Obama Argues Rising Gas Costs Are Not His Fault

Thou protests too loudly.

….Politicians will, and can tell you ANYTHING to be elected, I agree with the president on this one. Any one telling you differently is a blatant LIAR! And is being PAID to do so. Fool you once shame on you, fool you over a dozen times, what in the world?

I see I have a copycat.

He’s right. Same with Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter etc. The President does not control the price of a global commodity that is bought and sold on the world market. The world has rising demand and shrinking supplies. Even though drilling has increased under Obama, “drilling here, drilling now”, doesn’t have much of an effect on the world supply. Beyond that, oil drilled in the U.S. doesn’t stay in in the U.S. It gets sold on the world market to the highest bidder. Exxon, Shell, BP, etc. are global corporations. They don’t care about the U.S. They want to make money. The only positive thing about drilling here, drilling now is that it creates jobs. It does nothing to protect us from dependence on “foreign oil”.

“Obama Argues Rising Gas Costs Are Not His Fault” – Mary Bruce

He’s right about that which is why we need someone else in the White House.
He is incapable of doing anything about keeping our energy costs down.

We hear on these boards from the Loonie Left ad nauseam that Bush was responsible for a spike in gas prices driving them to 4+ for a bit.
How can the Demo talking point now be that it’s not this president’s fault?

btw, that’s a rhetorical question.

Obama’s re-election campaign has begun and he has more money than the other candidates combined and several times over. Just as you’ve seen Romney’s success in carpet bombing the states with commercials and negative adds, here comes the Obama machine.

-Any poor economic performance indicators or bad news in the media will not be his fault

-He will position any numbers presented as a success story knowing that the listeners won’t understand or research the stare and compare against numbers of past presidents

Failure is failure no matter how you position it. To give this president 4 more years is to simply get suckered in with ‘words’ (…again) and not pay attention to the performance metrics. If he were in fact successful – then I would vote for him. I definitely will not…

Oh the “necessary rising of energy costs” Of course none of this is his fault, it has nothing to do with HIS policies….right now he is taking credit for the drilling that IS going on (which of course was approved by GW) so I guess it is Bush’s fault on that count….Y’all (MSM) were SO quick to blame Bush for high gas costs and so far this week I have seen you blame the rising cost of gas on Greece and Iran (different days different stories) and now you have this little gem saying it isn’t Obama’s fault…

Just another “Hail Mary” …by the propaganda wing of the “Obama Hate Campaign”. For all your information, there are at least 60…I repeat “60″ prominent Republicans in Congress today, who receive HUGE contributions from “big oil companies”. Do your ‘homework’ folks. Wake up middle class before it really is…too late for you.

oil companys are the only ones responsible for the increase in gas prices.every year their profits keep climbing and their stock holders keep getting richer.why dont the govt restrict the sale of our own oil to stay within the boundries of the us.this pipeline that the gop wants from canada to texas will not do a thing to help the average american,its only going to make the oil companys richer along with the bush family.its the same thing that happened in alaska.that was supposed to cure all of our problems.most of that oil gets shipped overseas

Oil is priced in dollars and the Obama administration’s loose monetary policy sure isn’t helping as it takes more dollars to purchase oil. As far as what we do next, everything should be on the table. Start drilling in ANWR. Approve the Keystone pipeline. Develop shale oil resources in the Rockies (we have hundreds of years worth of shale). Approve more drilling permits off the waters of the U.S. (Obama has drastically cut back on permits). Stop waging war against the coal industry. It may take five or so years to get all these new resources online, but we’ve been sitting on our hands talking about it for nearly three decades. Now, I’m all for alternative energy, but we’re nowhere near making work. If the president really wants to spur job growth, he needs to unleash the energy industry and stop trying to prop up failed green energy ventures.

Oil is not rising because of any of the theories being put out there. Oil is traded in dollars, when the value of the dollar falls, the price of oil goes up. The fact the dollar is devalued is a specific administration policy (remember quantitative easing?). The last major boost in oil prices was during QE2. This recent one is following recent information from the administration noting the intent to keep interest rates near 0%, again driving down the dollar. Any time the dollar is devalued, oil and other commodities surge. It’s simply economics, something this President does not understand.

And what ‘indicator’ do you have, “Mary”…that the President would do that (your 8:44)??? This subject would never ever have been brought up in this ‘context’…if not for a “desparate GOP, negative campaign machine”. A machine NOT CREATED FOR THE “TRUTH”…BUT LIES AND DISTRACTIONS. Desparately hoping that the **** they throw at the ‘wall’…might stick.

It really doesn’t matter whose fault it is Mr. President. Question is – how are you going to use your power and influence to do something about it?

Of course it isn’t his fault. You’d have to have the intelligence of a 10 yr old to think otherwise.

Posted by: Bryan | February 25, 2012, 8:53 am 8:53 am

Ten year olds have a better grasp of economics than Obamabots do.

Obama is definitely partially responsible because his economic policies have weakened the US dollar. Crude oil is mainly traded in US dollars, and when the US dollar weakens the crude oil market participants (speculators, producers, refineries, etc.) push the price of crude higher on the expectations that oil producers are entitled to at least the same prices as before in their own currencies, after exchanging US dollars into their currency.

okay if it’s not obama’s fault, then whose fault is it? obama denies responsibility but he doesn’t point out who is responsible. as potus he can’t possibly be completely ignorant as to who is responsible for the rising costs of gasoline. obama can relax because he knows he is getting re-elected.

Obama is a joke on all fronts. I just returned from Singapore and I see that the rest of the world thinks he’s a joke along with the Unitied States. Last year in France, the French think he’s a joke. Our position in the world continues to rapidly decline.

I’m sure Obama is positive it’s not his fault. Oh, that’s right, it’s all President Bush’s fault. Do the Dems and Obama ever take responsibility for any of the problems they have created??

In 2007-08 he ran on anti-fossil fuel agenda, you can you tube dozen of these video’s
Tell me how that and his policies of wind and solar are helping with the gasoline
prices. Moratorium on drilling must be the reason it is not his fault.

It is not his fault just like it was not bushs fault when the gas prices were going up during his administration also. I never blamed bush for that. @ David I don’t think anyone is trying to blame bush, but it is also true here that he ( bush) was not exactly perfect on things either! Bush made plenty of mistakes and I did not hear a peep out of you repubs when those mistakes were happening, why is that??? I have blamed this Pres when things have not exactly gone right like I thought that they should, but I don’t blame this Pres for everything either because I know that not everything is his fault just like not everything was bushs fault. Some things are just out of a Presidents control also.

Israel is the one who is raising the price of oil by their saber rattling threats against Iran , not Mr. Obama per se . If you conservatives are looking for a scapegoat to rightly and correctly blame for the price of oil today , there you go .

Obama and the rest of the extreme left-wing liberals that have hijacked the Democratic Party are trying to blame the rise in gasoline prices on the “world price”. Just another lie, there is no such thing as a “world price”.

