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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Thu May 17, 2018, 06:30 PM May 2018

Candidate's 'deportation bus' breaks down at the start of the tour

Source: The Hill

The so-called "deportation bus" that a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Georgia is taking across the state broke down on Thursday, after water got into the fuel tank.

Georgia state Sen. Michael Williams' bus broke down on the side of Interstate 75 in Calhoun, Ga., but has since been repaired and is continuing its tour across the state's "dangerous sanctuary cities."

Seth Weathers, a spokesman for Williams' campaign, said that "a closer watch will be kept on the bus while making stops."

"Somehow, water managed to enter the fuel tank which caused the issue," he said. "We certainly would not blame this on ANTIFA or others who are openly plotting to damage or destroy the bus. We know the left would never stoop to such a pathetic low."

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/388243-candidates-deportation-bus-breaks-down-at-the-start-of-the-tour






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Candidate's 'deportation bus' breaks down at the start of the tour (Original Post) turbinetree May 2018 OP
Dangerous sanctuary cities were safe before the tour started. truthisfreedom May 2018 #1
Only the "right" stoop that pathetically low... doncha know. Guilded Lilly May 2018 #2
Wonder how water got into the fuel tank? edbermac May 2018 #3
Well they clearly wouldn't blame in on ANTIFA. They made a point to say that underpants May 2018 #6
Crossing a deeper part of the Rio Grande? keithbvadu2 May 2018 #17
The unfortunate thing is that it wasn't sugar water or Karo syrup that inadvertently got in the tank Plucketeer May 2018 #30
And the only mechanic available to repair it is Mexican!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! George II May 2018 #4
Probably the one who peed in it in the first place! Ligyron May 2018 #7
AHEM 47of74 May 2018 #5
So, he is blaming Democrats, accusing them of putting water into his gas. What a sleeze ball! riversedge May 2018 #8
It wouldn't surprise me.... SergeStorms May 2018 #28
Uh-oh. That's what's called a bad omen. God don't like ugly. Proceed at your own... brush May 2018 #9
whiner. paleotn May 2018 #10
If it were me I would have used granulated sugar pecosbob May 2018 #11
Yeah, it's a good thing that didn't happen. forgotmylogin May 2018 #14
Water into... prayer kiri May 2018 #27
I forgot where I read it but an article pointed out where he BumRushDaShow May 2018 #12
The top-middle window is completely accurate jmowreader May 2018 #19
That certainly is not the Partridge Family in there. BigmanPigman May 2018 #22
LOL BumRushDaShow May 2018 #26
And I'd never suggest they had a bad fuel pump, or did it themselves for fake sympathy. moriah May 2018 #13
Once my car broke down on I-90 dawg day May 2018 #15
This looks like a old school bus Phoenix61 May 2018 #16
No, children, that isn't how you do it jmowreader May 2018 #18
You must have read "Steal This Book" by Abbie Hoffman, not for this trick, but for the mindset! . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #24
A variation on your cool idea: Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #25
Photograph Emerges of Leftist Anti-Fascists VIOLENTLY Disrupting Conservative White Supremacists!!!! keithbvadu2 May 2018 #20
Water in the fuel. Turbineguy May 2018 #21
Sugar in the gas tank? Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #23
They couldn't find a local mechanic who wasn't Hispanic. Nitram May 2018 #29
That secondhand ideology has an awful lot of miles on it... Orsino May 2018 #31

underpants

(182,792 posts)
6. Well they clearly wouldn't blame in on ANTIFA. They made a point to say that
Thu May 17, 2018, 06:48 PM
May 2018

Because they wanted to make sure everyone knew that they didn't think it was ANTIFA

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
30. The unfortunate thing is that it wasn't sugar water or Karo syrup that inadvertently got in the tank
Fri May 18, 2018, 11:10 AM
May 2018

That would've been sweet!

