John Kerry, Detroit and Rolls-Royce

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AURORA, Colo. — Sen. John Kerry spoke about the plight of the American worker when he traveled to Detroit earlier this week, a safe message for the blue-collar workers who build cars there.

 

    So it was a little strange that the campaign picked as its press-pass logo for its Motor City tour the gleaming showcase car of a foreign auto company — Rolls-Royce — that makes cars priced far outside the financial reach of any middle-class voter.

   

    "That's an insult to the auto worker, it's an insult to the American worker, it's an insult to mainstream America," said Sam Burwell from Corunna, Mich., a third-generation auto worker for General Motors. "It also shows who he's really in touch with: his European, elitist French friends and not Americans like me. A Rolls-Royce, for cryin' out loud."

   

    The Kerry-Edwards traveling press pass was designed by Mr. Kerry's campaign advance team in Michigan and distributed to the reporters who flew with him to Detroit to attend the 2004 National Urban League Conference. Dominating the pass is the photograph of a Rolls-Royce 100EX, an opulent convertible complete with the famed "Spirit of Ecstasy" hood ornament.

   

    Asked about the press-pass logo, Kerry spokesman David Wade said it was unintentional error by a campaign volunteer and then criticized President Bush's economic policies.

   

    "I could say that the Rolls-Royce is the perfect symbol of who got the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, but sometimes objects in the rearview mirror are closer than they appear," he said.

   

    "Under President Bill Clinton, our strong economy actually helped bring Rolls-Royce jobs to the United States for American workers," Mr. Wade said. "Now, with health care costs rising and no end in sight under George Bush, American automakers say they may have to outsource jobs overseas. That's why John Kerry's health care plan offers relief to American companies and hope for the United Auto Workers who are fighting to put John Kerry and John Edwards in the White House."

 

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I dont know who to laugh at more, Kerry's campaign Volunteer that made such a stupid mistake or this guy:

 

"It also shows who he's really in touch with: his European, elitist French friends and not Americans like me. A Rolls-Royce, for cryin' out loud."

 

Rolls-Royce is manufactured in Germany, duh. Aren't we still somewhat friends with Germany?

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"It also shows who he's really in touch with: his European, elitist French friends and not Americans like me. A Rolls-Royce, for cryin' out loud."

 

Rolls-Royce is manufactured in Germany, duh. Aren't we still somewhat friends with Germany?

For your average dumb working-class stiff, Europe=France. Oh, and I would laugh if it turned out that guy drove a Japanese car.

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This is a minor story, but really, you WOULD think someone in his campaign would have thought that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to drive off from the Detroit stop in anything but an American made car.

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This is a minor story, but really, you WOULD think someone in his campaign would have thought that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to drive off from the Detroit stop in anything but an American made car.

I wonder what Michael "Flint Michigan" Moore thinks of this...

[Guest MikeSC]

This is a minor story, but really, you WOULD think someone in his campaign would have thought that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to drive off from the Detroit stop in anything but an American made car.

I wonder what Michael "Flint Michigan" Moore thinks of this...

I'll bet his thoughts involve donuts.

-=Mike

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Are you saying Moore's fa...

 

nevermind

 

Mike(theSC) you're turning into a one-trick pony here.

 

In other news Kerry is a total idiot for showing up in a rolls. Would something american have been so difficult? I'm not saying he needed to show up in a viper, but maybe an escalade (boo SUV's!). I mean he is trying to connect with black voters...

[Guest MikeSC]

Are you saying Moore's fa...

 

nevermind

 

Mike(theSC) you're turning into a one-trick pony here.

 

In other news Kerry is a total idiot for showing up in a rolls. Would something american have been so difficult? I'm not saying he needed to show up in a viper, but maybe an escalade (boo SUV's!). I mean he is trying to connect with black voters...

I was a one-trick pony years ago. When that trick is "Moore is fat", a second trick is not only not needed, it'll be starved as any nourishment for it will be stolen by Moore. Keeping a second-trick pony would just be cruel and inhumane and I, being the nice guy and all, couldn't live with that kind o' cruelty.

-=Mike

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Are you saying Moore's fa...

 

nevermind

 

Mike(theSC) you're turning into a one-trick pony here.

 

In other news Kerry is a total idiot for showing up in a rolls. Would something american have been so difficult? I'm not saying he needed to show up in a viper, but maybe an escalade (boo SUV's!). I mean he is trying to connect with black voters...

I think it would be great if Kerry showed up in a decked-out caddie with chrome 20s and subs booming out Ludacris (just to get in a dig at O'Reilly).

[Guest MikeSC]

Are you saying Moore's fa...

 

nevermind

 

Mike(theSC) you're turning into a one-trick pony here.

 

In other news Kerry is a total idiot for showing up in a rolls.  Would something american have been so difficult?  I'm not saying he needed to show up in a viper, but maybe an escalade (boo SUV's!).  I mean he is trying to connect with black voters...

