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April 07, 2011
Obama: Let Them Eat Volts
A man asks Obama what he can do about oil prices.
In other words, he's pinched for money.
Obama tells him to buy a new car.
Video at the link, but here's how AP reported it initially:
Obama needled one questioner who asked about gas prices, now averaging close to $3.70 a gallon nationwide, and suggested that the gentleman consider getting rid of his gas-guzzling vehicle.
“If you’re complaining about the price of gas and you’re only getting 8 miles a gallon, you know,” Obama said laughingly. “You might want to think about a trade-in.”
And it gets better: AP, apparently having realized that's a Marie Antoinette sort of answer, actually deleted it from later versions of the story for no reason, and of course with no "CORRECTED" statement.
There's nothing to correct -- he said what he said. How did it begin the day by being news but wind up not being news?
Instapundit has more, as does Captain Ed.