In Bahrain, gasoline costs 78 cents per gallon. Turkmenistan, 72 cents per gallon. Libya, 54 cents per gallon. Saudi Arabia, 48 cents per gallon. Venezuela, 18 cents per gallon.

Figure it out – countries that produce a lot of oil and have low taxes pay far less for gasoline.

Restricting the production and use of local oil like Obama did by killing the Keystone pipeline and (even temporarily) banning drilling in the Gulf results in higher gasoline prices for Americans but it doesn’t raise the price of gasoline in Turkmenistan.

Posted by: davem | February 25, 2012, 9:49 am 9:49 am

Obama didn’t clean up anything in three years. He clearly made things worse. A record one-third of the unemployed have been out of work for more than a year (4.4 million people, the population of Louisiana), over 1.2 million people dropped out of the labor force between December and January, our national debt has increased by another $5 trillion, and food/gas costs are killing the working poor and middle class. Is that the hope and change you voted for?

My mother used to say “you cannot eat your cake and still have it”. All of us are at fault everytime we get in that car and drive at maximum speed on the highway regarless of weather condition, regardless of traffic conditions. It is me first and I have to have everything and I have to have it right now. I would like someone to do the math and see how much gas it would save to bring the national speed limit back to 60 in the slow lane and 65 in the fast lane. We need someone in charge that has the gumption to bring some common sense back to this country.

Israel is the one who is raising the price of oil by their saber rattling threats against Iran , not Mr. Obama per se . If you conservatives are looking for a scapegoat to rightly and correctly blame for the price of oil today , there you go .

POSTED BY: FRANKSIMMONS | FEBRUARY 25, 2012, 9:53 AM 9:53 AM

And what would you do if you were Israel – with the dear leader of Iran continually promising to blow you off the map (or into the Med)?

President Obama sounds like Steve Urkel from “Family Matters” when he said “Did I do that?” He blamed GW Bushes for everything but now says that nothing bad is “his” fault! He must have his head in the sand!

Israel is the one who is raising the price of oil by their saber rattling threats against Iran , not Mr. Obama per se . If you conservatives are looking for a scapegoat to rightly and correctly blame for the price of oil today , there you go .

Posted by: franksimmons | February 25, 2012, 9:53 am 9:53 am

Yeah, it’s Israel’s fault Obama weakened the U.S. dollar, driving up the cost of imported oil. It’s also Israel’s fault Obama implemented an illegal oil drilling moratorium in the Gulf and put the brakes on the Keystone XL pipeline. LOL!

Just another lie, there is no such thing as a “world price”.

In Bahrain, gasoline costs 78 cents per gallon. Turkmenistan, 72 cents per gallon. Libya, 54 cents per gallon. Saudi Arabia, 48 cents per gallon. Venezuela, 18 cents per gallon. ——————You are 100% incorrect , just like most conservatives are when they open their mouths about anything . There most certainly is a “World price ” for oil ( per barrel ) and you can look it up quite easily . The reason(s) these countries gasoline prices are so low are several fold , but is mainly due to A ) national production capacity and B) govt. subsidization . The Venezuela govt. (as do most of the others that were mentioned as well ) pays govt $$ to keep gas prices at the pump artificially low , go read up and edumacate yourself all you conservative Einsteins .

PRES. HARRY TRUMAN HAD A SIGN ON HIS DESK “THE BUCK STOPS HERE”!!!

OBAMA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND THE CAUSE, OF ALL THE USA’S PROBLEMS.

Here’s a quote from Nancy Pelosi from 2006 –

“With skyrocketing gas prices, it is clear that the American people can no longer afford the Republican Rubber Stamp Congress and its failure to stand up to Republican big oil and gas company cronies. Americans this week are paying $2.91 a gallon on average for regular gasoline – 33 cents higher than last month, and double the price than when President Bush first came to office. – “Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.”

The Dems obviously didn’t crack down on price gouging and time has proven that the rest of the obviously backwards Democratic “plan” didn’t work either.

It’s true Obama could have tried to do something – like removing oil from the futures market, where it’s only been for a generation – but saying his inaction is why he should be replaced by a Republican is like saying you want an ineffective sheriff replaced by Jesse James.

Obama, Romney, or any of the other snake-in-the-grass, waould be champions of the people, won’t be satisfied…happy…until they have stolen every ounce of gold, and we the people are sleeping in filthy, dung-littered streets, feeding our children rotting scraps from their trash cans, and licking their royal feet while they sip wine and munch on caviar. Of the people, by the people, and against the people.

Posted by: Dtruth | February 25, 2012, 10:19 am 10:19 am

Obama’s to blame for all of those. As far as deficit and welfare spending goes, Obama makes Bush look like a piker. The credit downgrade was the result of Democrats not having a written plan to address the debt trajectory. S&P has warned of another downgrade in the not-too-distant future.

In doing some research on our earlier history, I am left wondering why the Big O has not visited HEMP….yes I said it…but before some of you jump on the band wagon and poo poo the idea, maybe you should do a little research on hemp and what early car engines were designed to run

a cynic wrote:”Does the president have the power to force oil companies to sell gas at a specific price? Yes or no………”
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He thinks he has the power to tell private insurance companies what services they WILL provide and for how much. Why doesn’t he try this little diktate with the oil companies.

Carl , did you know that just because you say or type something , that does NOT make it true ? Food for thought. What I meant was that I’ve gained decent ground monetarily under this presidency ( the DOW has indeed doubled over 3 years ; that’s exactly how long Mr. Obama has been in office…) , not lost as some other poster incorrectly implied. Conservatives try to spin the good to make it seem bad , even horrible if they can , but it just makes them look even more like the nattering naybobs of negativism and sophistry spewing bold faced liars that conservatives are proving themselves to be with every new day .

It’s true Obama could have tried to do something – like removing oil from the futures market, ——–Dodd-Frank had that kind provision INITIALLY but Scott Brown would not vote for Dodd-Frank until that ( and a lot of other tough smart financial regulations as well ) got taken out . Just Google ” Scott Brown , Dodd-Frank ” for the truth . Thus strong sensible much needed financial regulations were obstructed , and duly neutered—- NOT by Democrats , but clearly , obviously and indisputably by conservatives , i.e. Republicans and Tea Traitors. Facts hurt liars , which is why conservative are smarting daily .

Yeah sure, everybody knows the desk in the oval office has a dial on it that the president uses to set the price of gas. He’s just turning it up to get donations to his superpac. W used to do the same thing. They should just take that gas dial thingy right out of the desk in the oval office. Then big oil would have to set their own prices.

The cost to get oil out of the ground is very, very low; as low as about $8 per barrel in some places.—————–Autos don’t run on “oil” , it has to be “refined” and US producers are closing refineries . Why aren’t you concentrating your angry diatribe in that direction ? ( and Mr. Obama is NOT , in any way shape or form , patently or tacitly making them do that ,before you go off on that predictable conservatives attack tack ) .

Tightroper would be more believable if he/she would actually make a point, you know a specific point, and then support it with facts, data, or logic. Instead this person chooses the standard liberal tactic of spewing an information and intelligence-free opinion with the misplaced expectation that thinking people will somehow be influenced by this. Allow me to disabuse Tightroper of that notion.

