The White House\u2019s \u201cRecovery Summer\u201d tour is beginning to resemble a jalopy wheezing from town to town, consuming whatever fuel will keep it going. Throw in Veep Biden, and it is a full-blown farce.<\/p>\n
Biden dove into Toledo, Ohio, on Monday amid evidence of a stalled economy to once again boast to yet another UAW audience of the president\u2019s \u201ctransformed U.S. auto industry.\u201d A month ago, Biden came to Midland, Michigan, to advertise a subsidized green-battery plant as our auto-jobs future. But America.wants to see evidence of jobs today. So Obama did an encore in Detroit, proclaiming that \u201cthis industry is growing stronger. It\u2019s manufacturing the fuel-efficient cars and trucks that will carry us toward an energy independent future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trouble is, the jobs Detroit is creating aren\u2019t green. As Americans flock back to SUVs (now 50 percent of the market again), the Big Three are thriving as customers buy their bread and butter. The White House Dynamic Duo wants to brag about added assembly-line shifts \u2014 so they have visited the Cherokee plant, Chicago\u2019s Ford Explorer SUV plant, and now Toledo\u2019s Jeep Wrangler plant. All three are humming with low-mpg SUV production.<\/p>\n
Biden didn\u2019t even bother to talk green at the Wrangler plant Monday \u2014 which was just as well, given his commute from Indiana involved a gas-guzzling Boeing 747. Bounding on stage at Toledo Assembly just south of the Michigan border, Biden just made stuff up.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cThere was a sense in that (previous) administration that we had to move over and make room for China,\u201d he fibbed. \u201cThat we had to make room for other nations.\u201d It\u2019s remarkable how quickly this administration can go from We-Are-The-World-speak to xenophobia.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Bring in the clowns! It\u2019s the \u201cRecovery Summer\u201d tour. Just don\u2019t expect the lyrics to make sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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