eddobloggo-->Conservative Commentary by Ed Donath

Too big to fail? First, the world's largest automobile brand went bankrupt. Now its heir apparent, in spite of ever-gushing media approval and the widest distribution of green technology, is in jeopardy of a major consumer revolt and subsequent financial meltdown as a result of a deadly design flaw.

Too big to fail? Coincidentally, a flawed accelerator pedal is also responsible for the meltdown of the largest political brand in history. Consumers are turning to competitors of the Obama brand in large numbers in an attempt to salvage what is left of their financial and personal safety.

In the process, voters have begun to shun the rushed, ill-conceived manufacturing of a larger-but-less-effective Prius government. Consumers have suddenly realized that their familiar gasoline-fired capitalist engines are being used to re-charge the hybrid's electric batteries; that they are being co-opted to propel the greenmobile down the Socialist Freeway at top speed.

Ralph Nader had absolutely nothing to do with the Toyota accelerator pedal recall.

This clown had nothing to do with exposing Toyota's deadly design flaw.

A recall is what the consumers in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia have voted for and, while they may not choose to return to brands of the past, they have nonetheless expressed their overwhelming desire to find a political product that is both safe and effective. For most, thinking green is more about wondering whether they will continue to have a paycheck and much less about wondering how soon all of those pie-in-the-sky green jobs will be created.

Suddenly, in an effort to overcome its deadly no-star crash rating, the Obama brand will be allowed to stand for nuclear energy, deficit reduction, spending curtailment, terrorist treatment flexibility and non-sanctioning of lawyers who OK'd "torture". Suddenly, after totally ignoring non-Democrat legislators for a full year, the Obama brand has embraced bi-partisanship.

The problem that the Obama and Toyota brands will have to deal with is the begging, by their loyal consumers, for a reasonable answer to the question: "How could people we so loved and trusted have carelessly left us so vulnerable?"

Next, the Japanese automaker and the president will both have to explain why it was necessary to become so much more like their competitors to insure that gas pedals would not get stuck again.

Then they will have to explain the abnormal depreciation that will leave their consumers upside-down in their loans when trade-in time comes. They better come up with those answers quickly because trading-out of these flawed brands is suddenly a high priority for so many formerly-secure loyal consumers.

Convincing consumers to believe again will be a far more difficult sales job than closing the original sale of those flawed products. We'll find out pretty soon if these brands are, in fact, too big to fail or whether consumers will have total recall of their mistakes when trade-in time rolls around.

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What? No commentary on President Obama's Q&A with the Republican Caucus last week? It's amazing how fast that teleprompter can think on it's feet.

Anonymous

South Lyon, MI

[The reference to bi-partisanship in my commentary can be summed up thusly: The GOP senators would have had their retreat regardless and the Bolshevic Plotter would have been flying somewhere else on Air Force One -- totally ignoring them as he has since Day One -- if he wasn't on the ropes and about to go down for the count. -ED]

Where did you come from on a quiet Sunday? Something must have really set you off because I have never seen the kind of crème de la crème from you like today. Crap, Obama is a pathological liar and that means he believes his own lies and 'eddobloggo' says all there is to say about this, period.

theglimmerman

Great Falls, MT Tribune

Pretty funny Eddo!

Zippit

St. Cloud, MN Times

[If only. -ED]

Great post, eddo! The Toyota analogy fits quite well with the runaway train wreck currently underway in DC.

MypalBalok

Montgomery, AL Advertiser

[teleprompter on:]

How can we as Americans ever hope for bipartisanship if we continue to vilify one another in such contrived manners as this blog comparing the president to an automobile.

President is the elected leader of our country, with Congress he is pledged to govern our country. Our country has good people on both political spectrums and our only hope is working together.

What is being done in the name of politics is more harmful anything a terrorist could do.
Claims of socialism or communism are patently absurd. We have a mixed economy with government programs and private enterprise.

Republicans and Democrats love our country, but we make toxic claims about the other party. This is not what the founding fathers had in mind!

We need to respect and communicate with one another.

Absolutism has no middle ground and fosters no commonality, the citizens, the business interests, and the environment need to considered.

A balance must be reached for sustainable growth, wise use of are resources, health, education, and jobs that we need and the world needs.

21st century solutions for 21st century problems based on timeless values. If we cannot allow a person to change directions or alter courses, then we better be 100% correct when we step off, because that is a only path.

But an auto has an accelerator, brake, steering, shocks, lights, signals, GPS and On-Star capabilities, why can't a leaders, a government, a country have similar capabilities to monitor and adjust our course. Especially during an emergency period or when unintended consequences keep popping up. This is the hope and change that we must as Americans need to embrace.

[teleprompter off]

honestly_john

Wausau, WI Daily Herald

And when this latest round of Teleprompter lies don't stick to the wall he'll have to start flinging more. You cannot escape "The Speech" !!

SenatorBlutarsky

Palm Springs, CA Desert Sun

Obama has constantly held his hand out to Republican lawmakers. They constantly bit his extended hand.

