Obama Explains Why Hybrids Aren’t Good Enough For Him – With Video
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A guy who flew all the way from Cleveland to quiz President Obama today wanted to know why the self-described green president doesn’t have a hybrid. “The limo that you drive … electric sometime soon?” he asked to applause.
“I’m going to be honest with you,” Obama replied. “When I first got Secret Service protection, I asked, ‘Can we make these cars hybrid?’ †he said. “I apologize, but the Secret Service said no. … The cars that I’m in are like tanks … so they weigh two or three times what an ordinary car weighs, so they just couldn’t get the performance or acceleration†if they were a hybrid.


