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Photos of New Presidential Hybrid Limo Leaked, Critiques Abound

by Lee Bains on January 6, 2009 at 06:10 PM



Covert photographs of an impressive new presidential vehicle have surfaced in recent days, CNN.com reports, and opinions have been spilling forth.

According to CNN, online critics of the Cadillac-manufactured limousine's apparently indestructible design have named it "ugly as sin" and compared it to "an Abrams tank."

Indeed, the car is stout, to say the least; its doors -- encasing windows of ballistic glass -- are eight inches thick.

The fortress-like aspects of the car could disorient a president, says Joe Funk, a former Secret Service agent and driver of President Bill Clinton.

"The everyday noises will be gone, and he will be totally isolated in this protective envelope," he explains. "At the same time, I think he will be surprised at the communication capabilities."

Perhaps the vehicle -- which, on January 20th, will carry President-elect Barack Obama to his inauguration to the presidency -- is representative of the challenges he will face as president. While defending the United States from our zealous aggressors, he must reach out still further to embrace, and increase in number, our allies. Head on over to CNN to check out the leaked spy shots. [From: CNN]

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