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Election 2012: Lies, Deceptions, And Dumb Things Said About Cars

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Election 2012

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Whew! It's finally over. Almost. When Election 2012 gets filed away in some extraterrestrial media-storage device, we hope the rest of the universe looks on us with a sense of pity--because this year's silly season has been sillier than usual.

Especially when it comes to cars. At times, it seemed as if we'd have a serious discussion about the GM and Chrysler loans, about environmental policy, and about the future of mass transportation. And then reality descended--or moderators lost control--and the four nominees for the two highest offices in the land descended into the kind of factless, petty bickering that makes our political process look only slightly more savory than sausage-making.


It's difficult to single out the dumbest things said about cars in the past, well, forty-eight months of this election cycle. That's not to say there aren't some strong front-runners, in both the race to be the next President and Vice President of the United States. We haven't had to stretch back very far in recent memory to come up with some memorable ones--fact-challenged statements that crash into logic like an Italian-owned, Michigan-made sportscar slamming into a taxpayer-funded electric car built in Finland.

Now we know how this girl feels.

Our candidates for the worst moments of this campaign:

Election 2012 President Obama

Election 2012 President Obama

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Election 2012 Mitt Romney

Election 2012 Mitt Romney

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Election 2012 Vice President Nominees

Election 2012 Vice President Nominees

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  1. Dan Akerson's Empty Skull avatar Dan Akerson's Empty Skull Posted: 11/5/2012 8:49pm PST

    Nice post. Very useful information. Thanks.
     
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  2. fb_1620175433 avatar William Cervini Posted: 11/6/2012 9:34am PST

    You went hard on Obama and easy on Romney. Romney's Nov. 2008 article explicitly said to let the auto makers go bankrupt - and you say you are "mixed" on that? Explain why, please. Whose solution do you think was correct, Romney's or Obama's? And stop playing both sides of the game.
     
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  3. marty avatar Marty Padgett Posted: 11/6/2012 10:07am PST

    Yes, and the President took them into bankruptcy, so there's very little daylight between the two policies. Chapter 11 is the accepted legal practice, with primary secured creditors taking priority over unsecured creditors; 383 filings are now being used to reroute that, with mixed effect. Why should I stop playing both sides? And if I'm doing that, how am I hard on one, and easy on the other?
     
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