By the way, my PhD is in Energy Engineering with a bachelors in Economics.

A more accurate headline for this “story” would have been “Obama WHINES Rising Gas Costs Are Not His Fault”. Someone needs to turn off the “Super-Whine-mode” switch on his teleprompter.

It’s your fault Mr. President – DO WHAT NIXON DID – freeze the prices -that will stop the Mafia Wall street and others. Maybe we voters aught to sell our votes to the oil companies – kinda like congress and the President is making money off this and us.

Four years ago, Democrats claimed (and Republicans denied) that the President had direct PERSONAL control over retail gasoline prices.

Now, Republicans claim (and Democrats deny) that the President has direct PERSONAL control over retail gasoline prices.

WHICH IS IT? Does the President personally control gasoline prices or not? It can’t be both.

Oblamer—–Super Whiner In Chief

CND FOX | FEBRUARY 25, 2012, 10:37 AM…Alway applying Saul Alinski’s Rules for Radicals – take the offense, point the finger at your opponent. 3 years ago he bashed Bush for not having an energy policy. Well Obama is the president and has been for 3 years. What is is energy policy and EXACTLY what has he done to alleviate the situation? He could reverse the Commodity Modernization Act and re-institute the Glass-Steagall Act and guess what. All of the speculation on all of the commodities (not just oil and gasoline) would be reduced significantly. Anyone have access to commodities prices? Just look at the charts/prices up through the Commodity Modernization Act; then after. What happened?

Score so far…

wear mom jeans – 1
take responsibility for anything – 0

Oil is priced in dollars and the Obama administration’s loose monetary policy sure isn’t helping as it takes more dollars to purchase oil. As far as what we do next, everything should be on the table. Start drilling in ANWR. Approve the Keystone pipeline. Develop shale oil resources in the Rockies (we have hundreds of years worth of shale). Approve more drilling permits off the waters of the U.S. (Obama has drastically cut back on permits). Stop waging war against the coal industry. It may take five or so years to get all these new resources online, but we’ve been sitting on our hands talking about it for nearly three decades. Now, I’m all for alternative energy, but we’re nowhere near making work. If the president really wants to spur job growth, he needs to unleash the energy industry and stop trying to prop up failed green energy ventures.

Posted by: Patrick | February 25, 2012, 8:45 am 8:45 am

You appear to be an order of magnitude smarter than our miserable failure of a president.

Any remember when in 2003-2004, Bush was buying oil and filling the oil reserves? The LIB media was screaming he was helping his oil buddies buy driving oil prices from 20, to 30 a barrel. bush was saying the he is trying to prevent oil shortages from disruptions in the oil supply. The lib media was laughing calling him an idiot, saying we get oil from 60 different countries, middle east not that important. BUsh wanted to drill more, and again leftwing nuts were pointing out that drilling wouldnt produce any more oil for 7-8 years. NOw lets all thank Obama, for vindicating Bush. point 1. Obama blamed middle east for oil price rise. LIbs laughed at bush for saying so. point 2. Obama wants to dip into oil reserves to cushion oil prices. good thinking BUSH! point 3. HAD bush got all the drilling we wanted, our dependancy would be even lower then it is. thank you obama for pointing that out. Obama should send BUsh a thank you card, and the lib media should send him a we are sorry card.

Posted by: Gary_Richardson | February 25, 2012, 11:29 am 11:29 am

Oh, stop whining. Republicans didn’t stop Obamacare. When you’re denied medical care due to the inevitable rationing that’s coming, make sure you think fondly of those compassionate Democrats who made it all possible. Hope and Change!

DEANBOB….YOUR 11:26….LOL……where do you think I learned this ‘attack mode’??? LOL…it sure wasn’t Saul Alisnsky….it was by watching and learning from the likes of “Limbaugh, Rove, Beck, Palin, Hannity etc;etc;etc. LOL…The RIGHT WING ATTACK MACHINE” just doen’t ‘like it” when the *** gets thrown back at them. And I have some good advice for them. GROW UP!

nothing negative is EVER his fault at all.—China’s increase demand for oil is not any american’s fault. Iran having increased nuclear capability that caused us to tighten sanctions and shut off their oil exports, no, not his fault. Deal.

Surely related to this issue: Someone told me that George Bush let a whole bag of pixie dust out into the upper atmosphere, and that caused these naughty deficits, or all of it apart from Solyndra and the Obama’s expensive and perpetual vacations. I tend to believe it. Sure Hope that wise and sincere and truthful Obama can clean it up, and Change everything for the collective better.

“Same as always with Obama, nothing negative is EVER his fault at all.”
POSTED BY: JENNY
Exactly. And when he is telling the truth, if ever that is, it will be like the boy crying wolf since he so often attempts to evade responsibility for anything bad.

They have done nothing by rise since Bush left office. When Bush said he would approve drill off the east coast prices dropped and no drilling had even started.. Obama takes office and says no and the price of gas has risen ever since.
YES OBAMA IT IS YOUR FAULT.

The economy is coming back. Period.

Posted by: Not UR Average Joe | February 25, 2012, 11:45 am 11:45 am

Based on what? Your fantasies? We were told the recession officially ended in June 2009. It’s nearly three years later. A record one-third of the unemployed have been out of work for more than a year (4.4 million people, the population of Louisiana), over 1.2 million people dropped out of the labor force between December and January, our national debt has increased by another $5 trillion, and food/gas costs are killing the working poor and middle class. So, you’re wrong. Period.

I LOVE the idea that car companies HAVE To give us cars that go further on less gas. I just got a new car because of it and already I get gas nearly half as often. If it were not for the auto bailout and the restrictions on the gas standards in order to get the money, i’d not have my car and I’d be paying ALOT more for gas every week. I’m sorry, but I trust the president on this issue. Gas demand, strained supply, it will always be a problem. who do you trust with that problem?????? me? Obama. hands down.

Hey DAVEM – what you don’t get about the DOW is that it only makes up 30 companies. Great for you that you have something invested in those 30 companies, but it isn’t a true reflextion of the overall economy. Try investing in the NASDAQ – this makes up over 3200 companies, and see how much money you loose quickly. The nasdaq is a far better measure of the economy, but I’m sure it wouldn’t make a difference to you because you are most likely a die hard democrat that refuses to see anything but OBAMA. Obama is a joke – he made soo many promises to get the job and got in way over his head and now says he can’t do everything…..reality sets in for Obummer. We are all the loosers here.

