Recession Buster

by Dollars and Sense

Mark Mueller's motto is "God, Guns, Guts, and American Pick-Up Trucks." The owner of Max Motors in Butler, Missouri used to give away handguns with every car purchase, but times are tough for car dealers and he's had to upgrade his promotion. So he's giving away a voucher for an AK-47 to go with your new truck.

If you think this promotion is amazing, you haven't been paying enough attention to the right wing in this country, including the cable news networks. CNN did one of the less reactionary interviews with Mueller, who was so annoyed by the interviewer's "left-wing bias" that he had to ask her: "You don't have a problem with God, do ya? ... You don't think God wants us to defend ourselves?" She was so flustered, she almost said "WWJC" (what would Jesus carry?), before agreeing that God was too powerful to need a gun himself.

Despite the "bias," Mueller says on his website:

Media coverage at Max Motors has been fantastic. We want to thank everyone who has emailed us and commented about our latest promotion. We also want to thank everyone that [sic] has come down to the dealership.

With the dealer's website dominated by coverage of their media coverage, you can almost lose track of their normal sales pitch: "Guaranteed Lowest Price in the Nation!" And in an even bigger font and capital letters: "BIG CITY CAR DEALERS ARE CLOSING THEIR DOORS, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS LINING UP AT OURS!"

You can see all the positive media spin at Max Motors' website, along with enlightening comments from lovers of GGG&AP-UT's ... and find out how to subscribe to their Twitter feed.

Labels: AK-47, guns, right-wing gun nuts, right-wing media

 

Please consider donating to Dollars & Sense and/or subscribing to the magazine (both print and e-subscriptions now available!).
7/21/2009 09:20:00 AM