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.

posted by Ace at 12:41 PM

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