The GOP’s gasoline alley
By Dana Milbank,
WashPost
Published: March 7
The Republicans are synthesizing a higher-octane blend in their bid to fuel Americans’ anxiety about rising gas prices.
The Republican National Committee sent out talking points instructing party faithful to take up the issue. House Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) urged his caucus to do the same. And, on Wednesday, the House energy committee obliged: The Republican majority called in a bunch of oilmen for a hearing dedicated largely to blaming President Obama for high gas prices.
“The president got his wish,” announced Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.). “He asked for $4 gasoline, he said he wanted it, he implemented policies to get us there, and now that the price is there and people across the country are furious with the prices, the president is trying to blame somebody else.”
But why blame Obama for $4 gas if you can tar him with $10 gas? Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) asked a Big Oil man on the panel, Charles Drevna of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, what the price of a gallon would be if all domestic production ceased. “Ten dollars, like they pay in Europe?”
(More here.)
WashPost
Published: March 7
The Republicans are synthesizing a higher-octane blend in their bid to fuel Americans’ anxiety about rising gas prices.
The Republican National Committee sent out talking points instructing party faithful to take up the issue. House Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) urged his caucus to do the same. And, on Wednesday, the House energy committee obliged: The Republican majority called in a bunch of oilmen for a hearing dedicated largely to blaming President Obama for high gas prices.
“The president got his wish,” announced Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.). “He asked for $4 gasoline, he said he wanted it, he implemented policies to get us there, and now that the price is there and people across the country are furious with the prices, the president is trying to blame somebody else.”
But why blame Obama for $4 gas if you can tar him with $10 gas? Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) asked a Big Oil man on the panel, Charles Drevna of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, what the price of a gallon would be if all domestic production ceased. “Ten dollars, like they pay in Europe?”
(More here.)
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2 Comments:
Earth to Mr. Milbank, do a Bing or Google search for anything along the lines of George Bush gas price increase, take note of how 'major' media and liberals were howling for his head and then write an apology to your readers for attempting to serve them such a heaping pile of B.S. Anything short of a full apology will fully demonstrate your blind hypocrisy and devotion to double standards.
So true. I remember the late Senator Wellstone making it an issue and laying blame with the Bush Administration when gas was $2 a gallon ten years ago. I remember several local TV stations back then (go figure Ch4 and Ch11) airing horror stories from truck drivers being forced out of business when having to buy $2 a gallon gasoline.
Our arrogant, liar-in-chief, His Majesty Barack Obama, was on the blame trail in 2008 blaming McCain for higher gas prices.
The hypocrisy of the left on this issue is beyond reproach.
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