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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
Wonkette
Short News
Hot Air

Expect more wank as more blogs pick up the story.

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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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