Video of Granholm: Criticizing the Chevy Volt is un-American!

From Mlive via The Michigan View:

"It’s just un-American. I can’t believe that somebody would say this about this American product. He hasn’t even driven it. He hasn’t sat in it. You know, why wouldn’t you be supportive of American manufacturers building American vehicles with American workers, who now have jobs as a result of this. Why wouldn’t you be supportive of that? It is mind-blowing to me. And of course, the public is getting paid back. You know, GM has paid back the loan — the bottom line is, is this is a good news story, and somebody who would twist it to be something negative obviously has another agenda. Which we all know he does."

Granholm singled out Rush and didn't mention 'The Truth About Cars' Editor Edward Niedermeyer who said the Chevy Volt is a $41,000 electric lemon. Or the Borg-Warner CEO who said this: Government too focused on electric vehicles, "ignoring" other technologies. Or that even liberals call it an electric-car subsidy as a handouts for the rich. Deloitte Consulting says that the demand for such cars is from “young, very high income individuals” from households that make more than $200,000 a year, which is why the Volt will be rolled out in upscale, trendy urban markets. As Jonah Golberg points out, meanwhile the Chevy Cruze, the gas-only version of the Volt, has more room inside and is a mere $17,000. Are all these people un-American? How many average Joes will want to pay $41,000 for a car that only should cost $15,000 and only seats 4? And in this economy to boot. Granholm went on to say this:

“Investment in advanced batteries and other clean energy technologies is creating jobs in Michigan and around the nation. Manufacturing is vital to our national economy and national security, and we must ensure that new clean energy manufacturing jobs remain here in the United States.”

“For clean energy manufacturing to locate and thrive in the United States, it’s crucial that government and the private sector continue the collaborative partnerships that have been so successful in creating a domestic advanced battery industry."

What Granholm means by "collaborative partnerships" is the same thing Obama means: we'll either throw taxpayer dollars at it or force companies to do it anyway. Because that has done so well so far. As Henry Payne pointed out in The Michigan View, "Since hand-picking the green sector as Michigan's future back in 2006, the state's unemployment rate has doubled." In fact, here's the relevant graphic as far as what has happened since Granholm's epiphany brain fart:

This was the same time where Granholm made perhaps her most famous promise:

That 5 years isn't up until January 2011. Granholm delivered early.