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If Presidential Candidates Were Cars, What Kind of Cars Would They Be?

By Alex in Car & Vehicle, Politics on Oct 26, 2007 at 9:31 pm


Texas Governor Rick Perry recently endorsed Rudy Guliani for the 2008 US Presidential Election. The governor, however, likened his endorsement to buying a pickup truck – all the selections had at least one thing that he didn’t like.

Craig Malisow of HoustonPress disagreed – he has better suggestions of what vehicle each presidential candidate is most like. For example:

Ron Paul: Batmobile. Batshit crazy. The best thing is, if Paul wins, his V.P. can be a Robin-like character. You know, a useless little man-child in tights.

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  1. Zach
    Oct 26th, 2007 at 10:01 pm

    Bad call on the Hillary-DeLorean. Doc was killed by Libyan terrorists, not Iranian.

  2. Greg
    Oct 26th, 2007 at 10:27 pm

    The Bat-shit crazy comment on Ron Paul irks me. He's the only candidate that makes any sense, but he is shut out by the media.

  3. FZappa
    Oct 26th, 2007 at 11:03 pm

    Ron Paul ain't crazy. The Batmobile might work in a save-the-country hero kind of way, though.

  4. Barbara
    Oct 26th, 2007 at 11:13 pm

    Fred Thompson may have a hot wife (how did that happen?) and be on TV, but I find him repulsive. How about a 50's-60's gas guzzler that tries to act like it's worth something?

  5. Dogrun81
    Oct 27th, 2007 at 12:08 am

    methinks the Houstonpress doesn't think too highly of the GOP. Although as a conservative Christian Republican, I still think Ron Paul is a little nuts.

  6. dave p.
    Oct 27th, 2007 at 1:19 am

    neatorama is a dick, what'd ron paul ever do to you jerks?

  7. Tom
    Oct 27th, 2007 at 1:40 am

    i think ron paul is more like a harley. you don't see it advertised too much. but it's been the standard since day one. simple is good. where this dude gets 'batmobile' and proceeds to 'batshit' crazy is a blatant avoidance of the analogy Perry presented.

    Clinton is more like a hyundai...always following the public trends to be likeable.

    Obama? More like a Fiero. New, exciting at the time, but ultimately fell on the grounds that there were other exotic cars that have been developed over decades

    Edwards? Like a John Deer Combine. Looks like it represents the working class, but most of the working class can't afford it.

    Romney is more like Thompson's sports car. Looks great until you realize that your in the hole for a few years paying off something you didn't need to begin with.

    McCain's Hummer is pretty accurate I guess. I would say he's more like a Jeep, applying the same analogy, however.

    Thompson is definitely not a sports car, but then what I don't know.

  8. woot
    Oct 27th, 2007 at 2:38 am

    Not surprised by the usual hit on Ron Paul. Anyone opposed to the war is described as batshit crazy by state media.

  9. dave p.
    Oct 27th, 2007 at 2:48 am

    why isn't "tom" writing the friggin' blurbs that end up on the front page instead of the "I'm a dick who hates Ron Paul" guy?

  10. eyes
    Oct 27th, 2007 at 12:14 pm

    i agree with Tom. Ron Paul is by far NOT batshit crazy, more like the only sane canidate.

    but seriously though, why does Neatorama need to slander Ron Paul??

  11. Alex
    Oct 27th, 2007 at 12:44 pm

    @Tom: "Edwards? Like a John Deer Combine. Looks like it represents the working class, but most of the working class can’t afford it."

    Oh, spot on, Tom! Although he did get a $9 hair cut last time to make up for the $400 one ...

    @eyes and dave p: Lighten up! Ron Paul isn't batshit crazy but his supporters often are. The HoustonPress article made fun of *all* presidential candidates, not just Ron "Batmobile" Paul. ;)

  12. reid
    Oct 27th, 2007 at 2:19 pm

    batshit crazy is totally appropriate. the guy is a hardcore christian that believes this country should tear down separation of church and state, and has strong support among white supremacists, among other things. people treat him like an effing messiah but he's just a crazy theocrat.

  13. Christian
    Oct 29th, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    I think the Ron Paul/Adam West era Batmobile comparison is dead on in that the only people that really care about either one are deluded internet nerds that live in their mom's basement.

  14. Johnald_Chaffinch
    Nov 9th, 2007 at 4:54 pm

    not only is this post retarded, but most of the comments are too. i'm glad i'm not american if these really represent your opinions. if you took 10 minutes out to listen to that ron paul guy you should realise you've been extremely ignorant. if he doesn't win the 2008 elections - your country will carry on downhill with neo-con rule (democrats or republicans). welcome to the police state.

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