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You are here: Home / Politics / Biden Administration in Action / This Is Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile

This Is Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile

by WaterGirl|  April 7, 202412:02 pm| 74 Comments

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The Biden-Harris campaign is not your father’s Oldsmobile is not like any presidential campaign I’ve ever seen before, and I am totally here for it.  Loved the Rogues’ Gallery, and this followed right below it.

Take a minute and listen to these short clips from the Biden-Harris Comms Director.  Holy shit, he is good.

Biden-Harris Comms Director Michael Tyler: I’m not sure what scripture Trump is reading, I’ve read Matthew 5, nowhere does it say, blessed are the bullies and the hateful. It said blessed are the poor, meek, and hungry. Those are the values that Joe Biden leads with every single… pic.twitter.com/45DJOACrU7

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) April 7, 2024

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Biden-Harris Comms Director Michael Tyler: Trump is openly telling you that he’s hostile and doesn’t care about certain communities, certain cities. You’d have a very stark choice with Joe Biden who wakes up every single day thinking about how he’s going to bring people together pic.twitter.com/2ROutKyCI1

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) April 7, 2024

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    1. 1.

      Baud

      April 7, 2024 at 12:08 pm

      Someone hasn’t purchased the Trump Bible.

      Reply
    2. 2.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 12:11 pm

      @Baud: Some enterprising person should make a short version of Trump’s bible.

      Or maybe even Trump’s 10 commandments.  That would be short and sweet.

      Reply
    3. 3.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 12:14 pm

      I absolutely love the in-your-face nature of the Biden campaign this time around.  It’s Joe’s last campaign, and he is leaving it all on the field.

      Reply
    4. 4.

      trollhattan

      April 7, 2024 at 12:18 pm

      @Baud: Hey now, I want every mention to include “easy-reading” when invoking Trump Bible®.

      Oddest pitch phrase, ever.

      Reply
    5. 5.

      Nukular Biskits

      April 7, 2024 at 12:28 pm

      Good late mornin’, y’all!

      Reply
    6. 6.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 12:34 pm

      @Nukular Biskits: Good morning!  Even if it is afternoon. :-)

      Reply
    7. 7.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 12:36 pm

      What would Trump’s 10 commandments be?

      1. Thou Shalt Always Lie, Cheat and Steal.
      2. Thou Shalt Covet Thy Neighbor’s Wife, and Grab Her by the Pussy, too.
      Reply
    8. 8.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 12:37 pm

      Uh oh, the NV thermometer reads $6,666 – is that bad?

      Reply
    9. 9.

      Mousebumples

      April 7, 2024 at 12:38 pm

      A fill in the blanks/mad Libs Bible aka DIY Religious Cult.

      Seems like that would be right up Trump’s alley.

      Reply
    10. 10.

      Mousebumples

      April 7, 2024 at 12:38 pm

      @WaterGirl: Uh oh, the NV thermometer reads $6,666 – is that bad

      Bad for Trump. 😈

      Reply
    11. 11.

      Omnes Omnibus

      April 7, 2024 at 12:39 pm

      Rogues’ Gallery, not Rouges’ Gallery. Please.

      Reply
    12. 12.

      bbleh

      April 7, 2024 at 12:42 pm

      @WaterGirl: and what I find particularly fun about this is, it’s a tried-and-true Trump tactic, eg as he showed and is showing in his two NY trials by going after one judge’s clerk and the other’s daughter.  It’s deliberately in-your-face and intended to provoke a response that will blow back on the other guy.  And now it’s being used on him, and if there’s anybody who appears vulnerable to it — it’s him!

      Press on!  No rest for the wicked, say I.

      Reply
    13. 13.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 12:42 pm

      @Omnes Omnibus: I knew that didn’t look right, but I couldn’t figure out what was wrong with it!  thank you.

      Reply
    14. 14.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 12:45 pm

      @bbleh: Exactly that.

      Reply
    15. 15.

      Nukular Biskits

      April 7, 2024 at 12:46 pm

      It’d be interesting to see the responses from Republicans when asked if they’d bought a Trump Bible.

      Reply
    16. 16.

