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joye ([info]joye) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-04-09 22:08:00
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Were it not for Alan Mulally, Nancy Pelosi might be President of the United States right now
Ford Motor Company arranged a demonstration of their high tech hydrogen-electric hybrid car on the White House lawn for President Bush. The plan was for President Bush to plug in the car, photogs take pictures, everybody's happy. Well, the extension cord was placed by the rear of the car (where the hydrogen tank is) rather than on the side near the outlet. As President Bush approached the extension cord, Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford, had visions of splodey-plums dancing in his head and high-tailed it to physically ensure that President Bush did not put the plug into the hydrogen tank.

Naturally, the blog and news articles on this are a buffet of snark, with the comboxes as dessert wank. Enjoy the potato crisps of Ford blaming, the sandwich board of Left vs. Right, and the thick pungent stew of laments, then cleanse your palate with a delicious fruit salad of non sequiturs.
AutoBlog
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Short News
Hot Air

Expect more wank as more blogs pick up the story.

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[info]seiberwing
2007-04-10 02:46 am UTC (link)
I'm amused how every Stupid President Trick turns into wank.

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[info]damien
2007-04-10 02:56 am UTC (link)
I had to check the date to make sure that this wasn't an April Fool's Day joke that had been posted too late or something.

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ealusaid
2007-04-10 04:45 am UTC (link)
This is the man who was featured in international news because he choked on a pretzel. Every day is April Fool's Day with him!

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[info]jaina
2007-04-10 05:20 am UTC (link)
Oh man, that Cheney-lurking-in-the-bushes photo never fails to crack me up.

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[info]tangentialone
2007-04-10 06:03 am UTC (link)
...I went and clicked through the links to find it, and hahahahahahahahah XD

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[info]wrenlet
2007-04-10 12:11 pm UTC (link)
Captions :D

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[info]makeshyft
2007-04-10 01:11 pm UTC (link)
Maybe it's like Duck Hunt..

Everytime Bush fires off his mouth and misses the point, Dick pops up and snickers at him.

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[info]seiberwing
2007-04-10 03:21 pm UTC (link)
Bwa!

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[info]puipui
2007-04-10 05:22 pm UTC (link)
"These bushes are absorbent, but they're nowhere near as absorbent as the Constitution!"

My god, how I love Wil Wheaton.

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[info]tangentialone
2007-04-10 05:45 pm UTC (link)
Ha! :D

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[info]wrongly_amused
2007-04-10 04:21 pm UTC (link)
The video is even better.

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[info]rachel_pi
2007-04-10 08:58 pm UTC (link)
...I love CSPAN.

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[info]chibikaijuu
2007-04-11 02:03 am UTC (link)
I, I, I... WHAT IS HE DOING? He looks sort of confused, actually, like he thought the press conference was tomorrow and today was supposed to be Naked Intern Barbecue day.

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[info]littlest_lurker
2007-04-11 08:10 am UTC (link)
The only thing that could make that better is if they had reversed it, panning from Bush and then slowly zooming in on Cheney...

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[info]wrongly_amused
2007-04-10 05:32 am UTC (link)
Oh God, America, never change.

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[info]darthmaligna
2007-04-10 06:42 am UTC (link)
As an American, all I have to say is...

why would you wish something like that?! D:

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[info]evilsqueakers
2007-04-10 07:17 am UTC (link)
Because we provide hours and hours of free entertainment for everyone, including America, 95% of the time?

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[info]wrongly_amused
2007-04-10 04:17 pm UTC (link)
I have a love/hate relationship with the tragic humor of my country. I laugh because ultimately excessive amounts of headdesking only cause fatal brain damage. :-(

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[info]dragonfangirl
2007-04-10 08:23 am UTC (link)
I'm snickering too hard to snark.

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[info]kahrohseh
2007-04-10 08:32 am UTC (link)
I have never been so envious of alternate universe outcomes before.

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[info]zannechaos
2007-04-10 09:14 am UTC (link)
Curses. Darwin is foiled again. Woe. D:

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[info]zannechaos
2007-04-10 09:29 am UTC (link)
Actually, while loading up the dishwasher, it occured to me...

Perhaps the poor man just didn't want the Ford Corporation on the sacrifical altar, even if for the greater good. Because face it. Would he really have panicked and grabbed Bush like that if he wasn't afraid of a worst-case scenario? And in order to fear that, I think he'd have to hold the opinion that Dubya is a bumbling idiot.