Next time you all get into your cars to drive around the corner to the liquor store to buy your next bottle of Jack, think about it. You could have taken a nice walk and killed two birds with one stone. 1)You saved a couple bucks in gas expenses. 2)You lost a pound or two helping with your obesity issues. Back in the 70s, Southern California was feeling the effects of a “gasoline shortage”. (A term created by big oil). Long lines at the pump, odd and even days, no gas unless your gauge read less than half full. One Saturday I went for a boat ride with friends on their 40 ft. boat that had 2 50 gal. tanks on board. They were allowed to fill up both tanks at a price less than the price they paid to fill the tank of their car the day before. So, along we went on our cruise down to LA Harbor where the big ships were all docked, some with Mobil logo, Texaco logo, Shell logo. All were red flagged, meaning they were holding fuel. The following week, on Sunday on the front page of the Orange County Register was a picture that had been taken by a young couple that were riding their 3 wheelers in the desert. That picture was of a Texaco tanker dumping gas in the desert. The following day, Monday, gas prices took a major nose dive. Do you people really think that these yahoos from the oil companies are being straight up and honest with you? If you do, you are gullible. There was a time when the US had plenty of resources but we squandered it all. Now, we expect other countries to just hand over anything that they have.

GREENNNNN…..No… all of the “cons” on this blog aren’t simply uneducated and misinformed…some are jutst ‘ideological activists’ out here to spread lies, misinformation and spread “hate” about the President. This has been an activist campaign against this President since he took the oath of office. Some of them know EXACTLY what they are doing. It is called: “Beat the negative drum loud enough and long enough’ and the dumbed down base will believe that it is the ‘truth’. It is their dumbed down, uneducated base that is the problem.

Try investing in the NASDAQ —the NASDAQ tends to be tech companies and many many foreign companies. Thd DOW is a better indicstor of those companies that are US based, and hire blue collar workers. So you know….

Conservatives are going to whine like kindergarteners who missed their naps as long as they aren’t in control of the the whole scene, even whining about me constantly cranking it long and hard to pics and vids of Obama when me mummy isn’t home, It really doesn’t matter whether Obama and me suck or the related facts, such as me missing me dad, all that matters to conservatives is a “win” even if they have tomention sad truths about my persoanal life. If the dems had a cogent relevant point to make it would be different , but all they have istrue crime crap to the point of absurdity . No truthful facts and statistics ? We often have none, and that suits all of us just fine.

“Conservatives are going to whine like kindergarteners who missed their naps as long as they aren’t in control of the the whole scene, even whining about me constantly cranking it long and hard to pics and vids of Obama when me mummy isn’t home, It really doesn’t matter whether Obama and me suck or the related facts, such as me missing me dad, all that matters to conservatives is a “win” even if they have tomention sad truths about my persoanal life. If the dems had a cogent relevant point to make it would be different , but all they have istrue crime crap to the point of absurdity . No truthful facts and statistics ? We often have none, and that suits all of us just fine.”
POSTED BY: DAVEM
The truth. Absolutely.
POSTED BY: CND FOX
Ditto me on this.

of course not, nothing bad is his fault, everything good is because of his highness

If most big companies reporting TAXABLE earnings in the black ( particularly and especially big oil and big health care companies ) were legally required to figure executive pay and benefits into their profit reports they’d probably show 40%-70% profits many quarters . Which is precisely why they don’t do that . Duh.
And Mitt likes his personal 13.9% rate on all that money he was “paid” , which on the balance sheet was marked as “corporate overhead”. Lol…

“Nothing is his fault, it is all Bushes fault.”
POSTED BY: JTTRI
True. Someone told me that George Bush let a whole bag of pixie dust out into the upper atmosphere, and that caused these naughty deficits, or all of it apart from Solyndra and the Obama’s expensive and perpetual vacations. I tend to believe it. Sure Hope that wise and sincere and truthful Obama can clean it up, and Change everything for the collective better.

Didn’t he turn down building an oil pipeline or something from Canada?? I think he’s maybe wrong if he’s thinking he’s not responsible in some way.

Reported , again. ; )

“With the super PAC money coming in, I sure hope Obama will buy a new and improved teleprompter so he can demagogue better. The old repetitive pre-fab crap is getting stale.”
POSTED BY: LEXINGTON LADY
Yes. Sad but true.

Obama knows energy policy like my dog knows calculus. Solyndra may be Obama’s greatest “achievement” in this area.

“Obama knows energy policy like my dog knows calculus. Solyndra may be Obama’s greatest “achievement” in this area.”
POSTED BY: MJ BURRIS
“Hmmm. And I thought FAST&FURIOUS was his defining achievement. Oh wait, that’s not energy, just deadly and illegal corruption of another sort. You are correct.”
POSTED BY: MEG
No, it’s Obamacare, yes, that bureaucratic boondoggle, which the Supreme Court will soon disembowel.

“And I thought FAST&FURIOUS was his defining achievement.”

Barry never gets enough credit for overruling Patreaus and hand-crafting his own Afghanistan surge. Surely, his greatest foreign policy achievement.

Why is the price of gas so consuming in the political process as opposed to everything else. If you go back 30 years, and look at the price of gas, housing, food, medical care, insurance, cars, or almost any other commoddity we need, gas has gone up a less percentage than anything else. And at the very same time the oil companies have made more profit than any other industry (except maybe drug companies). Why are the politicians not concerned about the cost of medice, or food? And why does the press folow oil prices and not everything else–it would seem something is very wrong.

Shut down drilling? We are drilling MORE than ever before! That is why we are PRODUCING MORE OIL THAN EVER BEFORE.

The problem is speculation. When it comes to Oil Futures, roughly 65% of ALL TRADES of Oil futures are done by SPECULATORS, NOT anyone involved with the actual production.

Waaaaahh!!!! Waaaah!!!

Make the drug more expensive and less available and thus wean the gas drunkard US idiots buying gas guzzler SUVs and V-8 Hemi s into Sensibility . It’s painful , but necessary .

Posted by: demandthetruth | February 25, 2012, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm

Yeah! The evil Republicans LOWERED gas prices prior to the 2008 election because they hate Obama and they’re now RAISING gas prices prior to the 2012 election because they…um…hate Obama. Brilliant logic there. No wonder everybody laughs at Obamabots.

EVERY economic indicator.

Posted by: Not UR Average Joe | February 25, 2012, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm

You guys sound completely unhinged and desperate. You didn’t provide ANY sourced economic metrics to back up your claim. You only provided generalities and unverifiable anecdotal stories (your kids’ piano teacher? really? lol). It’s about as meaningful as hope and change, which everyone now knows was meaningless rhetoric. We have a FAKE economy propped up with trillions of dollars of debt. We have the largest dependency class in our history (over 47 million people on food stamps…source: SNAP). If you want to see the REAL economy, all Congress needs to do is end all tax breaks and welfare payments to Americans and force all Americans to pay federal income taxes (instead of just 50% now). Once ever taxpayer gets a bill for the $136,000 in national debt they owe, you’ll see REAL change in Washington.

Posted by: Simon_4719 | February 25, 2012, 2:00 pm 2:00 pm

So you want us to increase taxes on multinational oil companies that can drill anywhere in the world? What a brilliant idea. I guess it would never occur to them to drill someplace cheaper and lay off tens of thousands of Americans when they move operations elsewhere.

Personally, as much as it would stink, I would LOVE for shallow thinking lefties to live in the utopia they want…a world of $10 gas. Of course it would bankrupt them, not to mention create an economic depression. But, hey, some people only learn through experience. It’ll also give them a chance to blame Bush yet again while they forage through restaurant dumpsters.

