The American Pundit

Actually, this is similar to the Cameron Diaz post last night. Michelle Malkin explains.

In case you can’t read the caption under the photo, let me reprint it:

“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid walks from his Chevrolet Suburban (left) to attend a news conference on energy efficiency Wednesday in Upper Senate Park. Reid rode in the sport utility vehicle from the Capitol to the event, which was across the street.”

The Chevy Suburban SUV weighs in at 5800 pounds and gets 15 mpg. Reid’s got two of them–one in DC and one back in Nevada. He says they are for “security.” What about the “security” of ordinary Americans who drive these same vehicles? Reid and the Senate Dems have just passed an automaker-demonizing energy bill that mandates higher fuel efficiency standards, which will mean higher vehicle prices and more consumers priced out of the new auto market.

The Detroit News’ Henry Payne strikes back against Harry. Here’s the gem:

In lecturing automakers to take their medicine, Reid scolded Detroit in particular (including GM) for not making more small, fuel efficient cars: “Perhaps if they had joined us instead of fighting us these last 20 years, they might not be in the financial mess they’re in today. But, as the senator’s own drive confirms, GM is meeting market demand - for Democratic pols who need big, powerful vehicles for security, for example. We await the senator’s next mandate that Capitol security vehicles be planet-saving, 4-cylinder gas hybrid Priuses made by non-union Toyota Motor Company.

Actually, I’m wondering when these global warming alarmist legislators are going to start traveling around in a Prius.