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| 2004-04-23 | |
| Does John Kerry, who supports higher automobile fuel economy standards, own a gas-guzzling SUV? He does, but says it belongs to the family, not to him. During a conference call Thursday with reporters to discuss his upcoming jobs tour through West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, the Democratic presidential candidate was asked whether he owned a Chevrolet Suburban. ``I don't own an SUV,'' said Kerry, who supports increasing existing fuel economy standards to 36 miles per gallon by 2015 in order to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil supplies. Kerry also has made rising gasoline prices an issue in the campaign against President Bush. In Houston on Thursday, Kerry said the president broke a 2000 campaign pledge to ``jawbone'' oil-producing nations by pressuring them to increase their output. Kerry thought for a second when asked whether his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, had a Suburban at their Ketchum, Idaho, home. Kerry said he owns and drives a Dodge 600 and recently bought a Chrysler 300M. He said his wife owns the Chevrolet SUV. ``The family has it. I don't have it,'' he said.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 I can see the rational behind the push for higher mileage standards. The less oil we import the less the asshats and others have to try and hold over our heads. I just wish one off the candidates would come publically for true energy independence and in the long run that means getting our transportation needs off of our petroleum habit. Ulitmately we'll have to go to more nuclear IMO. The pebble bed reactors look promising and work on fusion reactors should be taken away from the DOE and turned over to the Navy with the stipulation they work on producing a reactor that will fit inside the hull of a Los Angelos class sub. And for all of those who advocate "renewables" such as wind, solar and the like. All they are are first, second and third level nuclear power sources relying on a reactor 93 million miles away |
| Posted by: cheaderhead 2004-04-23 5:31:59 PM |
| #6 That's a G5, Ship. They could also ask him about his 42 foot powerboat. No sailboats for him. Believe it's called the "Scaramouche". |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-04-23 2:21:58 PM |
| #5 I like the GulfStream (?) that Theresea calls the Flying Squirrel. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-23 12:53:27 PM |
| #4 he decide to buy it before he decide not to buy it. im going have tell nader about this. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-04-23 11:26:11 AM |
| #3 Kausfiles on Slate http://www.slate.com/id/2099199/ discussed this by titling it "I didn't inhale my SUV". By the way, note that it is an American SUV. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-04-23 10:38:05 AM |
| #2 If I was a reporter I would ask him how he expects to get his environmental policy through congress when he can't even convince his own wife to save gas. |
| Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American 2004-04-23 10:25:52 AM |
| #1 John Kerry, the self-Scrapplefying candidate. He keeps going like this, even Democrats won't take him seriously. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-04-23 10:14:43 AM |