He didn't save the president. He just said that he thinks the man a fool. Actions speak so much louder than words. :D

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[info]dawnswalker
2007-04-10 10:14 am UTC (link)
Maybe he was worried because the car's insurance doesn't cover "Accidental Presidential Assassination."

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[info]rachelmap
2007-04-10 10:46 am UTC (link)
It would also reflect badly on his company because they'd designed a car that any idiot could blow himself up with in one easy step. And, while Bush and Cheney being blown to smithereens would be a small loss, the next idiot who came along might be more valuable.

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[info]mmanurere
2007-04-10 03:15 pm UTC (link)
Now, be fair -- Dubya isn't just any idiot.

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[info]frequentmouse
2007-04-10 05:06 pm UTC (link)
No, he is a special snowflake of idiocy.

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[info]annaham
2007-04-10 11:07 pm UTC (link)
He's the idiot in charge of our country! WHEEE!

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[info]digigirl132
2007-04-10 03:47 pm UTC (link)
also, hybrid cars may be considered WMDs after that.

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[info]puipui
2007-04-10 05:26 pm UTC (link)
I'm fairly certain they're close enough now for government work.

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[info]edgyspice
2007-04-10 04:31 pm UTC (link)
...they'd designed a car that any idiot could blow himself up with in one easy step.

First thing that popped into my head.

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[info]ruuger
2007-04-10 10:50 am UTC (link)
I'm just thinking that Mulally must really hate Bush to be so openly talking about what happened.

I mean, what CEO of a car manufacturer would willingly admit that an idiot sticking an extension cord to the wrong hole could make their car blow up?

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dracothelizard
2007-04-10 01:37 pm UTC (link)
That's a huge flaw in the design, considering there're plenty of idiots in this world.

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[info]waitwut
2007-04-10 01:13 pm UTC (link)
Not only that, but as Ford and Michigan are both in tough shape economically, blowing up the car and the President canNOT be good for business. ;)

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[info]b_jellybean
2007-04-10 01:38 pm UTC (link)
Srsly. Maybe this is their new marketing strategy-- "Buy a Ford Hybrid! Eliminate the idiots in your life!"

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[info]waitwut
2007-04-10 01:40 pm UTC (link)
*ponders that concept*

*checks bank account*

;)

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[info]black_spot
2007-04-10 07:51 pm UTC (link)
You've just made your first sale!

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eviemouse
2007-04-10 10:15 pm UTC (link)
But the problem is that this works only once per idiot, unless you can gather all of them in one convenient place. This might get awfully expensive very quickly.

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eviemouse
2007-04-10 10:16 pm UTC (link)
I meant *once per car, unless you gather all the idiots* etc. In my defense, it's deep night here.

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[info]catremistrae
2007-04-14 05:24 am UTC (link)
I would hope this would work only once per idiot, unless you're got some special Dawn of the Dead idiots.

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[info]ehann
2007-04-10 11:02 am UTC (link)
It's too bad the whole thing is bullshit though. According to Keith Olberman of Countdown on MSNBC, the story was completely false.

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[info]cjk
2007-04-10 11:23 am UTC (link)
Shame - it reads like an alternative universe to the "King Ralph" movie. :)

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[info]kadath
2007-04-10 12:20 pm UTC (link)
Well, yeah, I but I had a good laugh.

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[info]linadarkstar
2007-04-10 09:51 pm UTC (link)
And blogs still picking it up. Oh, political media.

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capybara
2007-04-11 01:35 am UTC (link)
Well, that won't stop them. Political blogs love to wank about things that didn't actually happen, like the heckling incident at John McCain's press conference in Baghdad. I waded through about 9000 pages of hysteria about it on a conservative board the other night. It was like being in a primate house, only with more senseless poo-flinging and many violations of the communist version of Godwin's Law, if there is such a thing. The liberal blog I looked at wasn't any better. Polarization is some scary shit.

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[info]slavekitty
2007-04-11 01:11 am UTC (link)
...wasn't there a political wank journal (that no one reads)? The road to '08 is looking longer and longer...

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[info]amxjm
2007-04-11 04:49 am UTC (link)
[info]political_wank gets no love. :(

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[info]microclimate
2007-04-11 05:26 am UTC (link)
I love you simply for the phrase "splodey-plums dancing in his head."

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