      Jackie

      April 7, 2024 at 12:47 pm

      @WaterGirl:

      It’s Joe’s last campaign, and he is leaving it all on the field.

      Are you sure? Joe could take a page from TIFG’s book and proclaim himself President for Life😉

      Can’t you just hear the MAGAts howling in fury?

      Reply
    17. 17.

      TBone

      April 7, 2024 at 12:47 pm

      Good news carry-over from last thread:

      BURLINGTON, Vt. –
      A man was charged Sunday with setting a fire outside the Vermont office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, federal prosecutors said.

      Shant Soghomonian, 35, who was previously of Northridge, Calif., entered the building on Friday and went to Sanders’ third-floor office where security video showed him spraying a liquid on the door and setting it afire, officials said.

      Reply
    18. 18.

      FastEdD

      April 7, 2024 at 12:48 pm

      Love the Olds commercial. Drown it in reverb because it’s the 80’s! Of course the 80’s are now a long time ago, and to be fair it is not easy to market a new car whose name starts with “Old.” They did race those things in IMSA and they were pretty good.

      I enjoy reading Jalopnik for amusing car news usually done from a not-so-republican point of view. They had one this week that I hated:

      https://jalopnik.com/what-s-the-stereotypical-old-person-s-new-car-1851385811

      Dripping with ageism and condescension. Somehow I am more sensitive to ageism now I am one. I got socks older than you, you little snot noses.

      Reply
    19. 19.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 12:53 pm

      @TBone: I hope he spends decades in prison for that.

      Reply
    20. 20.

      Gin & Tonic

      April 7, 2024 at 12:53 pm

      @Omnes Omnibus: So is that technical correctness or pedantry?

      Reply
    21. 21.

      TBone

      April 7, 2024 at 12:55 pm

      @WaterGirl: me too, he is a dangerous moron.  And stupid is hard to correct.

      Reply
    22. 22.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 12:56 pm

      @Gin & Tonic: @Omnes Omnibus:

      Totally depends on whether you are on the giving end, or the receiving end!  :-)

      I was so focused on getting the apostrophe correct – I suck at that with plurals – that I couldn’t figure out why it still looked wrong.

      edit: just like “minor” surgery depends on whether it’s you or someone else.

      Reply
    23. 23.

      trollhattan

      April 7, 2024 at 12:57 pm

      @FastEdD:

      My first “my car” was a well-aged ’69 Cutlass coupe. Very similar to this one.

      Era of speed far exceeding brakes and handling, although I did work on taming that second part during the time I had it. Those drum brakes though….

      Admit I make fun of every Avalon driver, Japanese for “Buick.” And every time I see a 20-something driving a Buick or Town Car I know a nana has died.

      Reply
    24. 24.

      Josie

      April 7, 2024 at 12:57 pm

      @WaterGirl: ​ “Roges’ Gallery” up top. Shouldn’t that be “Rogues’ Gallery?”​
       ETA: It still doesn’t look right, but I did google it.

      Reply
    25. 25.

      Memory Pallas

      April 7, 2024 at 12:58 pm

      @WaterGirl: In the original, your commandment #1 is stretched over two separate entries, so you could easily pad that one out. I would also submit “honor thy father (mother NA) by making yourself sexually available to them – but only if they think you are hot.”

      Reply
    26. 26.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 1:01 pm

      @Josie: I fucked it up a new way as I was fixing it.   I thought I had a U in both places, so I took the wrong one out, so I thought.

      I just cleaned my glasses now, which should help. :-)

      Reply
    27. 27.

      Josie

      April 7, 2024 at 1:03 pm

      @WaterGirl: ​
       Lol. My sons tease me because I am not a good speller. Google is now my friend.

      Reply
    28. 28.

      Brachiator

      April 7, 2024 at 1:03 pm

      @Omnes Omnibus:

      Rogues’ Gallery, not Rouges’ Gallery. Please

      Rouges’ Gallery is where Trump buys his orange makeup.

      Reply
    29. 29.

      FastEdD

      April 7, 2024 at 1:04 pm

      @trollhattan: Good looking car! I gotta admit I used to own a 71 Vega and an 84 Chevette. School buses would pass me going uphill and the kids would point at me and laugh. Not any more!

