Neanderpundit

Is how the bombing suspect was described by his father.

The left will be making him an honorary right wing tea partier. Bush blamed in five, four, three….

FoMoCo put food on the table for the first 18 years of my life, we were always a Ford family- though we owned Oldsmobiles and Chevys as well.

Dad was a big fan of their engines and I am a big fan of the reliability. If you take moderate care of a Ford, you can drive it just about forever. I have not worn out any Ford I ever owned, I just grew sick to death of them.

So: TO Me, Ford has always been the car that gets you there. Probably not with a great deal of style. Certainly not with racecar like agility. Sure, they made sporty cars- the Probe I drove for a quarter million miles was a lot of fun. But damn, it was pretty ugly.

So it is with some degree of discomfort that I have to say:

I like the 2013 Fusion. Yes, I know, the grille (Maybe it’s best feature) is a direct ripoff of the Aston Martin, and it may or may not owe it’s shape to Hyundai, but for a midsize saloon with a reasonable amount of room for four adults, it’s not horrible looking.

There, I’ve said it, and I’ll say it again. The Fusion is not fugly.

Of course the AWD version, the only one that is really good, is not available with a manual and can only be had with a stupid flappy paddle slushbox.

I knew they couldn’t get it quite right.

Still: Not ugly.