Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:40 PM

Galraedia (2,683 posts)

Martin Bashir - GOP suddenly quiet on falling gas prices

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Martin Bashir - GOP suddenly quiet on falling gas prices (Original post)	Galraedia	Jun 2012	OP
I just paid $3.15 a gallon. Suck on it, GOPers. nt	onehandle	Jun 2012	#1
Fox was downright decent to Obama last fall when prices were high.	applegrove	Jun 2012	#2
Wait, what?	Crow73	Jun 2012	#3
It's Obama's fault when they go up. And when they go down - HEY LOOK - A DUCK!	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#4
Unfortunately... It works both ways....	soc7	Jun 2012	#5
except	rickford66	Jun 2012	#6
I think that it's pretty safe to say	soc7	Jun 2012	#7
I wasn't blaming Bush	rickford66	Jul 2012	#8

Response to Galraedia (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:43 PM

onehandle (35,983 posts)

1. I just paid $3.15 a gallon. Suck on it, GOPers. nt

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Response to Galraedia (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:47 PM

applegrove (58,770 posts)

2. Fox was downright decent to Obama last fall when prices were high.

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Response to Galraedia (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:48 PM

Crow73 (177 posts)

3. Wait, what?

They are saying that no drilling has increased? Either they are uninformed or lying.

"President Obama has overseen the largest rise in drilling rigs in U.S. history, from less than 200 in April 2009 to over 1,200 today. U.S. oil production is the highest it's been in eight years. We now import 15 percent less oil than we did in 2005. For the first time since 1949, the United States is a net exporter of gasoline, diesel, and other fuels."

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-03-09/news/fl-aocol-obama-drilling-orlando-0309-20120309_1_gas-prices-oil-production-oil-exploration

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Response to Galraedia (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:58 PM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

4. It's Obama's fault when they go up. And when they go down - HEY LOOK - A DUCK!

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Response to Galraedia (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 08:12 PM

soc7 (53 posts)

5. Unfortunately... It works both ways....

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Response to soc7 (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 08:31 PM

rickford66 (211 posts)

6. except

Except that when Bush was running in 2000, his said he would "jawbone" the Arabs to lower gas prices. Since he and Cheney were both oil men, they understood the business. So, in fact they deserved to be blamed as far as I'm concerned.

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Response to rickford66 (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 08:40 PM

soc7 (53 posts)

7. I think that it's pretty safe to say

That there are market forces at work behind the price of gasoline that are outside of the reach of the president.

It's stupid for them to blame high prices on Obama. It was stupid when we blamed it on Bush...

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Response to soc7 (Reply #7)

Mon Jul 2, 2012, 06:53 PM

rickford66 (211 posts)

8. I wasn't blaming Bush

He bragged that he could lower gas prices, so in that case he was taking on the problem personally. So .... he should be the one responsible, right?

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