      Reply
    30. 30.

      trollhattan

      April 7, 2024 at 1:04 pm

      @Brachiator:

      Rogue Gallery.

      Reply
    31. 31.

      RaflW

      April 7, 2024 at 1:05 pm

      This made it to CNN & Bloomberg, but seems like it got very little broader play. Which of course is one of the reasons Bannon’s flood the zone with shit strategy is used so heavily. We just can’t process the avalanche of criminality and corruption.

      Two investors in Trump Media insider trading case plead guilty
      CNN Business – Matt Egan – April 3, 2024

      Florida venture capitalist Michael Shvartsman and his brother Gerald Shvartsman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in an insider trading scheme linked to the blockbuster deal that brought former President Donald Trump’s social media business public.

      Each of the brothers pleaded guilty in New York to one count of securities fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, according to federal prosecutors.

      The two brothers were arrested in June and charged with illegally trading on nonpublic knowledge of a shell company’s secret plan to buy Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of struggling social network Truth Social.

      “Michael and Gerald Shvartsman admitted in court that they received confidential, inside information about an upcoming merger between DWAC and Trump Media and used that information to make profitable, but illegal, open-market trades,” Damian Williams, the US Attorney, SDNY, said in a statement.

      Reply
    32. 32.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 1:10 pm

      @Brachiator: Uh, yeah, that’s what I meant!  :-)

      Reply
    33. 33.

      trollhattan

      April 7, 2024 at 1:10 pm

      @FastEdD: ​
      Oof, a Vega AND a Chevette.
      Judges would also accept Pinto and Maverick. :-)
      Friends’ Vegas had this tendency to continually shed parts, perhaps in a struggle to find a better power-to-weight ratio.

      Reply
    34. 34.

      trollhattan

      April 7, 2024 at 1:11 pm

      @RaflW: Shvartsman

      Writers getting lazy again.

      Reply
    35. 35.

      Nukular Biskits

      April 7, 2024 at 1:11 pm

      Since we’re talking about first vehicles, lessee, all within the span of 5 years:

      1960 Mercury Comet
      1965 Ford F100
      1971 Plymouth Fury
      1972 Ford LTD
      1975 Pontiac Lemans
      1977 Buick Skylark

      Reply
    36. 36.

      Kelly

      April 7, 2024 at 1:13 pm

      @WaterGirl: I’ve made this spelling mistake emailing about Oregon’s Rogue river many times

      Reply
    37. 37.

      hueyplong

      April 7, 2024 at 1:16 pm

      @Gin & Tonic: In the internet world, it’s technical correctness if I do it, and pedantry if you do it.

      ETA, seeing that WaterGirl got there first, it was technical correctness when I did it, but shameful pedantry when she did it.

      Reply
    38. 38.

      MagdaInBlack

      April 7, 2024 at 1:17 pm

      @WaterGirl: Probably if we insert “get caught” after the “Shall not” in all but 2 of them, we’ve nailed it

      (eta: and of you do get caught, deny, deny, deny)

      Reply
    39. 39.

      FastEdD

      April 7, 2024 at 1:17 pm

      @trollhattan: I still have the Vega. Three little rust flakes in an envelope.

      Reply
    40. 40.

      FastEdD

      April 7, 2024 at 1:19 pm

      @Nukular Biskits: All of them are good Urban Assault vehicles.

      Reply
    41. 41.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 1:21 pm

      @MagdaInBlack: Yeah, but then there’s not room for the extras.

      What would Trump’s 10 commandments for himself be?

      1. I Shalt always Lie, Cheat and Steal.
      2. I Shalt Covet Ny Neighbor’s Wife, and Grab Her by the Pussy, too.
      3. I Shalt Be a Weak Coward, yet Relentlessly Bully anyone with less power than me.
      4. I Shalt Relentlessly Make a Fool of Myself, with no one to tell me, thus making me ever more the fool.
      Reply
    42. 42.

      Brachiator

      April 7, 2024 at 1:23 pm

      Take a minute and listen to these short clips from the Biden-Harris Comms Director.  Holy shit, he is good.

