[$tinkle]

seems that bush isn't the only one to coin bushisms:

'The nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it'

i think karl benz may have thrown up in his mouth a little, unless of course he's residing in an ashtray of a '43 VW

 

[jimmydean]

Oh please you can't compare a Benz to a Ford! Ford is as American as Apple Pie (I don't think we invented that, either).

Firsties!

 

[stevew]

 

[Westy]

It was a mis-pronunciation. He meant to say ottermobile.

 

[BadDNA]

True, Karl Benz invented the first vehicle that used an internal combustion engine but there were other "automobiles" before his. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first self propelled road vehicle (military tractor) in 1769 for the French army. Robert Anderson built an electric carriage in Scotland between 1832 and 1839. Karl didn't build his machines until 1885/86.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

True, Karl Benz invented the first vehicle that used an internal combustion engine but there were other "automobiles" before his. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first self propelled road vehicle (military tractor) in 1769 for the French army. Robert Anderson built an electric carriage in Scotland between 1832 and 1839. Karl didn't build his machines until 1885/86.

Look at the big brain on Bad....

yow & za...

 

[ohio]

I'd say more of a Goreism than Bushism. A Bushism would have read:

'The nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from them'

 

[syadasti]

There are lots of non-first celebrated to make things sound good/less complex - Christopher Columbus, The Wright Brothers, Bell, etc...