Obama - the smooth talker, not good with math though

Give the President full marks for consistency on math — he almost always manages to get it wrong.  Last week at a speech in North Carolina to tout his energy policies, Obama told the crowd that his tougher CAFE standards had forced Detroit to produce more fuel-efficient cars, and that meant big savings for “a typical family.”  The figure he used would have really been big savings, too … but only if the family’s name was Unser or Andretti (via Pave France and Poor Richard’s News):

Now, because of these new standards for cars and trucks, they’re going to — all going to be able to go further and use less fuel every year.  And that means pretty soon you’ll be able to fill up your car every two weeks instead of every week -– and, over time, that saves you, a typical family, about $8,000 a year.

Eight thousand dollars a year?  Man, gas prices must be ready to hit those European levels or worse.

 http://hotair.com/archives/2012/03/15/obamateurism-of-the-day-705/