Pimp My Ride: The McCain Edition
At a time when people around the country are losing their homes in foreclosures and having trouble paying their debts we need a simple, down-to-earth guy like John McCain to take the reigns of this troubled nation. The majority of Americans can actually relate to him and be sure that he understands our economic problems. When the $700 billion debt we just took on comes back to bite our ass we need a person like John McCain to sympathize with us. I mean, who else can relate better to the American people than someone who owns seven homes and thirteen, yes thirteen, cars.
After the fuss over the number of residences owned by the two presidential nominees, NEWSWEEK looked into the candidates’ cars. And based on public vehicle-registration records, here’s the score. John and Cindy McCain: 13. Barack and Michelle Obama: one.
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Obama’s lone vehicle also is a green machine, a 2008 Ford Escape hybrid. He bought it last year to replace the family’s Chrysler 300C, a Hemi-powered sedan. Obama ditched the 300C, once 50 Cent’s preferred ride, after taking heat for driving a guzzler while haranguing Detroit about building more fuel-efficient cars.
McCain’s personal ride, a 2004 Cadillac CTS, is no gas sipper, but it should make Detroit happy because it’s made by General Motors. “I’ve bought American literally all my life and I’m proud,” McCain said in the interview with Detroit’s WXYZ-TV. But the rest of his fleet is not all-American. There’s a 2005 Volkswagen convertible in the garage along with a 2001 Honda sedan. Otherwise, there’s a 2007 half-ton Ford pickup truck, which might come in handy on the Sedona ranch; a vintage 1960 Willys Jeep; a 2008 Jeep Wrangler; a 2000 Lincoln; and a 2001 GMC SUV. The McCains also own three 2000 NEV Gem electric vehicles, which are bubble-shaped cars popular in retirement communities.
And Barack Obama is supposed to be the elitist? To McCain’s credit, however, most of the cars he owns suck.
Source: Newsweek