Obama is a shill for the UN. He is interested in signing on to the tUN Treaty of the Seas in which 1/2 of U.S. offshore oil profits + our technology be shared with the other 160 U.N. nations. When he said spread the wealth, he did not mean in the United States. He meant putting Americans on an even playing field with third world nations, thus usurping our soverignity. So all you lefties who think things will get better, you are in for a rude awakening with this guy. As you no longer can afford to pay taxes on your homes or drive your cars, recharge your IPads, I am sure you will enjoy looking for food when his EPA forbids you to fish, farm and till the land. Remember farm dust is a EPA hazard, but the flouride and chemtrails , public schools and colleges dumming you down to sheeple level of intelligence is what will sustain you.

“And I thought FAST&FURIOUS was his defining achievement.”

Posted by: meg | February 25, 2012, 12:58 pm 12:58 pm

I’m not so sure. Obama is responsible for 1,274 of 1,904 US casualties in Afghanistan since becoming President. More US Navy SEALs have died on Obama’s watch than any other President. He’s now responsible for 67% of all US casualties in Afghanistan in only three years (the war started in 2001). Strange we don’t hear the mainstream media reporting much on those defining achievements.

So you want us to increase taxes on multinational oil companies that can drill anywhere in the world?————-Most national governments have just a wee bit of say in who drills where in their country , Venezuela coming to mind pretty quickly. So yes , increase taxes on them and if they don’t like the deal , they can move on . We’ll find takers , you know why ? Because US Oil production and refinement is highly lucrative and PROFITABLE , and that is how free market operates . One Joe don’t like the set-up , or is too rich to care ? Fine , move over Rover. Where there’s profits , there WILL soon be investors , duh. So let the ones who don’t like the arrangement move on to where ever , and Good Luck . Maybe they’ll get lucky , or maybe they’ll spend mega gozillions (thanks Forrest G.) setting up shop somewhere , only to have their entire operation be nationalized . It’s happened.

“You guys sound completely unhinged and desperate”————*then from the Peanut Gallery came* ——— “Enjoy… Obama one and done.” ===============Pot , meet kettle.

The reason that the gas prices have shot through the roof is due to Iran threatening to close the Straight of Hormos. They have been threatening to do this for weeks now and have even challenged the US in the straight but back down quickly when push came to shove. So quit blaming Isrial and know that Iran has made it’s own choice where sanctions for their behavior.

The other thing that is forcing prices to rise is the fact that several oil companies have closed their refineries for whatever reason.. Google refineries that have closed in the last year or so and there you have it.

Only the simple minded would agree with the Republican spin on gas prices but hey, they do have the “tea party ‘ crowd in their camp.

I love it how after doubling the national debt and plunging the country into a major economic collapse, the Republicans start lecturing the Democrats on fiscal responsibility and good business practices. Priceless!

Posted by: John | February 25, 2012, 2:46 pm 2:46 pm

People see through their crap this time around. Excellent.

Posted by: try some facts | February 25, 2012, 3:11 pm 3:11 pm

You go right ahead and believe those old numbers. The President cleans the board decimating Santorum, Paul and Gingrich in EVERY national poll and decimating Romney in 8 out of 9 national polls. The Republicans don’t have policy (other than Bush’s ‘lower taxes on the rich, deregulate industry’ – and we saw where that got us), and they have lame candidates.

The one thing the Republican candidates are good at is calling each other liars, cheats and ethical failures – just what the country is looking for.

The GOP is to blame, they are the ones paying off the speculators and giving Big Oil tax breaks. Of course they WANT gas to go up – how else are they going to slow the growing economy and in turn Obama’s approval rating??? It doesn’t take a genuis to place blame on this one.

Posted by: reality | February 25, 2012, 3:28 pm 3:28 pm

It’s one thing for a Republican to have nothing but negative things to say about the President, we’ve come to expect nothing better from them.

However, for Republican candidates to be calling their fellow Republican candidates liars, cheats and ethical failures – that’s really special – just what the country is looking for

Posted by: Johnny! | February 25, 2012, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm

Yeah, we know, tierra. What this country is really looking for is more OCD welfare queens who live off taxpayers and shill for Obama day and night. That’ll get the economy roaring in no time.

I have listened to Democrats scream for 8 years that Bush was manipulating the price of oil to make his “oil buddies” rich. Now they say the president can’t affect oil prices. Were they lying then or are they lying now?

Let see when price were going up under Bush, he blame Bush for not having an energy policy. Now he is in the same problem and all those green policy that have gone bankrupt, it seem his is even worst. I’m glad we algae to fall back on to fuel our cars and heat our house.

Drilling is way up republicans. We’re exporting a record amount of oil. That is code for if they drill more they’ll sell it on the international market for more money like democrats have said they’d do all along.

It’s never his fault.

What about the Keystone pipeline? And how come 4 years ago he was bashing Bush for the gas prices?

Posted by: Lidya D. | February 25, 2012, 5:09 pm 5:09 pm

So was it Bush’s fault gas prices went up so high 4 years ago?

What about the Keystone pipeline?

Posted by: Lidya D. | February 25, 2012, 5:09 pm 5:09 pm

Ask the Republican governor of Nebraska who opposed the Keystone pipeline as it was proposed, and has indicated he will have a proposal for a new route to the President by September.

Jed said Prices go up! Duh! Prices went up. Duh!——–Folded like a cheap suit.Your done.
POSTED BY: EMERALD_SPARKS**************Sorry EMERALD, get yourself a cheap suit.
Jed is not done, he is finished.

The President is right. Good things take time. Give the man a chance, you all want it now. There is no quick fix to the energy problem. Let Obama stay in for 10 years and all of you will see that you have the best President America has ever had. He is VERY smart. Stop complaining and get behind your President.

Obama is intent on the destruction of America. Only this fool president would block the Keystone Pipeline, put a moratorium on new oil drilling, give American taxpayer money to Petrobas of Venezuela to augment their exploration. Mean whilehe squanders $500,000,000 on Solyndra Solar panel company, $5.300,000 on Evergtreen Solar and $500,000 to Spectra Wate Solar all of which have gone bankrupt. Obama is ashill for the UN and hais spreading the wealth means bankrupting America so we are on par with third world countries. The leftie sheeples who currently on living on the dole will soon have a rude awakening as they will join the ranks of beggars of empty cookie jars. Obama is either grossly inept or pure evil

• February 4, 2009 – Just months after Obama’s Energy Secretary said, “Somehow
we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in
Europe,” the Regime begins “scrapping leases for oil-shale development” and
cancels 77 leases for oil and gas production in Utah. Gas is $1.91 a
gallon.

• March 7, 2009 – ABC News says the White House is “closely
monitoring” the expedited Solyndra loan project even as it was delaying new
American energy production that would help make us less dependent on foreign
energy. Gas is $1.94 a gallon.

