Fosh electric car announcement was a big hoax

[PatSeg]

Remember the thread about the electric car for less than $25,000? It was supposed to be unveiled on August 18th. Well there is no car. It is an anti-Obama site and a really nasty one at that. I wonder how many people they reached with this deceptive tactic.

Article here: "Who is Fosh Automotive and where is their car"

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/08/26/fosh-automotive-hoax-and-an-anti-barack-obama-one-at-that/

[karlschneider]

1. I didn't know about any political perspective but I knew it was bullshit from the git-go.

:D
edit...also I'm embarrassed by how many DUers fell for it. :scared:

[PatSeg]

2. I had my doubts about the car but I wouldn't have guessed

that they were political. Their site, incidentally is very offensive, so I didn't post that link.

In the process, they harvested a lot of email addresses.

<For every email we received, "tester list" included, we will donate $5 to SPCA and $2 to the John McCain campaign. Also, for every post on our forum and even those that will be posted in the future, we will donate 25 cents to Jonh's campaign. Here is a big "FU" to the media that is too scared to challenge BHO or any candidate for that matter.>

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/08/26/fosh-automotive-hoax-and-an-anti-barack-obama-one-at-that/

[karlschneider]

3. Wow...that's even worse than I thought!

:grr:

[Trajan]

4. Did they show a picture ....

of a big hairy rubber car in a block of ice ?

[PatSeg]

5. No

An aborted fetus. I urge everyone not to go there.

[Prefer]

6. Abortion photo

unwarned, you go in looking for an electric car and they slam you with an aborted fetus in your face.

[PatSeg]

9. I guess that link is now all over the Internet

and many people will click on it looking for a car. This is disgusting. My son called me to tell me it was a hoax. I had no idea how bad it was though.

[amerikat]

7. I don't thing there were many repugs waiting for the unvailing.......

and picture of a late stage fetus will not change the opinion of progressives. It just reinforced to me the lameness of one issue voters.

edit for clarity

[Orangepeel]

8. well color me shocked.

of course it was a hoax. looks like it was a scam, too. Too bad.

[riverdeep]

10. Didn't Borat use the same marketing strategy to promote the opening of his film.

A fake press conference of some sort?

It really reveals a lack of vetting by media more than anything. More background research=less hoaxing.

[PatSeg]

11. Kick for those who missed it

[gateley]

12. This is amazing -- I just don't understand the depth of hatred and fear

people have regarding Obama. To go to such extremes...

Thanks for this!

[PatSeg]

13. This election certainly is bringing out the worst in some people

[jillan]

14. Unbelievable - but we have to be thankful.

Thankful for the internet so people like you, tsegat, can get the truth out to the people.

Great post!

[PatSeg]

15. Makes you wonder

how many other dirty tricks there are that we just haven't run across.