P.J. O'Rourke: Beware the Obamamobile
4,296 views · Published 2 July 2009 · 5:29 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: FORA.tv · 2009 · News & Politics
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/09/PJ_ORourke_Driving_Like_Crazy Political satirist P.J. O'Rourke discusses America's saga with the automobile as a symbol of freedom. He expresses concern over how the forthcoming 'Obamamobile' is yet another governmental restriction on personal freedom. ----- If scathing, uproarious, and insightful political satire were not enough, for more than 30 years P. J. ORourke has written about his love affair with the automobile. His newest book, Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-bending, Celebrating America the Way It's Supposed to Be--With an Oil Well in Every Backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in Every Carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn combines his classic articles on automobiles with new material and traces the birth and death of America's car obsession. - Cato Institute Patrick Jake O'Rourke is an American political satirist, journalist, and writer. Born in Toledo, Ohio, he was educated at Miami University (Ohio) and Johns Hopkins University.
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