• June 27, 2009 – Obama urges the
Senate to adopt House Democrats’ “cap and trade” national energy tax – the same
plan O once admitted would cause electricity rates to “necessarily skyrocket.”
Then-Minority Leader Boehner later said the bill “would raise electricity
prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs to countries like China
and India.” Gas is $2.50 a gallon.

• January 7, 2010 – The Regime
announces new bureaucratic hurdles to American energy production that Secretary
Salazar admitted “could add delays to the leasing and drilling process.” Gas
is $2.67 a gallon.

• March 31, 2010 – Instead of opening new areas to
energy exploration and development, Obama blocks deep-ocean energy production on
60% of America’s Outer Continental Shelf. Gas is $2.80 a gallon.

•
December 1, 2010 – Obama re-imposes and expands the moratorium on offshore
energy production. Gas is $2.86 a gallon.

• January 2, 2011 – TIME
reports that the Obama Regime issued the first in a series of regulations
designed to unilaterally impose a national energy tax. Gas is $3.05 a
gallon.

• May 5, 2011 – The Regime issues a formal statement opposing
House-passed Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act (H.R. 1230), and
Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act (H.R. 1229) legislation designed to
jumpstart American energy production, address rising gas prices, and help create
new jobs. Gas is $3.96 a gallon.

• June 21, 2011 – The Regime
opposes the House-passed Jobs & Energy Permitting Act that would unlock an
estimated 27 billion barrels of oil and 132 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
Gas is $3.65 a gallon.

• November 8, 2011 – The Regime releases a
plan for a five-year moratorium on offshore energy production, placing “some of
the most promising energy resources in the world off-limits,” according to the
House Natural Resources Committee. Gas is $3.42 a gallon.

•
January 18, 2012 – Obama rejects the bipartisan Keystone XL pipeline and the
more than 20,000 jobs that would come with it. Gas is $3.39 a
gallon.

• February 24, 2012 – Average price of gas today:
$3.64

Mariee- superb post, I am sure this story now will be shut down to prevent public education of the reality of Obama.

Alibi Ike–nothing is ever his fault. Remember all those soundbite promises and solutions to everything in 2008? This amateur can’t deliver and he wants four more years of wild spending?

Posted by: mariee | February 25, 2012, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm

Gas prices were at an average of $4.12 per gallon under Bush. The only reason they fell to rock bottom lows is because gas prices crashed along with the economy.

Is that your Republican formula for low gas prices – 8.5 million people losing their jobs, their businesses, their homes, their investment savings?

No thanks!

p.s. – even though 4 years have passed, average gas prices are still below the peak they hit under Bush. Yes, average U.S. gas prices are STILL lower than the peaks they hit under Bush. One would expect them to be WAY ABOVE the Bush gas prices AFTER FOUR YEARS!

It’s fun to watch the apologists and the people intent on blaming Bush for everything that’s ever happened in human history.
If we’re to keep blaming Bush then why isn’t he in the White House? The day Barack Obama took the Oath of Office and was able to walk into a Washington, D.C. post office to submit his change of address forms, he became responsible for things which have occurred since the inauguration.

It kills me when I hear people say Obama’s done because I don’t why…so they want Romney who out of his own mouth stated he wasn’t concerned about the poor people they already have a safety net (yeah right), who is down right out of touch with the working man he doesn’t have a clue what it is to truly work, remember out of that mouth he state “I like firing people” during a time when people are needing jobs, and who considers giving money to his Mormon church as giving to charity. Don’t we all give to our churches, has he donated to a homeless shelter, or a battered women’s shelter, or even given to an over crowed children’s center, that is charity. What comes out of his mouth half the time is just like Bush was (open mouth insert foot)..or maybe Newt who I don’t think even knows what he’s talking himself half the time….or maybe Santorum whose inconsistencies are down right funny, who literally was kicked out of Washington because of his lack of knowledge about the whole due process……….Every one of them keeps saying middle class, middle class there is no middles class that was destroyed when Reaganomics with daddy Bush was in office..it has been a slow death for years There is no true reason given with that poor selection of candidates why you possibly would want President Obama out other than people’s own sick views of his Nationality .. The House has tried to block the man in every way they could think of and a few they’ve made up. Okay folks that’s what you have to choose from.GOOD LUCK!!

It’s fun to watch the apologists and the people intent on blaming Bush for everything that’s ever happened in human history.
If we’re to keep blaming Bush then why isn’t he in the White House? The day Barack Obama took the Oath of Office and was able to walk into a Washington, D.C. post office to submit his change of address forms, he became responsible for things which have occurred since the inauguration.

Posted by: Mike | February 25, 2012, 7:47 pm 7:47 pm
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9/11 belongs completely to Bush then and no more blaming Clinton. Which still makes Obama better.

Sorry, but if he gets to say that he killed Osama bin Laden, then rising gas prices are definitely his fault.

Sorry there, buddy, but when you accept the big job you not only get all the credit, you take all the blame. Just like everyone who sat in that chair before you had to do. There ain’t a darn thing special about you, so there’s no reason you’d get to cherry pick which things are “because of you” when nobody else in history had the chance.

demandthetruth – I don’t know what you have been reading or thinking but your response defending this abysmal president is foolish at best. I give O credit for getting rid of OBL, now name 3 things Obama has done that has helped the unemployed that hasn’t led to impoverishing others along the way.

It’s NEVER Obama’s fault… I’m FED UP hearing “it” is NEVER his fault!!

Rising gas prices are 100% Obama’s fault! Obama’s Green Energy policy is the reason, he has said so many times that a huge increase in prices was needed! He also stated that gas prices in the U.S. should be the same as in Europe, about $8.00 per/gal. Its strange how nothing is ever Obama’s fault even after he is on record claiming higher gas prices were part of his Green agenda!

I wonder, when he LOSES the election in November by the greatest landslide in the history of this nation, will THAT be his fault? LOL!!

Everyone should read the Constitution or even the laws of the land that we are governed by. READ, LEARN, UNDERSTAND…..Stop letting sources like Fox News govern your ideals and philosophies those are one sided views and desires. It is time for we as a Nation to unite and grow. let us stop stifling ourselves with outdated, ignorant patterns and behaviors

when he LOSES the election in November by the greatest landslide in the history—-lol. What are folks like you going to do when he wins his second term? How are you going to cope?

Maybe he’s not to blame. Then do something about it!

Guess he can’t.

The cost of oil is measured in U.S. dollars. Obama’s abysmal policies have driven up the debt to 100% of our GDP. The devaluation of the dollar by Obama is one of the causal agents of the rise in gas coupled with his failed energy policies. By the way the Washington Examiner states an electric car battery company once touted as a stimulus “success story” by former Gov. Jennifer Granhom, D-Mich., A123 Systems., has laid off 125 employees since receiving $390 million in government subsidies — but is still handing out big pay raises to company executives.