      Short clips are good, especially for YouTube and TikTok, etc. Analytics show that there is an audience that definitely prefers and responds to short clips. Also, many younger people do not care about and will not read long Twitter threads.

      I think that Biden-Harris is doing well at getting their message out. They may need to do more to bypass the lazy political press.

      Reply
    43. 43.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 1:25 pm

      @Brachiator: Is Biden doing interviews with local media?  I love when they do that, and the fact that the big guys squeal makes it all the better.

      Reply
    44. 44.

      FastEdD

      April 7, 2024 at 1:31 pm

      @WaterGirl: Reminds me of the British mariner’s toast.

      To lying, stealing and cheating! (clink)

      If you lie, may it only be to protect the feelings of someone you love. If you steal, may it only be to steal someone’s heart. If you cheat, may it only be to cheat death.

      The exact opposite of TFG.

      Reply
    45. 45.

      Death Panel Truck

      April 7, 2024 at 1:34 pm

      @trollhattan: In the ‘80s I had a 1962 Buick Electra 225 I bought for $335 and a $15 college algebra book from a guy who inherited it from his grandmother. All it needed was new tires and a radiator repair. It was one of the best damned cars I ever owned, and this at-the-time twenty-something DGAF who pointed and laughed. It was reliable transportation, and I had a girlfriend who loved it.

      Reply
    46. 46.

      wjca

      April 7, 2024 at 1:36 pm

      @hueyplong:  In the internet world, it’s technical correctness if I do it, and pedantry if you do it.

      Except that, if it’s an obvious typo or “#@%&!! autocorrect” thing, it is by definition a technical correction.

      Reply
    47. 47.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 1:37 pm

      @FastEdD:

      If you lie, may it only be to protect the feelings of someone you love. If you steal, may it only be to steal someone’s heart. If you cheat, may it only be to cheat death.

      I like that!

      Reply
    48. 48.

      Nukular Biskits

      April 7, 2024 at 1:42 pm

      @Death Panel Truck:

      The hood on that thing was measured in acres.

      Reply
    49. 49.

      JWR

      April 7, 2024 at 1:42 pm

      @trollhattan: Don’t forget the Chevy “Luv” small pickup truck. A friend of mine actually had one.

      Reply
    50. 50.

      VFX Lurker

      April 7, 2024 at 1:42 pm

      @WaterGirl: What would Trump’s 10 commandments be?

      “I am the Trump, the Greatest That Ever Lived. Thou shalt have no other celebrities before me.”

      Reply
    51. 51.

      Tony Jay

      April 7, 2024 at 1:43 pm

      @Jackie:

        Are you sure? Joe could take a page from TIFG’s book and proclaim himself President for Life😉

      I guaran-frikking-tee that during one of his badly attended Grievance Monologue events, Stench will cap an incoherent screed about how Democrats are in favour of compulsory abortion for all white male babies by telling his wrinkled fan(very)base that he promises to be their President… For Life, then he’ll turn to the nearest camera and smirk.

      If he gets a dopamine-high from the response, he’ll keep on doing it, and when Democrats slam him for it the Village will cover for him by tut-tutting over “what some say” is their anti-Life rhetoric. 

      Reply
    52. 52.

      Death Panel Truck

      April 7, 2024 at 1:53 pm

      @Nukular Biskits: Yes, it was. And the back seat wasn’t exactly small, either. Just ask my girlfriend, who is now my wife of 33 years. 😎

      Reply
    53. 53.

      Nukular Biskits

      April 7, 2024 at 1:57 pm

      @Death Panel Truck:

      Well … I started to mention those backseats but I figured I’d let that pass. LOL.

      I’ll plead the 5th on that myself.

      Reply
    54. 54.

      JaySinWA

      April 7, 2024 at 2:03 pm

      @WaterGirl:

      Or maybe even Trump’s 10 commandments.  That would be short and sweet.

      The cheating-liar’s digest condensed version would probably less than 10

      Reply
    55. 55.

      Sister Golden Bear

      April 7, 2024 at 2:06 pm

      If Trump wants to spend the next 27 years imprisoned on Robbin Island, his offer is acceptable.

