OBAMA MOCKS FOX CORRESPONDENT WHO ASKS WHY HE WANTS HIGHER GAS PRICES

[Broderick]

15. He did in fact say he did

in so many words after elected. He felt it was too soon, and too quick to rise. I can kind of agree with him. Seems today, the higher gas prices are less effective in shutting people off and the hurt doesn't seem as bad in my opinion. When they spiked this high last time people were irate. News story after news story ran. I don't see that vitriol over it. I think people are more used to it. If the rise is progressive and slower it seems we adjust better. People still have no complaint paying five times as much for bottled water of their liking. It is amazing to me that in the sands, the middle of the desert, we can extract crude oil; Barrel it up; ship it to America and then refine it in a multitude of ways; deliver it to terminals, ship it to gas stations, and then pump that into vehicles - all less than bottled water. Amazing to me. The average fuel mileage of vehicles continues to increase and people are making more environmentally friendly purchases in the vehicles they drive. Little by little we are moving forward in America. Even the ethanol fuel tax that went away on January first was hardly noticed and I see no draw back in economic growth, albeit slowly getting better.