TheAZLiberal

Phoenix, AZ Arizona Republic

[Pointing a finger at them while he said: "Sign this bill before daybreak -- you don't need to read all 1100 pages -- so an emergency doesn't turn into a catastrophe.." I guess that could be interpreted as extending a hand. -ED]

Eddo, you are good for some laughs. When you get up in the mornings, and it is raining, do you blame Obama for that? When you sit a long time at a red light, does The President get the blame for that? No one man can be blamed for everything. Do you think you will still be spewing out the hate 7 years from now, because there is 7 years left in the Obama administration!!! Like it or not.

nocturne

Montgomery, AL Advertiser

[I have no animosity towards you nockworst, so I'll simply ask you to provide an example in today's rant in which I "blamed" Obama for anything. I merely commented on two juxtaposed current events but apparently you have found no inaccuracy therein to argue over so you'll just try to tweak me -- which, of course does not work. Nonetheless, in 7 years I'll still be right about the Bolshevic Plotter and you'll still be calling him Mr. President ...even though he will have already been gone for 4 years. -ED]

Eddo, as usual, another great blog! Right on the money!

novelator

Great Falls, MT Tribune

So it was a Toyota that Obama used to run over the witless GOP in Baltimore. What a sorry bunch of GOPS that was. No plans, Mr. President, but here is a little folder of ideas. The GOP looked like a bunch of litle boys and girls. I thought you guys said he couldn't talk without a teleprompter-WRONG!!

joeeeeee

St. Cloud, MN Times

[You lefties can argue 'til you're blue in the face about the Bolshevic Plotter's oratorical skills. Point is, he ignored the GOP for a full year and now -- out of desperation -- he wants to be seen with them. What anyone said in Baltimore will soon be forgotten. The fact that he HAD to meet with the opposition is what you can't admit. -ED]

Isn't it amazing Toyota...quality problems. April 250,000 brake problems. Then August 600,000 Fire in windows. Now in Jan. 2010 five million accelerator hang-ups and people are dying from wrecks. This started in 2004 with the Prius. Now they have 11 models they can't build because of faulty parts. I remember the buyers of Japanese cars bragging they purchased them because of the quality. They kicked the American Automobile to the point they had to go bankrupt. I have driven a lot of Gm vehicles and don't ever remember them having any where close to this tragedy happen. Why did it take 16 years to report their quality problems. Sounds lide they sold the American buyers a lot of bull crap. If you are driving one of the Five million plus just park them and walk. You ruined the American automobile industry so just suffer. Maybe you should just trade it for a new Ford, Chevrolet or Dodge.

Anonymous
Monroe, LA

Good piece - I suspect the lead up to November will be much like it was in 2009. The Dems will morph to save their skins.

m2march

Palm Springs, CA Desert Sun

If Obama would have truly listened instead of lecturing, he might have made some progress. He just seems to want to go through process to get some press. No progress, just the same old talk and no positive actions.

IndyDependent

St. Cloud, MN Times

You really outdid yourself on this one, sweet analogy play.

It should have been Hillary and I only buy Chevy. Any man that's over 6' just looks like a silly circus bear driving those Japanese makes. What happened to Ann Coulter's ad on your page? She's so naughty, I don't care if she does have an Adam's apple I'd still kiss and nibble her on her man throat.

JayE3

Lansing, MI State Journal

[TMI ducksauce. Thanks for the props. -ED]

Great comment and true Ed. Keep them coming.

D. Bloom

Marathon, WI

Great analogy. I appreciate your wit.

jetflyr

Wausau, WI Daily Herald

Exactly how vulnerable are we? How can you tell?

By this time in George W. Bush's tenure, ~3,000 US civilians were dead in a large and dramatic terrorist attack on 9/11/01 and Osama bin Laden had evaded US forces at Tora Bora. Intelligence was being "sexed up" and policy "fixed about the policy" in order to mislead the US into war with Iraq.

The safest solution, although expensive, would be to detain the world's ~1.5 billion Muslims at Guantanamo, torture some, and murder a few.

I am willing to suspend the Constitution and surrender any and all civil liberties, in order to take all of the risk out of life, and keep the dreaded terrorists from murdering me in my bed.

Thanks.

GVandergrift

Tallahassee, FL Democrat

[I am willing to vote for anyone who takes keeping you from getting murdered in your bed seriously. Conversely, Obama and his like-minded libs must be ousted ASAP. -ED]

Go nuclear energy and Drill here, Drill now, and burn baby burn that coal. We have wasted years upon years and it takes at a minimum of 2 years to do an environmental impact study that the this administration has no motivation to support via the hardliners in the EPA. Anyone that thinks we can go full grown green without tapping our own natural oil resources and technical advantages is delusional. We might actually create a few jobs out of the process till perpetual motion or the wind fairy takes over.

Artyman1

Des Moines, IA Register

Glad someone is telling the truth. Obama and his green vehicles are just pie in the sky and someone should be suing Obama if it was possible for lying to them and telling them the new hybrids are safe cars. Anyone with half a brain knows that a tin can will not hold up when it comes to an American built gas guzzling pickup truck. People should have learned the lesson from Yugo's and other cheap made cars. Obama will cause more people to die when he lied and said this is our future of cars. Sell or thrown away those hybrid tin cans and get back in your gas guzzler and then vote to get rid of they most corrupt President this country has seen.

Anonymous

Taylorsville, NC

Obama is the first lying idiot, illegitimate president, elected by morons. He and Congressional Liberals are killing our country, in front of our eyes. My dog has more business in the white house than this bastard imposter. Obama will most likely burn in hell, with Reid, Pelosi, Dodd, Frank, Kerry, Gore, Clintons, Waxman, Boxer, Kennedy, etc...

This nation is now stained - what a shame!

Anonymous

Mesa, AZ