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14. It was the same in 2000, except instead of the gas companies dropping prices,

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 06:33 PM

Feb 2012

the president opened the strategic petroleum reserve shortly before the election to temporarily lower prices.

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About those low gas prices when Obama took office [View all] hfojvt Feb 2012 OP

Yeah that $1.80 price Politicalboi Feb 2012 #1

truthfully, it was so brief that I did not even remember it hfojvt Feb 2012 #4

They dropped the price to NOT let Obama get elected underpants Feb 2012 #11

So, when Ike was in office, gas was .15/gallon. russspeakeasy Feb 2012 #2

1969 gas = .35 cents Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #3

Which is $2.15 in today's money hfojvt Feb 2012 #5

The absolute all time low, adjusted for inflation, was in 1998. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2012 #7

63 cents? hfojvt Feb 2012 #19

At the time, Georgia Spider Jerusalem Feb 2012 #22

The world economy was on the brink of collapse Gman Feb 2012 #6

I don't know about dishonesty hfojvt Feb 2012 #23

k&r... spanone Feb 2012 #8

$1.46 when Bill Clinton left office. nt onehandle Feb 2012 #9

If any of the current republicans win and as safeinOhio Feb 2012 #10

If memory serves... TexasPaganDem Feb 2012 #12

at my age, I cannot rely on memory hfojvt Feb 2012 #18

I don't think it was punishment/nose thumbing jmowreader Feb 2012 #21

There was a real spike in gas prices during the last year of Shrubco Morning Dew Feb 2012 #13

As it turns out, they had nothing to fear from that election. n/t hughee99 Feb 2012 #15

It's because we were in the midst of a terrible recession taught_me_patience Feb 2012 #16

'wrecked the economy" is putting it mildly, imo. The international coalition_unwilling Feb 2012 #17

oddly enough it was the pessimism of DU hfojvt Feb 2012 #24

My wife and I were also keying off the pessimism on DU and other coalition_unwilling Feb 2012 #26

Looking for the oil speculators to jack B Calm Feb 2012 #20

Gasoline is US biggest export now! ErikJ Feb 2012 #25