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ssj12 on 16 December 2008
rocketpig said:
akuma587 said:
Yup, the UAW was the one who was telling GM to make the types of cars that people didn't want and that have caused GM's problems.

While I am all for union concessions, blaming the UAW exclusively for GM et al's problem's is beyond ludicrous.

If you think GM is bad, look at the shit Chrysler and Ford were making. GM looked positively eco-friendly by comparison. I bought a new car about six months ago and Ford & Chrysler were immediately taken out of consideration. I wanted American (made in America, at least), I wanted something with reasonable power and 25+ MPG highway, and I wanted something mid-sized. I ended up with a Pontiac G6. I couldn't be happier with the car because, as it turns out, gets 30+ on the freeway and also makes over 220 horsepower. It's just what I wanted in the $20-25k range.

GM also has the Volt coming, which is really a forward-thinking car. Their work with old technology - pushrod motors in particular - has been amazing over the years. They get better fuel economy and mileage out of those things than anyone could imagine. Meanwhile, Ford has been SUV-crazy for years and Chrysler is still relying on that bastardized piece of shit engine line they redubbed "Hemi" to recapture their glory of the 50s. They're wasteful, inefficient, underpowered per litre, and are basically turds compared to their General Motors counterparts.

I really wanted a Charger but after driving one, you couldn't give me that car. What a piece of shit. I'm still surprised that I ended up with a GM product, having spent most of my life hating the company.

 

You do know that Ford was the first company with a HYBRID car right?



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akuma587 on 16 December 2008
LordTheNightKnight said:
Just because he was a darling before does not mean the media wouldn't stop if they found a "better" darling, and they did.

You are completely ignoring the reasons why the media started giving more attention to Obama and aren't even giving any.  You are just assuming the media is biased without giving any specific examples.  I'm sorry, but the liberal media argument has been beaten to death.  You can't just rely on it like it is a fundamental truth.

And Obama got some horrendously bad coverage during the primaries.  Fortunately for him, most of his dirt was already on the table and he didn't generate much new dirt.

 



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LordTheNightKnight on 16 December 2008

When did I claim the media was liberal? I just pointed out they were biased to Obama, who only got bad coverage until a certain point, then the media made him their darling. It wasn't a liberal thing, because Hillary got bashed hard, and so did a few other left candidates. Obama gave the media what they wanted, and they started fawning over him.

McCain never really was fawned over like that, so that claim McCain somehow lost media favor is untrue.



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