I couldn't agree more, EXCEPT that I live in a town where a 22 year old Iraq vetran had his brand new Hummer H2 burned up outside his house in a fairly well-off area. The area is a hotbed of liberal, crunchy, Prius owners, and it had been vandelized several times with global warming-based damage (spray painted messages and broken windows) before the burning.

The morning of the burn, when he was out assessing the damage, several Prius drivers came by to honk and give thumbs up. I'm a member of an electric vehicle club, and stay up on local politics, and (based on the attitude I run into around here) I can absolutely see that happening.

The funny part (if there is one) is that burning the vehicle created FAR more enviromental damage than a lifetime of driving it would have.

I don't think of Obama as my candidate, just as my insurance agent.

My candidate is here: