Video: Congressional Motors and its one model
posted at 2:55 pm on June 3, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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Iowahawk strikes again! With the government investing tens of billions of dollars into American automakers, one has to wonder how long it will be before Congress and/or the White House begin dictating operational decisions, despite their public demurrals. (Answer: It’s happening already.) Iowahawk gives us this advance look at the kind of vehicle we would see from Congressional Motors … and its real pricetag:
With 22 thundering ponies under the hood, you could almost mow your lawn with it, assuming that we still can water our lawns when this baby rolls off the assembly lines.
Update: Ed Driscoll has more — be sure to see his video on Puma Power.
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MB4 on June 3, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Good stuff.
BadgerHawk on June 3, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Lawns are merely the legacy of patriarchal dead white men trying to assert their dominance over Mother Nature. Just in the same way that men demand women shave their armpits, legs and now other, more personal, areas. By 2012, lawns will be outlawed and GM will have been merged with John Deere, to take advantage of Deere’ knowledge of small engines.
rbj on June 3, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Will Pelosi be in it when it is tested again.
Okay that is not very nice. I denouce myself.
Mr. Joe on June 3, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Good year, I was born in 1974.
anticucho on June 3, 2009 at 3:03 PM
That made me laugh.
I’m sure that a blower is in the works. It’ll add enough power for us to mulch.
OhEssYouCowboys on June 3, 2009 at 3:04 PM
1970s is the only decade when you look at how people dress and decorated their home do you go, “what the #$%! where they thinking!” Thank you boomers!
WashJeff on June 3, 2009 at 3:07 PM
This is actually a great idea. It is a four-in-one. You can cut your grass with the optional underneath blade, your dog can play with it as a toy when you are not using it, you can drive it to look for a job to replace the one you lost in the Obama economy and then when you get run over by a real car and they can’t get what’s left of you out of it, as it will be flattened to a pancake by a real car that hit it, they can just use it as your coffin to bury you in.
MB4 on June 3, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Better to laugh than to cry, sometimes.
Though seriously, libtards like MM seem to actually believe bullet trains and “clean buses” can replace millions of cars in one of the most expansive countries on earth.
(Shakes head)
cs89 on June 3, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Damn, where’s my “I HATE DISCO” T-SHIRT??
DamnYankee on June 3, 2009 at 3:08 PM
I will say this, it would help if you were trying to pick up hippie chicks who smell like Patchouli. Too bad there is no back seat for getting down, although I suppose you can always throw a blanket over the wedge shape and do it that way.
Mr. Joe on June 3, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Isn’t this a couple of months old? I’m sure I’ve seen it before…
Count to 10 on June 3, 2009 at 3:09 PM
repost from a couple months ago
gatorboy on June 3, 2009 at 3:09 PM
rbj on June 3, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Huh When I attended Anti-White Male Studies we were told that the reason the Patriarchy demanded women shave was that we were all near-pedophiles. But with your explanation I now see the dominance lawn mowing shaving connection Thanks!
LincolntheHun on June 3, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Have balloon will travel.
maverick muse on June 3, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Count to 10 on June 3, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Iowahawk just reposted it and alluded to his prophetic gifts.
Still funny, even if it’s not new.
cs89 on June 3, 2009 at 3:14 PM
From the minute I met him at an AoSHQ gathering I knew there was talent in there somewhere.
good stuff Iowahawk!
CBarker on June 3, 2009 at 3:14 PM
That thing is gonna look bitchin’ when I put some Boss stripes on it.
OhEssYouCowboys on June 3, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Safety with “mandatory hockey helmet”. LOL
shick on June 3, 2009 at 3:15 PM
It’ll be fun hangin’ a bunch of ‘em on our Christmas trees.
OhEssYouCowboys on June 3, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Really? I always thought it was one of three things:
1) The fact that classic painters and sculptors couldn’t do body hair justice, and the resulting images were then held up as the ideal of beauty.
2) Women were, just previous to the leg shaving fad, not supposed to acknowledge that they had legs in polite company.
3) Stockings, nylons, and other semi-transparent, skin tight leg wear look really goofy with dark leg hair under them.
Personally, if just prefer the look and feel of normal hair growth to stubble, razer burns, and ingrown hairs on women, but, hey, if you are one of those women born without body hair, that’s fine too.
