Edwards: Americans should sacrifice their SUVs

[stephanie]

Here ya are, folks...Vote for a Democrat and start giving up your freedoms....for the good of the goverment....

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Associated Press - August 29, 2007 7:55 AM ET

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group he would ask Americans to make a big sacrifice: their sport utility vehicles.

The former North Carolina senator told a forum by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, yesterday he thinks Americans are willing to sacrifice.

Edwards says Americans should be asked to drive more fuel efficient vehicles. He says he would ask them to give up SUVs.

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http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6997982

[GW in Ohio]

Here ya are, folks...Vote for a Democrat and start giving up your freedoms....for the good of the goverment....

SNIP:
Associated Press - August 29, 2007 7:55 AM ET

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group he would ask Americans to make a big sacrifice: their sport utility vehicles.

The former North Carolina senator told a forum by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, yesterday he thinks Americans are willing to sacrifice.

Edwards says Americans should be asked to drive more fuel efficient vehicles. He says he would ask them to give up SUVs.

read the rest at..
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6997982

This is the kind of reaction I would expect from a conservative, i.e., "Fuck you. I ain't givin' up nothin'."

BTW, stephanie, he isn't asking Americans to give up their SUVs for the sake of the government; it's for the sake of the environment that we all live in and share.

[truthmatters]

He is asking for peopel to do it on their own not sugesting a law against them.

Dont ask a con what he can do for his country they dont want to do anything for their country.

[Monkeybone]

that is a yes and no thing. the only time i think that i would agree with it is when you see the soccer moms driving those big ass excursions for one kid.

but in the same note, i love my trucks/suvs...MINE! but i also do like saying money on gas.

[stephanie]

He is asking for peopel to do it on their own not sugesting a law against them.

Dont ask a con what he can do for his country they dont want to do anything for their country.

[stephanie]

I guess we could all start riding one of these...

[truthmatters]

It is a total waste of money and energy.

I live in an area where there are alot of wealthy people.

I see single people driving Hummers all the time its their go to work car.

The reason they drive them Im guessing is status and so they can look down on everything else on the road.

People can get very petty when they feel Better than their fellow man because of wealth.

[MtnBiker]

People can get very petty when they feel Better than their fellow man because of wealth.

So? do you suggest the government should do something about it?

[GW in Ohio]

I guess we could all start riding one of these...

Actually, I thought that was pretty funny, stephanie.

I think the environment is the new third rail in American politics. Everyone knows we have to take some fairly drastic steps if we're going to have a liveable environment now and in the future.

But no politician wants to ask Americans to start making sacrifices and giving up some of the luxuries we've become accustomed to.

I give Edwards credit for making an effort in this direction.

[PostmodernProphet]

I want a biodiesel Hummer.....

[MtnBiker]

Large screen tvs consumes more energy than small screen, Edwards should ask people to use only small screen tvs.

Beef production consumes more energy than produce production, Edwards should ask people to be vegetarians.

Large homes consumes more energy than small homes, Edwards should ask people to live in small homes.

Airplanes consume large quatities of energy, Edwards should ask people to take less vacations.

All of these suggestions would be much better for us, we all live in and share the environment, Edwards could lead us into a better future.

[stephanie]

I'm all for conservation, and I do my best to help with it...Shoot, I've had those squiggly funny looking light bulbs, for ten yrs..way before Al Bore suggested us IDIOTS use them...

You all come up and live where I do, and then tell me you will buy and drive one of those tin can hybrids when it is -50 below zero...

[darin]

Do people know the late Ford Excursion was more enivronmentally-friendly than the Geo Metro when it came out?

[darin]

It is a total waste of money and energy.

I live in an area where there are alot of wealthy people.

I see single people driving Hummers all the time its their go to work car.

The reason they drive them Im guessing is status and so they can look down on everything else on the road.

People can get very petty when they feel Better than their fellow man because of wealth.

Maybe people drive them to feel more protected against crappy drivers. Are you a crappy driver? I think people like you look-down on SUV drivers because of your arrogance.

[PostmodernProphet]

Do people know the late Ford Excursion was more enivronmentally-friendly than the Geo Metro when it came out?

not before you posted it, no......