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By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers

Maybe it's Ford's refusal to take bailout money, or maybe the Obama gang just likes the company's hybrids, but team is a big fan of the car company. The proof: President Obama and spokesman Robert Gibbs drive Escape hybrids. And now, Ford tells Whispers, former Obama campaign manager and adviser David Plouffe is sitting nicely in a Fusion Hybrid.

Over the weekend and just in time for Earth Day, Plouffe took delivery of a black Fusion—41 mpg city and 36 mpg highwayat Delaware's Sheridan Ford, we heard on Sunday. Sheridan is in his hometown of Wilmington. Talk about a sales event. And Ford didn't let it pass. "It's a great time to buy a car, and we are thrilled the Plouffe family decided to purchase the Fusion Hybrid," says Said Deep, Ford's spokesman. "Americans want to feel good about the purchases they make, but they don't want to compromise on quality or performance. Ford gets this, and through our commitment to fuel efficiency, quality, innovation, and advanced technology, we will continue to lead the way in the drive to be green."

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A high gas tax would be the best medicine to hold down gas consumption, and reward fuel-efficient cars.

(U.S. cars consume twice as much fuel as European and Japanese cars)

make it difficult for OPEC to gouge us again when the economy recovers.

(Oil price shocks and manipulation by OPEC have cost us dearly each major shock was followed by a recession.)

Medicine doesn´t always taste good, but sometimes we need it.

(short term pain for long term gain.)

JEFF of NY 7:02PM May 04, 2009

Since you're bringing up ancient history... Arrogant! Hell Yes. After all it was the US auto industry and the American public that bailed your asses out of WW2.

Don't give me your holier than thou crap. I've driven those tiny little sh!t boxes you people call cars. You can keep them.

BTW If you haven't kept up w/ the news, Toyota sales are in the dumpster here, as well. This is a market issue driven by many factors including Americans shipping their hard earned cash overseas to foriegn countries/companies.

Pissed in Minneapolis of MN 6:35AM April 22, 2009

If the workers at the American assembly plants werent such a greedy bunch of so and so's, then more cars and trucks would also be assembled in the good ole US of A.

If you also managed to produce some decent looking, reliable and efficient vehicles the best sellers over there would also be American.

The point i'm making is this, the American motor industry, and most Americans in general, have been so damn arrogant at how great they and the country are, they have missed the rest of the world overtake them and succeed. Most of this happened in the late 60's and 70's, i mean, look at the trash that came out of Detroit.

Your self reliance and gas guzzlers and couldnt give a f**k attitude to using ALL the fossil fuels has got your motoring industry in to the mess its in today.

If lived in America i would buy a foreign brand like Toyota, Honda, Subaru or Volvo. I might consider a Ford but it would be the European designed Fiesta, Ka or Focus. I would maybe consider the Hybrid Escape. I wouldnt touch your huge, gas guzzling, family saloons (seddans) or SUV's.

I would also like to point out that i wouldnt buy a Prius as i think its a pile of poo. In Europe we have cars way more efficient that are not hybrids.

Have a nice day.

Tomato 3:21AM April 22, 2009

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