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
28. It wouldn't surprise me....
Fri May 18, 2018, 03:51 AM
May 2018

if they did it themselves, just to get more press coverage for their stupid little stunt. It worked! Now he gets to pontificate about the treacherous 'Libruls' and how they're trying to ruin his patriotic bus trip.

brush

(53,776 posts)
9. Uh-oh. That's what's called a bad omen. God don't like ugly. Proceed at your own...
Thu May 17, 2018, 06:54 PM
May 2018

risk you right wing, racist bastard.

forgotmylogin

(7,528 posts)
14. Yeah, it's a good thing that didn't happen.
Thu May 17, 2018, 07:22 PM
May 2018

With water I believe the tank needs to be drained and allowed to dry.

Sugar destroys the tank and the intricate workings of the engine. It's basically debris.

For the record: DO NOT sabotage vehicles. I am not saying this even jokingly in a "wink-nudge" way. If you sabotage a car you might get charged with a crime and you probably deserve it.

kiri

(794 posts)
27. Water into... prayer
Thu May 17, 2018, 10:40 PM
May 2018

What? Prayer on a lord and savior did not change water into octane?
Raptures should come sooner.

BumRushDaShow

(128,928 posts)
12. I forgot where I read it but an article pointed out where he
Thu May 17, 2018, 07:18 PM
May 2018

spelled "molesters" wrong.



The true mark of the "poorly educated" GOP fools.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
19. The top-middle window is completely accurate
Thu May 17, 2018, 07:47 PM
May 2018

Contains "murderers, rapists, kidnappers..."? Well, it IS full of Republicans.

moriah

(8,311 posts)
13. And I'd never suggest they had a bad fuel pump, or did it themselves for fake sympathy.
Thu May 17, 2018, 07:20 PM
May 2018

We know the right would never stoop to such a pathetic low.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
15. Once my car broke down on I-90
Thu May 17, 2018, 07:30 PM
May 2018

Middle of a blizzard.

Four drivers stopped to help. Every single one of them was a recent immigrant. The state troopers zoomed by, but these newcomers were willing to take time to help someone they didn't know.

Too bad this candidate doesn't understand how much newcomers bring to our country-- but then Williams wouldn't recognize "kindness" and "compassion" as virtues.

Phoenix61

(17,003 posts)
16. This looks like a old school bus
Thu May 17, 2018, 07:34 PM
May 2018

If it is, the odds are it runs on diesel. It's not unusual for water to end up in the fuel tank. One of the down sides of diesel.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
18. No, children, that isn't how you do it
Thu May 17, 2018, 07:45 PM
May 2018

To fix Michael Williams' little red wagon, a few commonly available components are needed.

1 x male spade lug
1 x ring lug
1 x 50-ohm, 2-watt resistor
1 roll of cloth electrical tape

A resistor has two wires coming out of it. Solder a spade lug to each one. Crawl under Williams' bus and find the gas tank. There is a wire coming out the top of it. Pull it off. Connect the spade lug to the wire. Find a bolt or screw the ring lug will fit, remove it, stick the screw through the ring lug and put it back in the hole. Then wrap electrical tape around it and smear some dirt on the tape so it looks like it's been in there a while.

What you have done: GM gas gauges in buses as old as his use a "resistive sender" that measures zero ohms when the gas tank is empty and 90 ohms when it's full. As the gas gets lower, so does the resistance. My modification will make the gas gauge read half a tank even after the bus runs out of fuel.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
25. A variation on your cool idea:
Thu May 17, 2018, 08:43 PM
May 2018

Make a more complex device, but still a simple circuit, with a thermal variable resistance so that on cool mornings it will show half a tank when empty and on hot afternoons will show empty when 3/4 full.

keithbvadu2

(36,793 posts)
20. Photograph Emerges of Leftist Anti-Fascists VIOLENTLY Disrupting Conservative White Supremacists!!!!
Thu May 17, 2018, 07:48 PM
May 2018

Photograph Emerges of Leftist Anti-Fascists VIOLENTLY Disrupting Conservative White Supremacists!!!!!

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
31. That secondhand ideology has an awful lot of miles on it...
Fri May 18, 2018, 12:25 PM
May 2018

...is horribly inefficient, and blocks forward progress.

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