If the mayoral candidates were cars, what kinds would they be and why?
For the background on a similar question, read this article by Chris Cillizza in The Washington Post’s “The Fix”…
If President Obama was a car, what kind of car would he be?
“If President Obama was a a car, what kind of car would he be and why?”
That’s the question Resurgent Republic, a Republican-led polling conglomerate, asked a group of independents in Colorado and Virginia who had voted for the president in 2008.
The answers are incredibly illuminating, providing a window into how a critical swing bloc of the electorate think about the current occupant of the White House.
So, since this is such a fun question, let’s translate it into our own area San Diego mayoral Donnybrook of a racetrack (not to mix metaphors, but whatever)…
If the San Diego mayoral candidates were cars, what kind of car would each one of them be? Why?
This should make for some fun comments. Have at it. Be nice.
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Nathan Fletcher would be a Chevy for the majority of his car life until 5 weeks before the car show. Then after carefully reviewing the polling data he will start calling himself a Toyota to win the prize.
DeMaio = Dodge Viper – Flashy, but excessive emissions and not practical for real world use.
Dumanis = Horse drawn buggy – do I really need to explain?
Filner = AMC Pacer – an affront to all your senses.
Fletcher = Chevy Silverado Hybrid – he’s efficient and actually gets work done.
Carl DeMaio would be a rainbow mini, from the 60s.
I can’t resist the progenitor of this string: Obama would be a Chevy Volt because he requires massive government spending to remain viable and yet still bursts into flames from time-to-time.
As for “my” candidate…I don’t live in San Diego but since I wrote a column in the North County Times applauding Fletcher’s move to independent status, I guess I’ll claim him. I’ll go with Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT 4WD—agile, mobile, versatile.
Fletcher = Hummer
Bob Filner is a Horch. He started with good intentions, was captured by Communists, and eventually sold out to labor unions.
Bonnie Dumanis – MERCEDES BENZ – Top of the line! Strong, easy to look at and easy to understand. Proven the best by years of experience as Judge and District Attorney of San Diego. We are guaranteed her successful tenure as Mayor of San Diego. Says what she means and means what she says. I personally don’t believe she can be bought or sold like some of the other Candidates. I just can’t picture D.A. Dumanis ‘wheeling and dealing’ over important issues that San Diego has and will face in the future.
Bob Filner is NOT a communist, he is a Liberal. Our side can do much better than sink to that level of discussion.
“Bob Filner is NOT a communist, he is a Liberal”
Oh good grief. Only Congressman West got my joke.
I respect what Brian Brady is doing with, “Stop Taxing Us”.
But we object on the Right when someone on the Left
calls us fascists. It has to work the other way too.
Have any of you seen the Ford Mustang commercial where the car changes colors as it drives by? Nathan Fletcher = Ford Mustang.
Carl is a go-kart. He has one speed (or issue), can go zero to 30 (% voter support) really fast but tops out at 30. He is legal to drive on the side streets (city council) but you don’t want to take him on the freeway (strong mayor) where he has to contend with other cars that are bigger, faster and more versitile than he.
Nathan is a new Honda Accord. His new paint is shiny but otherwise he is a safe choice. He takes a while to accelerate but can comfortably cruise on side streets and the freeway in the middle lane once he gets going. He’ll run for few hundred thousand miles if you take care of him. If you drive him like a race car, you may crash and never drive it again.
Bob Filner is a Corvette. It sits in the garage waiting to be driven, everyone coming by to take a look. When you do take him out for a spin, he goes really fast and is out of control. He’ll drive the wrong way down a one way street, jump an overpass and crash into hundreds of other cars. But, he normally makes it back into the garage and takes a few years to fix back up.
Bonnie is an old Chevy Truck. She putters along, breaks down every once in a while but in the end keeps going. She’ll be sitting in San Diego driveways, doing little projects for neighbors for 50 years.
At 2:20am this insomniac could only deal with one candidate. Now that I’m functioning on 4 hours of sleep, I’ll try give the others a try.
Bonnie is a $240,000 classic you’d find at a Barrett-Jackson auction. Great history, rare, but would look out of place parked at city hall.
Bob is our local Chevy Volt. Built by the unions, not seen too often, bankrupting the country, and susceptible to explosion.
Carl is a Porsche driven by the owner’s teenage son. The concept is right but annoys many around him – by creating envy or by being reckless.