I understand that car dealers are probably under a lot of stress right now, especially those trying to sell American vehicles. Unfortunately, some of them may have gone off the deep end. Take Bob Swift, owner of Swift Dodge on Arden Way in Sacramento:

“People are reluctant to buy our cars because of the perception that maybe the quality isn’t what it should be,” Swift said. “Therefore, they’re going to buy Japanese, they’re going to buy a German car, forgetting that 50 years ago, we had to bomb those people and kill them by the thousands to keep them from overtaking our country.”

Are you serious? Way to represent Sacramento… Japlopnik.com, a well known automotive blog, gives him “the most xenophobic car dealer award.” Apparently, as some commenters pointed out, Mr. Swift has forgotten that many American cars are made in Mexico. I would propose that the Mexican-American War is just as relevant as WWI or WWII to his theory.