      Reply
    56. 56.

      Sister Golden Bear

      April 7, 2024 at 2:10 pm

      @WaterGirl:

      What would Trump’s 10 commandments be?

      The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition except that even the Ferengi would refuse to do business with him, since they know they’d get stiffed.

      Reply
    57. 57.

      PST

      April 7, 2024 at 2:16 pm

      She wants a car with a cup holder armrest
      She wants a car that will get her there
      She’s changing her name
      From Kitty to Karen
      She’s trading her MG for a white Chrysler LeBaron

      Reply
    58. 58.

      trollhattan

      April 7, 2024 at 2:18 pm

      @JWR:

      Ooh, Chevy Luv, wasn’t it a rebadged Isuzu?

      Until they closed a “loophole” with a pickup-specific import tariff, Japanese trucks like the Toyota and Datsun were the cheapest thing you could buy. A LOT of folks I knew had them and it was also a time when it was still legal to ride in the bed, which 20-somethings were more than happy to do.

      Let us now ponder the Subaru Brat, with its two plastic jump seats in the bed.

      Reply
    59. 59.

      Sister Golden Bear

      April 7, 2024 at 2:20 pm

      @PST: I want a girl with a short skirt and a long, jacket

      Reply
    60. 60.

      Gin & Tonic

      April 7, 2024 at 2:39 pm

      @Death Panel Truck: Speaking of back seats, I tell people my Miata is the most fun you can have in a car without a back seat.

      Reply
    61. 61.

      HumboldtBlue

      April 7, 2024 at 2:47 pm

      This country is fucking doomed. It’s over, the meteor needs to come quickly because we are fucking doomed by the stupidest people in all of human history. There are no words.

      New: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has declared a state of emergency ahead of tomorrow’s eclipse. It will remain in effect until Wednesday.

      Reply
    62. 62.

      Scout211

      April 7, 2024 at 3:00 pm

      @HumboldtBlue: Okay, that’s funny.  I clicked through to the article.  Link

      Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency on Friday ahead of the solar eclipse, according to a news release.

      Sanders said in the release that she released funds from the Response and Recovery Fund to help commercial carriers transport essentials to customers in the state during the eclipse.

      The essential items listed in the order include groceries, pharmacy items, medical equipment, goods, commodities, fuel, poultry, livestock and feed.

      The release said the decision was made out of caution due to the expected increase of visitors to Arkansas “potentially causing hardships.”

      “We want to make sure Arkansans and all visitors have an enjoyable experience and come back again and again,” Sanders said in a statement.

      The order will allocate $100,000 from the fund to address program and administrative costs and will be managed by the director of the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management..

      It’s not as crazy as it sounds but it is a bit more ominous and very Republican.  Shorter Governor Sanders: “Let’s rob the funds for emergencies so we can eat, drink and enjoy the eclipse! Partay, Akansas!!”

      Also, too:  “Can the supply chains function in the dark for a few minutes?  I don’t think so.  Let’s rob the emergency fund!”

      Reply
    63. 63.

      MagdaInBlack

      April 7, 2024 at 3:06 pm

      @Scout211: Thank you. I was sitting here wondering ” do they not have night in Arkansas?”

      Reply
    64. 64.

      Matt McIrvin

      April 7, 2024 at 3:36 pm

      @Scout211: Yeah, I’m not sure this is actually a bad idea at all. A lot of local governments in and near the totality path are freaking out about a flood of tourists acting and driving like dumbasses in areas that were not built to support large numbers of visitors. It’s something like a hurricane evacuation.

      Reply
    65. 65.

      trollhattan

      April 7, 2024 at 3:41 pm

      @WaterGirl:

      1. “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
      2. “Remember my fucking birthday and don’t get me anything cheap, or regifted.”

      Reply
    66. 66.

      trollhattan

      April 7, 2024 at 3:44 pm

      @Scout211: Shorter Possum Queen: “We’re going to be infested with out-of-towners and many of them will be godless Gaia-worshipers.”

      I can’t envision another reason to visit Arkansas (not the Ozarks?!?) but for some reason, NCAA “West Region” track and field champs will be held there this year.

