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49. You know, I THOUGHT there was something suspicious. Check the security tape...

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Wed Mar 20, 2013, 03:41 PM

Mar 2013

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President Obama's Limo Breaks Down In Israel After Being Filled With Diesel By Mistake [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2013 OP

lol dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #1

CNN link OKNancy Mar 2013 #2

I'm sure the Israelis will do an EXCELLENT job repairing it! Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #3

Its worse the other way around dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #4

An excellent job planting bugs and analyzing its defenses mwrguy Mar 2013 #51

I don't know about in israel sabbat hunter Mar 2013 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author tammywammy Mar 2013 #9

Scary. That vehicle is meant to withstand almost anything Blandocyte Mar 2013 #6

I'm pretty sure the President doesn't hang around in the car snooper2 Mar 2013 #44

"Hey, get me a pack of smokes and some Slim Jims, wouldja?" Arkana Mar 2013 #48

If it were stopped dead by dumbass, it woulda been on cinder blocks from '01 to '09 Scootaloo Mar 2013 #52

DUzy. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #62

obvious sabotage stuuuuuuuu Mar 2013 #7

plausible northoftheborder Mar 2013 #8

Post removed Post removed Mar 2013 #10

Woooo! HappyMe Mar 2013 #11

Why not go full tinfoil? Bosonic Mar 2013 #12

meh stuuuuuuuu Mar 2013 #16

Correct. This makes me feel very, very uneasy. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #22

Reminds me how ambulences in Israel took the shortcut getting Ariel Sharon to a hospital graham4anything Mar 2013 #29

His next stop is in Jordan, so there was already another Beast waiting for gateley Mar 2013 #37

The same SS that pump this one full of the wrong fuel? Yeah, I feel better now. /sarcasm eom Purveyor Mar 2013 #38

And they'll be triple-checking it now, just in case this "mistake" was arranged somehow. n/t winter is coming Mar 2013 #41

Welcome to DU. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2013 #27

No frickin' way would secret service let Gomer Pyle gas up the limo. GoneFishin Mar 2013 #43

I remember stopping in Arizona to fill up Trajan Mar 2013 #13

One time at the racetrack Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #23

I hope our Secret Service trusts the Netanyahu gov't even less than I and that is damned little.eom Purveyor Mar 2013 #14

The Israelis were not responsible. former9thward Mar 2013 #40

So someone unfamiliar with the car filled it up? AndyA Mar 2013 #15

More damn regulations! SCVDem Mar 2013 #18

Gas and diesel nozzles are the same in France, anyway mainer Mar 2013 #20

"Something doesn't seem right about this story." I agree. nt Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #21

Was attendant watching Faux News Israel? desertdevil Mar 2013 #17

Friend of mine did that in France mainer Mar 2013 #19

Is that repairable? Renew Deal Mar 2013 #24

Sure it is madokie Mar 2013 #30

Diesel into gas is not that serious. Gas into diesel can be more of a problem. yellowcanine Mar 2013 #45

yep, desel in a gas car, it just won't start. MindPilot Mar 2013 #46

I hope his AAA membership was up to date. bluedigger Mar 2013 #25

That's a long tow back to the White House. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2013 #28

Ahahahahahahahha! darkangel218 Mar 2013 #26

It's a throw-away now. DeSwiss Mar 2013 #31

oh well not like it'll be a huge ouch PatrynXX Mar 2013 #32

Repoed because of sequestering. nt donco Mar 2013 #33

'The Beast' *is* a diesel-powered vehicle... SeattleVet Mar 2013 #34

Weird. I've had a bad feeling about this trip. nt onehandle Mar 2013 #35

This is kind of unbelievable. Having a hard time buying this story. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #36

If anything they put gasoline in when it should have been diesel - It's a diesel car. AAO Mar 2013 #39

That being case dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #54

There must be a critical piece missing from this story. AAO Mar 2013 #56

It might be terminology dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #57

I know that - it's something else - we just don't know the real truth - and it probably doesn't matt AAO Mar 2013 #59

That car probably weighs more than that flatbed. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #42

So how many presidential limos are deployed around the world? MindPilot Mar 2013 #47

You know, I THOUGHT there was something suspicious. Check the security tape... Ian David Mar 2013 #49

Cracks me up that he went from Herman Munster to Grandpa in under a week. Scootaloo Mar 2013 #53

LOL Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #63

Hey, it's Bryan Ferry! mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2013 #65

Not first time fuel got mixed up... mwooldri Mar 2013 #50

I seriously doubt that the car is powered by gasoline madokie Mar 2013 #55

They were and are Gasoline engines capable of doing the work happyslug Mar 2013 #60

UPDATE: The break down had NOTHING to do with gas/diesel fuel Tx4obama Mar 2013 #58

life imitates "Father Ted"? MisterP Mar 2013 #61

Turns out the reporting was backward jmowreader Mar 2013 #64

If they're the same as Europe dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #66

Diesel nozzles are smaller than gasoline nozzles there? jmowreader Mar 2013 #67