Democratic Hopeful Says: If Elected He Will Tell Americans To Give Up SUVs

Democratic Hopeful Says: If Elected He Will Tell Americans To Give Up SUVs
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group Tuesday that he would ask Americans to make a big sacrifice: their sport utility vehicles.

"I think Americans are actually willing to sacrifice," Edwards said during a forum held by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. "One of the things they should be asked to do is drive more fuel efficient vehicles."

The former North Carolina senator was asked specifically if he would tell them to give up their SUVS, he said, "Yes."


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EL34EL34 - 8/29/2007 1:45:34 PM
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Is this door knob going to give up his 28,000 sqft. mansion and will he give up his $1,200 haircuts?

Will the bumpkin that started his Presidential bid in New Orleans about 6 months ago talking with poor African Americans that lost everything in Katrina continue to own the company that is foreclosing on those same poor Katrina victims?

The punk can drive a Prius, but he better never mess with el34's SUV!


Agent009Agent009 - 8/29/2007 1:49:42 PM
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LOL! - Come on now, tell us how you really feel!


EL34EL34 - 8/29/2007 5:45:25 PM
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The man is a crackpot!


LuxuryFanLuxuryFan - 8/29/2007 10:43:58 PM
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How is the '97 M-Class by the way?


Agent009Agent009 - 8/29/2007 2:27:37 PM
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sounds like you are a bit envious.


vvelezvvelez - 8/29/2007 2:12:24 PM
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I don't think he should be talking about SUV's i do agree that it wouldnt be a bad idea to have more fuel efficient vehicles but i dont think having a big vehicle is the problem is the engine people come on. This is the US we cant be like France or England with real small cars the US is like 10 times the size of those countries if not bigger so lets put this in a propotional perspective. small country = smaller car big= bigger car but sure give us the option to buy whichever car we want


lexusis350lexusis350 - 8/29/2007 8:35:59 PM
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Europe has small cars because the streets there were built during the horse and wagon days. Horses and wagons aren't as big as cars. That's why they're so small; so they can fit down the streets.


vvelezvvelez - 8/29/2007 2:13:40 PM
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hey hey watch out for the ford quality statement they just took jd power and associates award for best in initial quality dont forget about the fusion beat out the camry and accord in quality too


S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 8/29/2007 10:11:59 PM
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Nobody cares about the Ford Fusion. It's a failure. Ford, as of now, is a failure. It's everything they can do to make a profit- and that includes selling Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover.


carfan33carfan33 - 8/29/2007 2:17:41 PM
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will he also urge the rich to give up their exotic or ultra-luxury rides.

will he also urge folks to give up their full size or high performance sedans?

will he also urge folks to give up their sports/muscle cars?

will he also urge folks to give up their minivans?


what a moron


carfan33carfan33 - 8/29/2007 2:27:22 PM
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when i was single, i drove a grand cherokee. i like to build furniture so it came in handy regularly hauling stuff from the lumber yards and hardware stores. when i wasn't hauling hardware, i was hauling people or being asked to help friends/family move...the same friends/family who questioned why i needed an suv.


S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 8/29/2007 10:14:45 PM
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damikco, it was just the other day that there was a microburst in the Chicago metro. Tornado warnings, flash floods and severe thunderstorms abound.

It was then that we came to the realization that we still need one SUV. A 535xi would not have been able to get through the eight-inch flooding and thunder-struck trees.


Will_Will_ - 8/29/2007 2:54:48 PM
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John Edwards has a nice great big ol' ranch here in North Carolina that has many black SUVs right in the driveway...


EL34EL34 - 8/29/2007 5:40:43 PM
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Will is correct.

Here a link showing Edwards getting into his SUV.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0807/Edwards_vs_the_SUV.html


cdokecdoke - 8/29/2007 3:00:34 PM
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Ah good old John Edwards. It was during the vice-presidetal debate between himself and Dick Cheney that I came to realize that or dearest Mr. Edwards has the approximate intelligence of a rock.


1evlaudi1evlaudi - 8/29/2007 3:24:39 PM
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typical democrat hypocrisie


BMW740Z4BMW740Z4 - 8/29/2007 9:21:16 PM
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Hillary will never be President


EL34EL34 - 8/29/2007 5:44:47 PM
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I'm not pointing anyone out but it's definitely time for some of you to invest in a dictionary.

dic·tion·ar·y
A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words, with information given for each word, usually including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology.


LuxuryFanLuxuryFan - 8/29/2007 10:49:44 PM
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...when will you invest in more intelligence?


jeffgalljeffgall - 8/29/2007 6:26:54 PM
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Is he trying to win the votes of the labor unions who build all those US SUVs.


lexusis350lexusis350 - 8/29/2007 8:31:33 PM
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John Edwards is an absolute IDIOT! General Motors is a major economic boost for the U.S. and what is the majority of their vehicles sold? Oh that's right, SUV's! There's the Tahoe, Suburban, Yukon, Yukon XL, Acadia, and Escalade. If he "tells" (which I think is a little demanding of him) us to give up our SUVs, GM will lose the one good thing they've got going for them and the economy will go down.


lexusis350lexusis350 - 8/29/2007 8:38:13 PM
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If he becomes president, he won't have that brigade of Suburbans to protect him. Who's got a sniper? :)


BMW740Z4BMW740Z4 - 8/29/2007 9:19:51 PM
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John Edwards is a money-grubbing hypocrit. He drives gass-guzzling crossover's all the time (he has an SRX and a Pacifica).

As an aside, this idiot went to go work for a hedge fund after he lost his job as senator to, verbatum: "learn about poverty"

HA! That's like working at a soup kitchen to learn about being rich!



LexusLexus - 8/29/2007 9:36:49 PM
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Let get serious here, this idiot know that the global warming is a big issue so he try to capitolized it. American are willing to sacrifice, yeah...right! where have you been living in the past 5 years bro?

Where I live in OC, you be lucky when you turn to change lane, and get permission to change. About 99.9% of the motorist will speed up and won't like you change or cut lane in front of them. So what make he think they give away their SUV? what a goofball.


BMW740Z4BMW740Z4 - 8/29/2007 9:51:17 PM
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The whole global warming deal is B.S. - just like global cooling was in the 70's. - Any person worth a damn knows it.


S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 8/29/2007 10:17:12 PM
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LOL I went 110mph on the highway tonight (twice the speed limit), flying by a Cayenne S like it was standing still. Why does everything sweet have to be so bitter?


porsche911porsche911 - 8/30/2007 2:03:39 AM
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I like his idealistic stand!! Its also unrealistic, I think.


cdokecdoke - 8/30/2007 12:33:25 PM
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What people drivng SUVs or John Edwards?


t_bonet_bone - 8/30/2007 9:38:07 AM
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SUV's are a joke, they don't do ANYTHING well and make very poor people movers. But he's a hypocrite because he owns one.


indoctrin8edindoctrin8ed - 8/31/2007 5:02:09 AM
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I'll give up my SUV if he shaves his head (and is restricted to paying the barber less than $10 to do it).
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