The devaluation of the dollar –EVERY Industrialized country has had a bailout and has taken on debt. duh. EVERY ONE. Germany, France, England…one of the only ones who has NOT is Ireland and they are in world of hurt while the rest of europe, who DID do bailouts and stimuluses, are bouncing back MUCH MUCH faster. Japan also had the ‘lost decade’ because they did NOT bailout and stimulate and were obessed over debt which took them MUCH longer to bounce back. Hoover was obsessed by debt after the stock market crash and did nothing, while the country tanked, to the tune of 9% uemployment skyrocketing to 25%. FDR came in an dspent MUCH MORE than we have now in debt and took unemployment down to 9% before Pearl Harbor and we paid off that debt by taxing the most wealthy 90%!!!!!!! History shows Obama did the right thing. Ireland shows Obama did the right thing. Period.

g $390 million in government subsidies ——- and yet, we gave oil companies 6 BILLION. 6 BILLION. why???? You cry over 400 million???? That’s 7% of what we gave t o oil companies. Tell me, do oil execs make big bonuses?????? LOL!

beware of republican scams “Inflation has not reached 4%”—true inflation is higher than that since food and energy have been taken out of the infation statistic. It takes more U.S dollars to buy things including oil and gas. Go to the grocery store and you will see what I mean. Adjusted for real inflation the average American s worth less than 30 years ago. The Pain and Misery Index (Consumer Price Index+Unemployemnt Rates) are near the Great Depression levels..

When Bush was on, it was all is fault, now with obama, what is it now. It’s ridiculous, there is no reason for the gas to be that expensive. obama, we all know you could do better !!!!

Drilling permits now take 3 months longer than in the past to approve
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Yeah all those lax regulations worked so well last time….with BP. Ask any Gulf Coast resident.

Yeah all those lax regulations worked so well last time….with BP. Ask any Gulf Coast resident.

Posted by: beware of republican scams | February 25, 2012, 11:27 pm 11:27 pm

Due to his significant inexperience, President Obama made mistakes both of omission and commission in the Deepwater Horizon crisis. One of Obama’s most powerful tools is appointing competent senior officials. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s actions during his 15 months in office showed little interest in reform, and zero interest in cleaning house in the Minerals Management Service, already well-known for its lax regulation and corruption. Obama’s failure to install senior executives committed to reform regulation and reduce corruption contributed greatly to the crisis.

Due to his significant inexperience, President Obama made mistakes
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-but McCain would have been right on top of it. You’re always long on complaints but very short on alternatives.

The Keystone XL pipeline would deliver the oil to refineries on the Gulf Coast and, from there, to the lucrative global oil market.

When are Republicans going to get it. The U.S. net exports of petroleum products are greater than it imports.

The G.O.P./Tea Party ideology: “The suffering of the unfortunate isn’t a proper concern of government, and alleviating that suffering at taxpayer expense is immoral, never mind how little it costs

It is partially Obama’s fault. More drilling needs to done. Lisa Jackson with the EPA must be his mistrees the way he lets her run free. Bypassing congress to slow down both the oil and coal industries is just as a dictator would do. We need our energy independance and our air is cleaner than it used to be and will be even better as technology advance while still relying on fossil fuels as the main source of energy. Using renewables is great and is a good practice but alone is NOT sustainable. Our current energy sources cannot be switched over night. This process will take decades. The only thing going on right now is that the administration is causing energy destabilization within our country. Not only is our gasoline price going to go through the roof, the cost to heat and cool our houses will increase threefold in the nea term due to the unleashed EPA. We are on our way to losing our superpower status and becoming a third world country.

Posted by: Common Sense | February 26, 2012, 12:41 am 12:41 am

Oil and gas prices have been kept below the highs they hit under Bush for almost 4 years now. It is expected the prices might now return to and surpass the highs Bush hit – that was FOUR YEARS ago!

Another option is that, like under the Republican President Nixon, price controls get implemented.

1973 November 27: President Nixon signs the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act (EPAA). Authorizes petroleum price, production, allocation and marketing controls.

I have a feeling todays wingers would call Nixon a communist. They call people communists so easily.

Posted by: Bingo | February 26, 2012, 12:48 am 12:48 am
Four years ago the were wars on two fronts in the middle east. Huricane Katrina crippled our production and refinery capicity as well. Do some research on what the USEPA has been up to lately by making it nearly impossible to obtain drilling permits, mining permits, and excessive emmision controls on power plants required to fulfill our energy needs resulting in a loss of additional jobs and higher energy prices.

After all, he didn’t disapprove a pipeline or anything,

True, tension over Iran and concern about the Mideast oil situation are basically responsible for driving gas prices higher.

But, Obama is partly responsible. He made it very clear at the beginning of his administration that he wanted higher gas prices in order to wean Americans away from traditional gas-guzzlers toward smaller, more green-fuel efficient vehicles.

He’s now getting higher gas prices. But, they may now hurt his re-election so he’s got to be careful what he says now. His dilemma is a bit like Clinton’s when he had to decide whether to do what his base wanted or to approve welfare reform. To his credit, he chose welfare reform.

Obama will do what he thinks is necessary to help his re-election bid.

He made it very clear at the beginning of his administration that he wanted higher gas prices in order to wean Americans away from traditional gas-guzzlers toward smaller, more green-fuel efficient vehicles.

Posted by: vrytix | February 26, 2012, 1:25 am 1:25 am

I don’t think Obama ever said he wanted higher gas prices. What he said is it will probably take higher gas prices to wean people off of gas guzzlers. Big difference. So, if that’s your logic, then he isn’t partially responsible at all?

Increasing domestic production began under Bush

Posted by: free_2_choose | February 26, 2012, 1:43 am 1:43 am

Oil production in the U.S. decreased every year of the Bush administration. Eight straight years of decreasing production.

Wall Street Journal yesterday..”As for domestic energy, Mr. Obama rightly points to the rising share of U.S. oil consumption now produced at home. But this trend began in the late Bush Administration, which opened up large new areas on and offshore for oil and gas drilling that are now coming on stream. Mr. Obama sneered at expanded drilling as a candidate in 2008 and for most of his term has done little to expand it.”…….If someone has issues with these facts, take it up with the WSJ.

mmm… not his fault. of course. don’t even blame the previous administration. THIS IS A GLOBAL COMMODITY. Decrease in US consumption = is sold abroad. Just wait until China’s 20 NEW and EFFICIENT refineries come on line…we’ll be buying petrol from THEM. Red tape, outlandish regulations will not let the US build refineries and we have closed too many recently. Let your children learn Mandarin and all is well. NObama in ’12

But a quick google search confirms the accuracy of the comment regarding domestic oil production.

Posted by: free_2_choose | February 26, 2012, 2:40 am 2:40 am

A quick google search reveals that domestic oil production went down every year for eight straight years under Bush. Available from the U.S. Energy Information Administration site.

Domestic oil production fell every year from 1985; In Oct of 2008 this trend reversed, and has continued since—– U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Pipeline? Obama: “no”. Oil Prices: “not my fault , I was on a taxpayer funded vacation at the time”America: “Whatever…I see nothing “

Democrats have shot down new drilling, new refineries and now the new pipeline and yet somehow barack hussein isn’t responsible? Uh huh

Posted by: Bingo | February 26, 2012, 2:58 am 2:58 am

2:58 AM? That’s an unhealthy addiction. When do you make time for family, friends, a career, community commitments, hobbies, etc.? What kind of person would give up all that to shill endlessly for one transient politician day and night, seven days a week? How unbelievably sad.

