Our learned and erudite Dear Leader, that is, who everyone knows is the Smartest Man on Earth...
In his Thursday presentation the president made what many American auto workers toiling for the likes of Toyota and Honda will consider a serious misstep by encouraging U.S. consumers to “buy an American car.” These days, when parts and assembly can be done most anywhere, it’s hard to say exactly what’s an “American” car and what’s not. If a Chrysler/Fiat product built in Canada is an American car, as Obama seemed to be saying, isn’t a Honda built in Ohio or a Toyota truck built in Texas just as American?
Well yeah, it is. I'd say that could be a big selling point for the Toyota Tundra here in Texas, considering that all of them are made in San Antonio. At any rate, I thought the whole purpose of encouraging consumers to "buy American" was to preserve American jobs. Which can be done now just as easily by buying a Honda or a Toyota. The more cynical among us might say that "buy an American car" really meant "buy a Chrysler after they emerge from bankruptcy" and that Obama was encouraging Americans to "buy American" to justify his throwing taxpayer money at them. I wonder what TOTUS is thinking right about now...
Of course, none of this is to disparage the quality of a Chrysler product. I drive a Dodge truck and have a had very good experience with it. I've kept it maintained regularly and it's given me no problems whatsoever. I wouldn't have any hesitation about buying another.
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