Reply #8: I think it's more about ignoring those who constanlty post

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creatively snipped or quoted articles to prove a point that has been talked to death. If Obama was wrong on the gas tax then so was almost every leading economist in the US. Also, comparing a state gas tax vacation with a federal one is like comparing apples and oranges. Furthermore, Obama did not contradict himself, (again that tricky nuance stuff)

``Nobody thinks'' President George W. Bush would sign such a plan into law, and even if he did it would save the average driver at most $28, Obama said. It also would drain revenue from a government trust fund used to maintain the nation's highways, he said.

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week she doesn't support a gas-tax moratorium.

``What this is, is a strategy to get through the next election,'' because the issue ``polls well,'' Obama said. Asked whether pushing the idea is pandering, he said, ``yes.''

Obama acknowledged voting for a similar plan while serving in the Illinois state legislature -- a vote he called a ``mistake'' -- because ``the oil companies, the retailers'' ended up benefiting most because they raised prices by the amount of the tax cut.

``I voted for it, and then six months later we took a look, and consumers had not benefited at all,'' he said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aW9RSo.SyFCk&refer=home