Ask Dr. Liberal: Good Deal!
Dear Dr. Liberal,
Should I buy a used car from Barack Obama? It is a 2005 Mazda Protege with 65,000 miles on it. He is asking $3,000 for it. What do you think?
Signed,
Car Shopping in DC
Dear Shopping,
Kelly Blue Book tells me that the car you describe is probably worth around $3,500. So in the immortal words of Maya Angelou – oh hell yes. Buy the car, but be sure to offer Barack Obama only $160 dollars for it. When Barack Obama hems and haws at the $160 say that you were only kidding and would really only pay $60 for it. When he says, “Okay $60 it is.” Say, “Not so fast. I see a dent in the fender which is going to cost me $200 bucks to fix, so give me the car plus $140 and we’ll call it even.
When he hands over the $140 and the keys be sure to give him tons of attitude and act like you were thoroughly abused.
Yours truly,
Dr. Liberal
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Comment by Miscreant on 25 February 2010 at 6:28 pm:
Buy it, it has plenty of life left. However, given the unreliable track record of the seller, get everything in writing. If fact, do a CARFAX check. You never know where it’s been.
Comment by Jason330 on 25 February 2010 at 7:10 pm:
The president”s negotiating style is odd, but that might be changing. On the news tonight it looked like he understood the GOP’s motives.