Who invented the automobile? Obama claims it was the United States. History 101 Score: F. (Americans, America)

[bgibbs42]

Talk about incompetence. The US did not invent the automobile.

[tb4000]

If you're a real American, you take credit even if you didn't do it.

[bgibbs42]

Originally Posted by tb4000

If you're a real American, you take credit even if you didn't do it.

You have no morals. Any real American is proud and will not lake credit for something they did not accomplish.

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by bgibbs42

Talk about incompetence. The US did not invent the automobile.

I'm just curious. Who did invent the automobile? (I'm too lazy right now to look it up myself.)

[bgibbs42]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

I'm just curious. Who did invent the automobile? (I'm too lazy right now to look it up myself.)

A guy named Karl Benz in Germany.

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by bgibbs42

A guy named Karl Benz in Germany.

Ah, okay. Thank you for that. (I look up plenty of things thanks to this site. I just wanted to be lazy for a moment. )

[Visvaldis]

Originally Posted by bgibbs42

Talk about incompetence. The US did not invent the automobile.

I wonder how many Americans believe that America invented the automobile?

[burdell]

Originally Posted by bgibbs42

Talk about incompetence. The US did not invent the automobile.

He said America did when/where?

[Redrover]

What America did do, in the person of Henry Ford, was to create the first assembly line for the building of the automobile.

[renter8319]

i may be nwrong, but i don't believe he said that exactly.
could you please give a link that would show his exact quote.