As sure as the sun rises in the east every day, two things are certain: First, Joe Biden — whose relationship with the truth is arm’s length at best — is going to say something that makes no sense at all, make up something really stupid, exaggerate or minimize the hell out of something, or purposely lie his ass off.
Bank it.
Second, there will be another clean-up in aisle 46. A White House staffer or a senior member of the administration is going to “correct” or explain what Joe meant to say, or didn’t mean to say, while the lapdog media flies wingman.
Bank that, too.
In today’s case in point, as reported by the New York Post, the White House was forced to correct the claim Biden made during his remarks announcing the planned release of 180 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over the next six months: Americans who use renewable energy to power their homes could save “about $500 a month on average.”
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If your home is powered by safer, cheaper, cleaner electricity, like solar or heat pumps, you can save about $500 a month on average.
Just one problem. Not even close to the truth. Biden overstated the estimated savings by $5,500.
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If your home is powered by safer, cheaper, cleaner electricity, like solar or heat pumps, you can save about $500 a month on average.
Within hours — why hours? — the administration was forced to make a correction: it sent out a transcript of the bumbling Biden’s remarks with the word “month” crossed out and the word “year” added in brackets. According to the Post, the fact sheet sent to reporters prior to the speech contained the correct numbers.
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If I were a cynic, I’d suggest Lyin’ Biden does this crap on purpose, knowing full well that more people will see him say “it” than will see a corrected transcript. Nah, that’s giving Corn Pop’s pal far too much credit.
Biden was also criticized on social media for the following claim, as transcribed by the Post.
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If I were a cynic, I’d suggest Lyin’ Biden does this crap on purpose, knowing full well that more people will see him say “it” than will see a corrected transcript. Nah, that’s giving Corn Pop’s pal far too much credit.
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We can take advantage of the next generation of electric vehicles [so] that a typical driver will save about $80 a month from not having to pay [for] gas at the pump.
Um, Joe?
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We can take advantage of the next generation of electric vehicles [so] that a typical driver will save about $80 a month from not having to pay [for] gas at the pump.
Biden says you “will save about $80 a month from not having to pay gas at the pump"… if you buy an electric car..
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 1, 2022
So out of touch.
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Let’s do a bit of math, shall we?
Assuming that most people don’t pay cash for new cars, here’s a likely scenario, assuming a $30K non-elecric vehicle, 10% down no trade, 4.5% APR. In other words, apples to apples:
$64,685 – 6,485 = $58,200 = $1,327.16 @ 48 mos.
$30,000 – 3,000 = $27,000 = $615.69 @ 48 mos.
Difference = $711.47 per mo. x 48 = $34,150.56.
And, if you’re a former financial planner (wink-wink), you’d do the next calculation, which would assume saving that $711.47 per month in an interest-bearing account for 48 months, but I won’t. Just a point.
But the real point is Biden’s “save about $80 a month” claim is not only disingenuous because it ignores “the rest of the story,” but also because he — like all “good” Democrats — thinks most “common folk” are too stupid to figure out the difference by doing the real math.
In related news, Biden’s pompous-as-hell energy secretary Jennifer Granholm told equally pompous-as-hell MSNBC host Chris Hayes:
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People can buy electric vehicles, and don’t worry about ever fill it [sic] up at the gas pump. One of things that I think is a really great example of this is, if you filled up your 15-gallon tank today, you’d be paying about 62 bucks to go 300 miles. If you plugged in an electric vehicle in your garage … you’d be paying about ten bucks…
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People can buy electric vehicles, and don’t worry about ever fill it [sic] up at the gas pump. One of things that I think is a really great example of this is, if you filled up your 15-gallon tank today, you’d be paying about 62 bucks to go 300 miles. If you plugged in an electric vehicle in your garage … you’d be paying about ten bucks…
Energy Secretary Granholm: If you are struggling to afford gas, buy a $55,000 electric vehicle! pic.twitter.com/14XKsJx8mx
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 1, 2022
Personally? I don’t give a damn who buys what kind of vehicle — or no vehicle at all. If electric vehicles float your boat, buy one. If a Porsche 911 GT3 is more your style? Dude, go for it — I’m right there with you.
That said, I’ll listen to Biden and the Democrats preach to me about the benefits of electric vehicles and everything else that supports their various narratives, just as much as I’ve listened to their hyperbolic “winter of severe illness and death” COVID nonsense about lockdowns, vaccines, and mask mandates.
The price of the car is not what keeps many people from buying electric cars. They buy gasoline-powered cars because if they come close to running out of gas they pull over and spend the next ten minutes refilling their tank. They don’t have to find or have to install a 220 volt recharger. Gasoline-powered cars have more power. There is another reason why progressives buy electric cars — they are hideously self righteous — about their wonderful contribution to ‘saving the planet’, which makes electric cars very uncool for normal humans.
Practicality does not run rampant in this administration. This reminds me of the Democrats selling Obamacare. "If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor," "The average American household will save up to $2500 per year in health care costs." Both lies, they repeated over and over again. Now they obviously do not care about lying on a daily basis. If everyone buys an electric vehicle all those gas taxes the states rake in are going to dry up, and they will need to find another way to tax your vehicle. If electric vehicles are so awesome, why is the president’s motorcade still running on premium gasoline? Biden has lied for decades and nothing has changed aside from his mind. Anyone ignorant enough to listen to the snile, serial lying bastard deserves to lose all the extra money they are asked to spend. But fortunately, we, who observed him for years and during the campaign, realized he was not cognitively capable nor ever has been, to perform the duties of the office and did not vote for him.
Electricity is generated with other fossil fuels. The materials for the batteries have to be mined and are not easily obtained. Joe Biden is a complete clown and should not be president, he is the only person I would ever ask God to take. This old, mental reject is going to have us into a war on top of all of the others crisis’ he has created.
