Apr 12, 2007
CEO Sorry for White House Joke
A couple days ago we mentioned Ford CEO Alan Mulally’s tale of his harrowing visit with President Bush. He told a room full of journalists in New York that he had to think fast when Bush tried to insert a live power cord into a hybrid car’s hydrogen tank, saying he quickly pushed Bush out of the way to prevent disaster. The story exploded (much like sparked hydrogen) on the Internet after The Detroit Free…
Apr 10, 2007
President Plugged into Technology
Wonkette is dismayed by the president’s attempts to stick an electrical cord into a hybrid car’s fuel tank. Ford President Alan Mulally was in town last week to promote the company’s line of environmentally friendly vehicles. It should have been an easy photo op for Bush, who has voiced support for hybrids in the past. No such luck, Mulally revealed to an audience in New York. “I just thought, ‘Oh my goodness!’ So, I started…