Richard Heene a Democrat? 'Balloon Boy' Father Hopes to 'Get Rid of Modern Vehicles'

Richard Heene, father of "Balloon Boy" Falcon Heene, sounds a bit like the "Goracle" in the clip from Colorado's KUSA-TV 9-News, "Richard Heene Interview."

From the New York Times, "Interview Sets Off Skeptics of Balloon Drama":

People inclined to believe that Thursday’s balloon drama was a publicity stunt will want to see this raw video of Richard Heene explaining his “experiment” to reporters on Thursday night. In the video, published by 9news.com, the Web site of a Colorado television news station, Mr. Heene explained that his whole family was present when he launched the balloon and that he hopes that his invention can one day be used by commuters instead of cars. “It’s a low-altitude vehicle,” he said, “and we’re working on a way to perhaps get rid of modern vehicles, so we can just levitate, and go to work at 50 to 100 feet, to and from work. And this works off a million volts to move horizontally. It uses helium to levitate, much like a blimp.”

Then, after appearing to struggle with his emotions while recounting for the press the moment when one of his sons, Bradford, told him that his brother Falcon was inside the experimental vehicle when it took off, Mr. Heene regained his composure and thanked the media “for being kind to me.”

Now it turns out the Heene family is under investigation. See, the Times, "Family Is Being Investigated for Possible Balloon Hoax." (Via Memeorandum.)