Outrage! NHTSA, Republicans And Gore Family Revealed As Closet Prius Drivers
Everybody promised this would not be a repeat of the Japan bashing of the 80s. But when the DetN starts outing lawmakers and administrators in DC for driving Toyotas, then it’s open season. Let them dawgs out …
“The vaunted Toyota Prius is everywhere in Washington,” reports the breathless Detroit News after exhaustive traffic analysis.
The DetN found EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson guilty of owning a 2008 Prius. The investigation revealed NHTSA chief David Strickland being in possession of a “very babied” 2005 Prius, with intent to drive.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., one of Toyota’s harshest critics, was found with a veritable cache of four Prius cars. John McCain, was caught having bought a Prius for his daughter. At this point, the DetN stopped counting, adding that “many other senators drive the Prius, including Richard Lugar, R-Ind.” See? Republicans are consorting with the enemy, and no wonder that NHTSA was dragging their heels, just look at what they drive.
In the interest of fair and balanced reporting, the DetN pointed out that “former Vice President Al Gore’s son was arrested in July 2007 on drug charges after getting stopped going more than 100 mph in his blue Prius. Perhaps his car’s accelerator was stuck.” Gore may be a Dem, but he’s also against global warming and the ozone hole, so let’s smear him while we are at it. At least, the DetN didn’t make the same “mistake” Fox News had made … Ah, come on, the bad apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
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Some national security-oriented Republicans are known to drive Prions in order to reduce the flow of dollars to OPEC.
Has anybody considered that some people buy a Prius because...they just like the car?
Haha, I actually get a kick out of those Fox news "mistakes". Al Gore's pot charge, Mark Foley labled a democrat, etc... Sure it's patently dishonest and clearly intentional, but it's so blatant that it almost comes across as just ball-busting or satire. And I like ball-busting. It's just too bad that the majority of news viewers have literally zero background knowledge, and thus take this stuff at face value. It would be a better world if stuff like this didn't have to provoke outrage, just a humerous counter-response.
There's just something amusing about the most politically-correct car getting tangled up in a "scandal" according to the political folks. Time to trade the Prius for an Escape. Wanna take odds on the Volt becoming the new politically-correct vehicle in a year?