Count to 10 on June 3, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Wait, Christmas will be considered an anti-American act and will be outlawed.
Maybe I can hang ‘em on my Kwanzaa tree.
OhEssYouCowboys on June 3, 2009 at 3:17 PM
It’s got big headlites, just like Pelosi, but looks smarter.
Star20 on June 3, 2009 at 3:18 PM
ROFL. That is classic!
shooten on June 3, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Good luck getting the Christmas tree home with that vehicle. It may crush the roof or the motor may not have enough power to move it.
WashJeff on June 3, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Good grief–where on earth did they find those silly vintage dance clips? I could swear one of those guys prancing around was a young Barney Frank . . . you know, back when he had teeth!
Special K on June 3, 2009 at 3:20 PM
I think they’re low balling the price.
Annar on June 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Nah…the ’70’s was the “marijuana decade”. Are we ready for that, again? Somewhere in the basement, is an olive-green refrigerator. I’m ready.
But, for all the screwedupness going on right now, the bright side is this…..If 4 years of Jimmy Carter gave us 8 years of Reagan (GBH), can you imagine how good life will be, (in 6 years)?
BobMbx on June 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Sign me up for a Voltswagen, too!
eforhan on June 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Everyone will have to have a second car, to, you know, do actual stuff with. Imagine trying to move furniture with that thing.
Count to 10 on June 3, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Funny term, “low balling” used about a clip with Barney Frank . . .
Special K on June 3, 2009 at 3:22 PM
I’m gonna hang a bunch of those puppies ON my Christmas tree. I’ll hafta use my dog to get the tree home.
She’s a sheltie/border collie mix, and she ain’t gonna like that.
OhEssYouCowboys on June 3, 2009 at 3:22 PM
I’m going to get me one of them grinning flaming skull decals for it. Only I’ll blur the flames a little so it looks like I’m moving the same speed as a real car.
Daggett on June 3, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Guess we’ll be bringing back the K-car? Maybe the upgrade, the J-car? After all, the government knows best, right?
coldwarrior on June 3, 2009 at 3:26 PM
I think I grew up with a yellow one. In a kitchen with orange walls. Next to a room with deep brown carpeting and a red, orange, and yellow couch.
Once Reagan got elected, my parents redecorated the house. The 70’s look was quickly purged.
WashJeff on June 3, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Oh, and I don’t think there’s room in there for my kids. Walk to school, I’ll meet you there dear.
cs89 on June 3, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Buy the Pelosi car and you won’t have to help your friends move anymore.
WashJeff on June 3, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Swwwiiisssshhhhyyy the Squishy……..
Seven Percent Solution on June 3, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Back then it was satire, now it’s news.
zmdavid on June 3, 2009 at 3:31 PM
I think you meant Holiday Tree and wait because they’ll be replaced with the new ECO-Holiday tree.
shick on June 3, 2009 at 3:32 PM
That mean’s they’ll probably try to power the thing with the Chevy Vega engine (one of GM’s innovations of the 70s that helped make Japanese cars popular in the first place).
jon1979 on June 3, 2009 at 3:33 PM
I disagree. The 2000s are even more ridiculous than the 70s with pants hanging down at the knees and everything skulls.
shick on June 3, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Yeah, I look at the politically correct cars and realize that they’d require me to make 3 times as many trips to lug the same volume. I know what a waste of my time they’d be and have to guess that they’d actually require more fuel, even with a higher mpg.
obladioblada on June 3, 2009 at 3:35 PM
It’s green all the way around. The box that it comes in can be recycled or it can make a great little doghouse for Casey, our dog!
jdflorida on June 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Thats 22.5 ponnies…….
sonofdy on June 3, 2009 at 3:39 PM
If I had the buck$$, I would be buying airtime on every network. Funniest short film since SNL did the circumcision in the Cordoba!
J.J. Sefton on June 3, 2009 at 3:44 PM
I love Iowahawk.
Loxodonta on June 3, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Which means that people who own these with odd # license plates can only buy gas on M,W,F and Sun, while those with even # plates can only gas up on Tue,Th and Sat. Ahhh, I loved growing up when Carter was prez. /sob
DrAllecon on June 3, 2009 at 4:05 PM
And ECO-Holiday trees better be made of recycled aluminum, because nature is more important than humans, who must have been deposited here by aliens because humans are not part of nature.
