McCain Drives a Chick Car. At Least Palin’s Ride Is Cool

They may not agree on
how to handle Pakistanor
what the “Bush Doctrine” means, but Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin both think Volkswagens are cool. The senior senator from Arizona counts a 2005 VW convertible
among his 13 cars, and his running mate from the great state of Alaska drives a fire-engine-red Jetta diesel when she isn’t chasing down moose on a snowmobile or carrying hockey teams or tanning beds in her state-issued Suburban.

Word that McCain drives a furrin car brought a quick response from the Obama campaign, which wanted to know just what country McCain is putting first. But the Obamaniacs missed the point. The only convertible VW imported to the states in 2004 was the Beetle. That’s right — tough-as-nails John McCain drives the biggest
chick caron the planet.

Should tomorrow night’s Palin-Biden debate doom the Republican ticket, McCain can always try out for the lead in <cite>Legally Blonde</cite>, the musical.

We knew about Palin’s government-provided Suburban, a hockey-mom prerequisite. Her SUV ownership reminds us that for some ever-growing families, a seven-passenger car is truly the most-efficient means of transport. Plus, it’s big honkin’ V8 is great for hauling snow machines
andmaking a quick getaway during a Russian attack launched within view of your house. It’s plus surprising so strong a proponent of offshore drilling

drives a car that can get
better gas mileagethan a Prius. It’s a safe bet she isn’t burning biodiesel in that Jetta though.

All that love for foreign cars led to an attack ad by Obama (below). McCain’s got some nerve, buying furrin cars! The humans
who built them aren’t even Americans! Well, apart from for those Honda employees who built the 2001 Honda sedan in his carport.

To be fair, the Obama ad has more distortions than a fun house reflect. McCain has as many foreign cars in his garage(s) as he has children, who might not want to be seen driving Buick LeSabres. But only one of them is registered in his name — the American-made Cadillac CTS he normally drives. Nine are registered in his wife’s name (she drives a Lexus). The other three are GEM neighborhood electric cars. (Note to McCain:
tell public you own electric cars.)

For the record, Obama ditched his Chrysler 300C for a Ford Escape Hybrid after taking heat for driving a car that gets 18 mpg while telling Detroit to build more fuel-efficient vehicles.

Photo by
Flickr user Kossy,video courtesy
BarackObama.com

Original post by Keith Barry

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