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I just returned from the Goldstein Museum of  Design at  the University. For those unacquainted (and there are many) with this gem, it happens to house one of finest collection of evening gowns in the country by famous designers like Oleg Cassini and Oscar De La Renta'.

While the Road Rake has written about drag before (see: Mustang Strippers From Mars) don't get any ideas. I was meeting with their Curator to see if they might lend us one of Jackie Os gowns for an innaugural party we hope to throw this Winter. 

Which brings me to our new neo-Jackie. While I won't recommend what Mama Obama should wear during her month of Galas (The Rake has people for that) I can recommend an appropriate ride. 

And here I say, show some muscle, Meesh.

The average automotive appliance is declasse'.

May I suggest, therefore, that the new First Lady would be well served by a brand new Mercedes M320 Bluetec*.

This beasty new diesel chomps on over 400 ft. lbs. of torque while delivering over 30 mpg and emissions pure enough to satisfy a conehead at a Christmas banquet (Jane Curtin just loved sucking the exhaust from her vacuum cleaners.) Indeed this is nothing more than a muscle truck with the concscience of our new Mickey O.

Believe me when I say that the marriage of its engine and transmission is even more sublime than the postcard perfect Camelot Presidential uinon that is upon us.

Imagine a fabulously torquey engine mated to a slick, seven speed, paddle-shifted transmission that allows you to find every little seam of torque that Mercedes can muster.

I tried my hardest to leadfoot this truck and never dipped below 21 MPG. Better yet, I averaged around 27 MPG across all kinds of terrain.

It also looks rather sporting in white.

Fitting for the blank page of a new Presidency, don't you think?

(* Unforunately there is nothing that the American car companies offer  that can compete. They're going to get their hand-out anyway.)