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wtmusic

(39,166 posts)
Tue Apr 9, 2013, 08:17 PM Apr 2013

Sarah Palin calls Tesla a "loser"; Elon Musk tweets "Am deeply wounded."




"Wasn't it the 2012 presidential race that featured Republican candidates disparaging electric vehicle companies? Well, yes, but that doesn't mean the 2008 vice presidential candidate (and Ex-Alaska governor) Sarah Palin can't do the same. In a Facebook post that bashed subsidies for advanced-powertrain vehicles like the Fisker Karma and Chevrolet Volt, Palin referred to California-based electric-car maker Tesla Motors as a "loser."

Palin, in a Facebook post presumably written while she enjoyed her home's view of Russia, took note of the recent Fisker layoffs and grouped it with what she called "past losers like the Obama-subsidized Volt that gets 40 miles per battery charge, or like the Obama-subsidized Tesla that turns into a 'brick' when the battery completely discharges and then costs $40,000 to repair." Naturally, Tesla chief Elon Musk turned to Twitter for his response, noting on Monday that Tesla's Model S warranty does indeed cover "bricking." "Sarah Palin calls Tesla a loser," Musk Tweeted. "Am deeply wounded."

http://green.autoblog.com/2013/04/09/sarah-palin-tesla-loser-wounds-elon-musk/
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Sarah Palin calls Tesla a "loser"; Elon Musk tweets "Am deeply wounded." (Original Post) wtmusic Apr 2013 OP
Musk should reply with "Takes one to know one." muntrv Apr 2013 #1
As painful as being attacked by a gerbil nt Xipe Totec Apr 2013 #2
Tesla rocks! rocktivity Apr 2013 #3
Well, Sarah Palin should know a loser when she sees one. AndyA Apr 2013 #4
+lulz Champion Jack Apr 2013 #7
The Volt only gets 40 per charge? Archaic Apr 2013 #5
Sarah has perhaps overlooked that Tesla has paid back their government loan. NV Whino Apr 2013 #6
That's good news for Tesla. Palin is a barometer of wrong. gtar100 Apr 2013 #8

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
4. Well, Sarah Palin should know a loser when she sees one.
Tue Apr 9, 2013, 08:24 PM
Apr 2013

She looks in the mirror every day.

She married one.

Her daughter got impregnated out of wedlock to one.

She was on that side in the 2008 elections.

Faux News figured it out and cancelled her contract.

She wasn't smart enough to govern Alaska, so she resigned mid-term (only a loser would do that).

Yeah, Sarah Palin definitely knows what a loser is. She defines it and lives it every day.

Archaic

(273 posts)
5. The Volt only gets 40 per charge?
Tue Apr 9, 2013, 08:28 PM
Apr 2013

What a waste of a car, who only goes 40 miles?

Me.

I commute 15 miles a day, and haven't put gas in my Volt since January 24th, 1500 miles ago or something. I forget.

Not the car for everybody, but man if a Volt works for you, what an amazing piece of technology.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
8. That's good news for Tesla. Palin is a barometer of wrong.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 09:43 AM
Apr 2013

Typical of republicans, it's easier to criticize and destroy than it is to help make improvements. Any issues with electric vehicles we have now should be treated as the obstacles to making it right that we need to overcome. Much to the chagrin of Palin and those like her, the engineers are not sitting on their hands.

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