September 01, 2011

Clueless Obama Labour Secretary Buys Canadian SUV To 'Support The American Workers'

This would really be amusing if it wasn't destroying our great country (emphasis mine):

To show her support for American workers, President Obama's labor secretary, Hilda Solis, has junked the standard black limo and purchased a new Chevrolet Equinox to ride around Washington in. The problem: the crossover SUV is built and assembled in Canada from parts also made in Canada.
Solis proudly arrived at a media breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor today in the shiny silver vehicle, which she has dubbed the "bullet." She was asked about why she traded the standard-issue limo for the SUV. "What better example could I set if I encouraged my staff to go and purchase and seek how we could acquire a vehicle that would for me would send a signal that we're for supporting our American workers, American-made products, fuel efficient as well," she told the Monitor's Dave Cook, who provided this video of her answer.


What better example of the Obama Administration's total incompetency?

Solis added that she was inspired to buy the Chevy because of the pride she saw in American auto workers during trips to U.S. car and truck plants. She said that she was wowed by "the pride that they take making our automobiles here in America."

Such an idiot. If you're going to "support American workers" and use the failing economy to score a political point, at least have your staff make certain it is an American-made product.

2012 can't come soon enough. Let's hope our country is still salvageable when it does.