I think it would be great if Kerry showed up in a decked-out caddie with chrome 20s and subs booming out Ludacris (just to get in a dig at O'Reilly).

Would he use the term "bee-yotches"?

-=Mike

[Guest Brian]

Slang chnages mike. He'd be calling 'em bee-ahhs

[Guest MikeSC]

Slang chnages mike. He'd be calling 'em bee-ahhs

But he's whiter than I. He'd probably stick with "bee-yotches"

-=Mike

..."I now replace John Edwards as my VP --- and replace him with Lil'Jon!!!"

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Slang chnages mike. He'd be calling 'em bee-ahhs

But he's whiter than I. He'd probably stick with "bee-yotches"

-=Mike

..."I now replace John Edwards as my VP --- and replace him with Lil'Jon!!!"

Theodore Long for Kerry's new campaign manager?

[Guest MikeSC]

Slang chnages mike. He'd be calling 'em bee-ahhs

But he's whiter than I. He'd probably stick with "bee-yotches"

-=Mike

..."I now replace John Edwards as my VP --- and replace him with Lil'Jon!!!"

Theodore Long for Kerry's new campaign manager?

Belee dat. playa.

-=Mike

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Slang chnages mike. He'd be calling 'em bee-ahhs

But he's whiter than I. He'd probably stick with "bee-yotches"

-=Mike

..."I now replace John Edwards as my VP --- and replace him with Lil'Jon!!!"

Theodore Long for Kerry's new campaign manager?

Belee dat. playa.

-=Mike

"I want my face on the dolla-dolla bill, y'all!"

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I dont know who to laugh at more, Kerry's campaign Volunteer that made such a stupid mistake or this guy:

 

"It also shows who he's really in touch with: his European, elitist French friends and not Americans like me. A Rolls-Royce, for cryin' out loud."

 

Rolls-Royce is manufactured in Germany, duh. Aren't we still somewhat friends with Germany?

Well, you could make two arguments:

 

1)Like the line from ALF, Trevor Ochmonek listening to Pink Floyd:

 

'Boy that Sinatra could sing'

 

'Trevor, uh, that sounds like Pink Floyd!'

 

'I KNOW! I was making two separate statements!'

 

-or-

 

2)France basically IS a part of Germany (I guess 150 years of being their bitch will do that to you). So he was technically correct

[Guest CronoT]

I dont know who to laugh at more, Kerry's campaign Volunteer that made such a stupid mistake or this guy:

 

"It also shows who he's really in touch with: his European, elitist French friends and not Americans like me. A Rolls-Royce, for cryin' out loud."

 

Rolls-Royce is manufactured in Germany, duh. Aren't we still somewhat friends with Germany?

Well, you could make two arguments:

 

1)Like the line from ALF, Trevor Ochmonek listening to Pink Floyd:

 

'Boy that Sinatra could sing'

 

'Trevor, uh, that sounds like Pink Floyd!'

 

'I KNOW! I was making two separate statements!'

 

-or-

 

2)France basically IS a part of Germany (I guess 150 years of being their bitch will do that to you). So he was technically correct

Is this going to turn into another "Bitchslap France" thread? I don't really mind, because it's still funny, but there's only so much of that you can do; like Mike saying Michael Moore is fat, it gets old, and then you look stupid for beating a dead horse.

 

Also, France is the only country who's entire army's armpits are sunburned. That's a joke. If you can't figure it out, I'm sure someone else will explain it.

[Guest GreatOne]

So would it offend you if it does? You would have LOVED the Bruce Jacobs show on FSR last night..................

[Guest MikeSC]

I dont know who to laugh at more, Kerry's campaign Volunteer that made such a stupid mistake or this guy:

 

"It also shows who he's really in touch with: his European, elitist French friends and not Americans like me. A Rolls-Royce, for cryin' out loud."

 

Rolls-Royce is manufactured in Germany, duh. Aren't we still somewhat friends with Germany?

Well, you could make two arguments:

 

1)Like the line from ALF, Trevor Ochmonek listening to Pink Floyd:

 

'Boy that Sinatra could sing'

 

'Trevor, uh, that sounds like Pink Floyd!'

 

'I KNOW! I was making two separate statements!'

 

-or-

 

2)France basically IS a part of Germany (I guess 150 years of being their bitch will do that to you). So he was technically correct

Is this going to turn into another "Bitchslap France" thread? I don't really mind, because it's still funny, but there's only so much of that you can do; like Mike saying Michael Moore is fat, it gets old, and then you look stupid for beating a dead horse.

 

Also, France is the only country who's entire army's armpits are sunburned. That's a joke. If you can't figure it out, I'm sure someone else will explain it.

Wow, bitching about other posters? Man, you're such a one-trick pony.

-=Mike

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Bah this thread is getting back on track. We need to continue the tangent of associating whitey-hatin' black guys to the John "bling-bling" Kerry campaign. I've got the perfect guy for his Secretary of Defense: