Obama Thinks America Invented The Automobile

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By Ray Wert Feb 24, 2009 9:57 PM

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Obama Thinks America Invented The Automobile

Obama Thinks America Invented The Automobile In tonight's mini-State of the Union, President Obama said the "nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it." Except there's one teensy-tiny problem. We didn't invent the automobile. That would be Karl Benz — in Mannheim, Germany. Just sayin'... [NYT]

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