green-battery plant as our auto-jobs future. But America.wants to see evidence of jobs today. So Obama did an encore in Detroit, proclaiming that “this industry is growing stronger. It’s manufacturing the fuel-efficient cars and trucks that will carry us toward an energy independent future.”
Trouble is, the jobs Detroit is creating aren’t green. As Americans flock back to SUVs (now 50 percent of the market again), the Big Three are thriving as customers buy their bread and butter. The White House Dynamic Duo wants to brag about added assembly-line shifts — so they have visited the Cherokee plant, Chicago’s Ford Explorer SUV plant, and now Toledo’s Jeep Wrangler plant. All three are humming with low-mpg SUV production.
Biden didn’t even bother to talk green at the Wrangler plant Monday — which was just as well, given his commute from Indiana involved a gas-guzzling Boeing 747. Bounding on stage at Toledo Assembly just south of the Michigan border, Biden just made stuff up.
“There was a sense in that (previous) administration that we had to move over and make room for China,” he fibbed. “That we had to make room for other nations.” It’s remarkable how quickly this administration can go from We-Are-The-World-speak to xenophobia.
Bring in the clowns! It’s the “Recovery Summer” tour. Just don’t expect the lyrics to make sense.
Given that our central government is spending about $75,000 per job "saved or created" in the auto industry, I think Biden owes China an apology. Mao himself would never have called that kind of money "to each according to his needs."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI read on a blog last week that Rush Limbaugh stated that Obama was always the most stupid person in the room, whatever or wherever the room. I'm not sure if Rush said this or not but I agree with the statement with the proviso that is is not true when Biden is also in the room.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhen I got my new car I bought a hybrid not for the enviroment, but for my long distance driving. It's a Honda, built in Marysville.
I still have my Ford truck, and the next vehicle I get will likely be a Ford as well. It sure won't be a GM.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseImage if Biden was a Republican!
The press and the comedy world would go nuts making fun of this dimwit. But no, he's a Democrat so no, very very little.
Which is too bad, he is comedy gold, this guy just begs to be made fun of of and nothing!!!
All Dan Quayle had to do was make one little mistake, and he was labeled for life. Biden goes out and makes more dumb comments in five minutes then Quayle has made in his whole life.
Jay Leno, David Letterman, Conan OBrien, its easy to make fun of this guy. Almost as much fun as making fun of Clinton.
Biden is a classic airhead.
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