      Reply
    67. 67.

      Tony Jay

      April 7, 2024 at 3:56 pm

      @WaterGirl:

        What would Trump’s 10 commandments be?

      1) Trump!

      2) Mine!

      3) Gimme!

      4) Trump!

      5) Obey!

      6) Grovel!

      7) Trump!

      8) Pay me!

      9) More!

      10) Ivanka! 

      Reply
    68. 68.

      Jackie

      April 7, 2024 at 4:06 pm

      This is an interesting thought: “All in the Family” explains Biden’s strength with boomers:

      Nate Cohn: “But in 2024, Archie shouldn’t be your image of a senior. Archie would be 100 years old today; his generation, called the Greatest Generation, has almost entirely died. The generation that came after Archie’s — the conservative Silent Generation, who grew up during the popular Eisenhower presidency in the ‘Leave It to Beaver’ 1950s — has mostly died, too. Just 20 percent of the Silent Generation is alive today.”

      “Instead, you may be better off thinking of Michael and Gloria. They are boomers, and they would be in their 70s today.”

      “As a result, today’s seniors bear little resemblance to those from 10 or 15 years ago. Today, Madonna is a senior. So are Ellen DeGeneres and Katie Couric. By Election Day, Magic Johnson will be 65. ​Even though they may not feel like older voters to you, these boomers are the new seniors.”

      This “new generation of seniors” is right where a lot of us jackals fit in!

      Reply
    69. 69.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 6:36 pm

      @trollhattan: Ha!

      Reply
    70. 70.

      WaterGirl

      April 7, 2024 at 6:36 pm

      @Tony Jay: Do we have a winner?

      Reply
    71. 71.

      SteverinoCT

      April 7, 2024 at 6:48 pm

      @trollhattan: A friend’s Chevette ran out of gas a block shy of the station, so I volunteered to push it. She forgot to put it in neutral, which I discovered when I gave a mighty shove and the engine turned over.

      Another friend needed an a/c compressor for his Corvette; he found one at a junkyard off a Chevette. Imagine the device the brackets both engines, and what happened in the Chevette when it kicked in.

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    72. 72.

      Chris T.

      April 7, 2024 at 9:15 pm

      @FastEdD:

      I gotta admit I used to own a 71 Vega and an 84 Chevette …

      I … “inherited” a Chevette (don’t remember what year it was, probably late 1970s to early 1980s though). I called it a “Chevy Shove-It”, as in, you needed to get out and push to get it moving at any sort of speed.

      I understand they made an even-more-underpowered diesel version at some point. Hard to believe.

      (I bought a VW Golf GT “hot hatch” to replace it when it was starting to really fall apart. What a difference: lighter weight body, much better suspension, and 102 horsepower.)

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    73. 73.

      Uncle Cosmo

      April 8, 2024 at 8:38 am

      @Nukular Biskits: ​Tom Lehrer, as always, has had that covered for decades (if not centuries):

      To the girls young and sweet
      To the spacious back seat
      Of our roommate’s beat-up Chevrolet

      (Bright College Days)

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    74. 74.

      Uncle Cosmo

      April 8, 2024 at 8:57 am

      Second car I bought new (after the disaster of a 1974 Chevy Nova)* was a 1978 Olds Cutlass Salon halfastback sedan. Looked like a Chevy Citation on automotive growth hormone. But it was a great car – comfy, roomy, ran well, near-zero maintenance, and a trunk that looked minuscule from the outside but was quite capacious (ran for an extra two feet under the rear window shelf).

      Not a big seller, and soon redesigned, but if GM had been smarter they could’ve sold bazillions of them in the ‘burbs: A minor redesign to attach the rear window to the trunk lid & hinge the whole assembly at the top, a locking mechanism to permit it to lock open in a horizontal position; fold-down rear seat; plastic accordion side & rear attachments to fold up from the trunk floor & attach to the locked-open trunk lid – & shazaam, the cargo capacity of a station wagon d’urgence emerges butterfly-like from the cocoon of a sedan. (Coulda done the same thing on a smaller scale with the Citation as well. Whadda buncha bozos!)

      * Don’t get me started on that…​​

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