Daggett on June 3, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Er, Congress has issued no demurrals. In fact, they’re falling over themselves to tap this new wellspring of pork:
As I commented here:
Paul_in_NJ on June 3, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Obama will fire the Bush appointed DMV workers and the department of Motor vehicles will be staffed by ACORN. You
canmust buy your car there. Better service. The Black Panthers will take over the service departments.Word is out Obama destroyed GM to get preffered stock to the UAW and 500 million dollar a year payments to the UAW for Evah. Fiat got it’s 20% share for no cash outlay.
seven on June 3, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I actually passed one of these on the road earlier this week and was shocked at how tiny it looked. I was reminded of a popular prank in the 60’s and 70’s where a group of guys would find a VW beetle in a parking lot, pick it up and move it to a different part of the lot. This car? I could play that parking lot game all on my own…well, maybe with the help of my little red wagon.
Dee2008 on June 3, 2009 at 5:03 PM
You were one of the lucky ones. I had to wait until we were at least a year into Reagan’s second term before Mom and Dad finally axed the bright red shag carpet and cheesy felt walpaper in the family room, and the green shag carpet throughout most of the rest of the house. The olive, brown and orange colored kitchen, complete with olive-green stove and refrigerator, didn’t get a makeover until after I went off to college.
Ugly, ugly stuff. Although I’d gladly install bright red shag carpet in one of my own rooms in exchange for another four years of Reagan……
djm1992 on June 3, 2009 at 5:21 PM
More than a million and a half hits? That’s a lot of hits, folks. I think this video may have struck a nerve. Obviously people are passing it around.
Please, please, Lord, help the American people wake up. Please, please…
bonnie_ on June 3, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Hilarious. That dig at Ted Kennedy was especially sweet.
madne0 on June 3, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Sassy…love the socks.
Wyznowski on June 3, 2009 at 5:37 PM
I want mine to have a “Starsky and Hutch” stripe on the hood!!! And how easy is it going to be to jump up and slide across the hood to the other side now!!! Yay!
roxi618 on June 3, 2009 at 5:49 PM
We’ll be wistfully remembering the Yugo.
TexasDan on June 3, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Can you even get baby seats in that? No fair using the front seats.
I need 1 baby seat and 2 “boosters” now that Ohio has mandated “booster” seats for all kids up to age 8. If I take my other 2 grandchildren along, I need 2 more baby seats. Do I strap them on top or buy a trailer?
Is Obama trying to further curtail the birth rate?
Sloan Morganstern on June 3, 2009 at 5:50 PM
The Yugo will be remembered as a muscle car.
OhEssYouCowboys on June 3, 2009 at 6:19 PM
OMG that’s hilarious! Iowahawk’s masterpiece.
It’s a little too off color for TV but I bet Bret Baier is dying to use it as his signoff!
PattyJ on June 3, 2009 at 6:33 PM
The 2012 Pelosi GTx SS/RT Sport Edition…Powered by Methane Made From San Francisco Bullshit!
pilamaye on June 3, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Lets play Cornake the magnificent.
What will the New Congressional Motors Corp get us?
The ALL NEW 2010 CMC Pacer!
DSchoen on June 3, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Whada ya mean remember?
Yugo
A car made by the Unions and Government
Whouda that be a U-GO?
DSchoen on June 3, 2009 at 9:10 PM
I believe Pelosi’s favorite model is the “Stretch” limo version, that can actually take multiple people, to your local union meeting or party convention.
And they forgot to remind us of the importance of following Obama’s energy plan: the tire pressure gauge.
virgo on June 4, 2009 at 12:46 AM
Between this brilliant video and Wednesday night’s side-splitting Goode Family episode about high school football, it’s been a long time since I laughed myself teary-eyed twice in one night.
I was wondering who was the announcer of the piece because if Iowahawk has such a great voice, he should be doing radio rather than just writing. I didn’t recognize until nearly the end the dulcet tones of KSFO’s multi-talented morning sidekick Officer Vic (Tom Benner).
L.N. Smithee on June 4, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Progress. Now that gubmit’s finished designing our car, it can start on our health care. We are so blessed.
petefrt on June 4, 2009 at 8:32 AM
You nut! the “Starsky and Hutch” car didn’t have a stripe on the hood. It was on the roof and down the side. But considering this car doesn’t have a hood that just might work.
shick on June 4, 2009 at 8:51 AM
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