Obama seldom mentions Bush at all.

Posted by: Teddy | February 26, 2012, 2:54 am 2:54 am

True, he leaves all that up to the media and his tiny number of (paid and unpaid) sycophants here who try to unsuccessfully make it appear he has more support than he really does (*wink*). Obama knows that for him to personally continue to blame Bush more than three years into his term would make him look like an incompetent leader and whiner. It also really annoys voters currently suffering under his economic policies.

Mr. Obama is a weak president, taking credit but defering blame. This gas thing and the debt thing are just 2 examples.

Democrat Barack Obama on Friday blamed high gasoline prices on Washington and a political establishment that he says hasn’t stood up to oil companies, his two rivals for the presidency included.

“The candidates with the Washington experience – my opponents – are good people. They mean well, but they’ve been in Washington for a long time and even with all that experience they talk about, nothing has happened,” Obama said in remarks delivered at a gas station. “This country didn’t raise fuel efficiency standards for over 30 years.”

The result, the Illinois senator said, is that consumers are suffering.

“So what have we got to show for all that experience?” Senator Obama asked. “Gas that’s approaching $4 a gallon.”

Posted by: Here’s Your Change | February 26, 2012, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

It gets better. That $28,994 per person cost is significantly higher than those of similar high-risk pools that many states have operated for DECADES. States spent an average of $12,471 on enrollees in 2008, according to the National Association of State Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans.

Change!

and as far as his medical care package I guess you really should read it’s structure it will save us quite a bit… Republicans bank on Americans not reading and re-searching for facts.. That’s what they like about their constituents they know many will generally not read or use common sense. That’s how they were able to get so many tea party (in an off election year mind you) elected and look what that did to them America. Governors attacking unions and clearly showing their support for big business…Congress being held in limbo because they don’t know politics…Gabby maimed for life and individuals killed with their stupid bull-eyes on website and their outdated ideologies. The tea party with their IGNORANCE have basically diminished Americans strength even further. So, keep on listening to the Tea Party and see where that gets America….

Democracy is not the answer to all issues. Americans stop complaining about high joblessness when you legally shipped all your jobs to China. YOU lost your triple A ratings due to needless squabbles between your politicians.Nothing like commonsense reigns in that Congress.Commonsense policy is the in thing. Strict Left versus Right cleavages are out dated. The Chinese politicians and bureaucrats understand this fact but Americans don’t. You expect Obama to crush and ruin Iran economically and still you cry when oil prices inch up. Leadership entails taking decisions that are potentially painful. LET OBAMA HAVE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.It is best for America

showed little interest in reform, and zero interest in cleaning house in the Minerals Management Service, already well-known for its lax regulation and corruption.

Posted by: Carl | February 25, 2012, 11:43 pm 11:43 pm

You mean the lax regulation and corruption in Minerals Management Service put in place under 8 years of Republican Bush? I know, let’s blame the Democratic president!

Everyone is giving portions and pieces of Obama’s healthcare package especially this part:

(The health-care law set aside $5 billion for a Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, meant to provide health insurance to those who had been declined coverage by private carriers. Since its launch last summer, nearly 50,000 Americans have enrolled in the program.)

Their complaint is it will cost individuals much more in the long run. Well truth be told health care cost were and are projected to increase drastically over the next ten years prior to Obama’s healthcare plan anyway he is trying to find a way to protect you from those rising cost. In fact the insurance companies have begun to broaden their list of what they view as pre-existing illness if they chose they could determine menstrual cramps as a pre-existing illness…They aren’t regulated by anyone so why not.

(The PCIP program will phase out in 2014, when insurers will be required to accept all applicants regardless of their health-care status.)

which means NO MORE denials passed on to you due to a pre-existing illness,. Take away the rest of the garbage that the Republicans are whinning about and the difference will be that THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL HAVE TO COVER YOU AND CAN’T DENY YOU as well as make it AFFORDABLE to you THAT’S IT. It takes a portion of the power away from the insurance company and gives the POWER back to you the consumer.. For those of us who take medication you probably have already noticed lower cost for your prescriptions if that is a bad thing than Obama did it…and all of a sudden generics are being made for medications that for years you were told didn’t have any generic. How ironic that they suddenly have a generic Right!!!… The pharmaceutical companies know with the overhaul they won’t be able to milk your wallet as much (oh but they will try to find another way around it you can bet that). Why would a pharmaceutical or insurance plan want to pass cheaper cost to you… the less you pay the less they get….and that is what the Republican Congress is fighting for to ensure that money stays in big businesses pockets. What needs to be done in the fall to get rid of those that don’t fight for us but, fight for the best interest of big oil companies is get them out… don’t you remember Republican Joe Bartons apology to BP for being told by the president to set aside $20 billion dollars to CLEAN UP the mess that THEY made in the Gulf. Wild life was killed, fishermen weren’t able to make money….people’s health was put at risk due to the spill doesn’t sound like Senator Barton was concerned about us does it. Read President Obama’s healthcare plan and stop being mislead by individuals who have other underlining agendas

.next thing he’ll say is just wear a sweater when it’s cold in your house

Posted by: Ted K | February 27, 2012, 1:40 am 1:40 am

So what?

“Related to Obama’s lame response to gas prices, and nearly all else…Very interesting and sad to note that we have as president a man who never, ever has had a real job at all, not even a minor real job when he was far younger. From anemic academic to crooked community organizer (race-baiting shakedown artist and con man) to mostly absentee senator to failed president. It’s weird and unique, and it is why we are in the mess we’re in.”
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Bingo. Correct.

President Obama or any other president has nothing to do with rising oil prices…I guess people know nothing about business… Private oil companies are the ones who control the pricing that’s why when they go too high they have to go in front of congress to explain their reasons for doing so…Oh that’s right people don’t understand politics that has been proven by the ones from the tea party who got elected (in an off election year) they have not a clue how it’s run… What I think is strange that right at an election time Israel declares Iran a problem who mind you controls the oil….clever and how cute. But a little fishy if you ask me and a very desperate move to try and wage a war to raise prices SO BIG OIL COMPANIES (LIKE THE BUSH FAMILY) CAN HAVE A REASON TO RAISE GAS PRICES isn’t it a shame how easy it is to manipulate uneducated Americans about Business…Oh that’s right we’re dealing with the tea party they aren’t the brightest bunch in a pack

and in case the tea party has made it slip your mind what was the first thing the oil company (koch) did with the spill in the gulf “RAISED THE GAS PRICES” well the same difference with the threat of war with Israel and Iran just the hint of a war has made the oil companies “RAISE THE GAS PRICES”

But Obama really needs to stop with all of these periferal issues, and really focus on the problems confronting the gay and lesbian communities.

Accprding to CBS/ABC/MSNBC current high gas price is a good thing for US. But it was bad thing when Bush was president. Do u see the double talk?