The Routan as Political Statement

On Volkswagen Automobile Information you can find a post, "Should Obama Get a Black Volkswagen Routan?" While I dislike it's ranting language, and I don't understand the purpose of the comment, I find it funny on so many levels:

1. The Volkswagen Routan is enough of an icon to become a political statement. Wouldn't it be funny if the upcoming election pins the "Tea Baggers" against the "Routanists"? Or, is it the "Routanistas"?
2. Image via Wikipedia
   
   The blogger ties the Volkswagen Routan to Hitler, yet all the critics exclaim that there is no German in it. It is a mini-van built in Windsor, Ontario by an American (purported) company that has a German automobile badge on it. Since Chrysler is now owned in part by Fiat, the blogger should have referenced Fascist Mussolini instead.
3. People complain about the commercial where people hit each other when they see a Routan. Now it is being used to bash Obama.
4. Since the Routan is bought from a company that Bush bailed out, and it creates jobs here in the United States, both parties could claim that it represents their ideals.
5. The "Tea Baggers" claim that the current administratrion's treatment of the Constitution is a travesty. Certain auto critics claim that the Volkswagen Routan is a badge-engineering travesty. In fact, didn't Chevrolet sell the "Travesty"? Oh, "Traverse".

I don't care what your views are of Obama and the current administration. I do know that more Routans are owned by the under 34-year-old crowd than any other minivan, and only the VW GTI has a higher percentage ownership by under 34-year-olds. It is hip, good looking, reliable, unique, and I got a great deal on mine.