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(Stop being ridiculous. This sort of vehicle is expected to meet the security and safety needs of its passenger, and it’s unfair to compare that to the level of security and safety provided by that planet-killing SUV you bought to drive the kids around in.)
More planet healing austerity…
Follow the link for a pictoral history of U.S. presidential limousines. Be sure to scroll down for the new ‘Obamamobile’.
http://myrightwingdad.blogspot.com/2008/12/fwd-history-of-presidential-limos.html
Tim in Vermont: ” … beating him up on what most Americans will see as a legitimate expense.”
Err … it’s like … err, we need to buy new wheels
http://tinyurl.com/8wktsj
about 8 miles to the gallon. had a chev once that got 8 miles to the gallon but it would do about 152 miles per hour.
What would be amusing is an electric glitch or whatnot that traps him inside on a hot day.
And remeber when AL BORE was veep he had a simular limo with its low MPG and its INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE while this jerk with the big fat chip on his shoulder(the block of wood on top of his neck)while he wrote the book ASSUALT ON REASON Gore is stupid and a ultimate pain in the neck to all
“So, the Cadillac One is shod in three-inch thick bulletproof glass and eight-inch think armour plating”
First, eight inch THINK? Spellcheck doesn’t catch everything.
A WW2 tiger tank had 4 inch max, one inch minimum. Weighed around 56t. I don’t think that this large car has 8 inch armor, and is still capable of running on two axles / four tires.
Still, don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story.
P.S. I don’t begrudge the guy an armoured limo given he is the president, but imagine the PR if he would have spent less than Bush on his inaguration, and used the old limo……..