Bush and Gas Prices

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This is pretty normal, regardless of the president. Everytime prices go up, people start the “is it going to hit $6?/the sky is falling” threads. The same people are dead silent when the prices drop.
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qmvsimp:
Gas prices are down. See story:
money.cnn.com/2005/11/28/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htm

Have you noticed that Bush received all the blame for the increase in gas prices caused by natural disasters, but receives none of the credit for falling gas prices?

The press really has a double standard, don’t they?
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rlg94086:
Everytime prices go up, people start the “is it going to hit $6?/the sky is falling” threads. The same people are dead silent when the prices drop.
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Yep, its not just the press. Long before gas hit $3/gallon, I would regularly recieve petition letters asking President Bush to do something to lower gas prices. These were coming from friends and relatives.

And part of Bush’s decline in the polls had to do with the public’s unhappiness over gas prices. But his poll numbers didn’t go up as gas prices came down.
 
Guar Fan:
Yep, its not just the press. Long before gas hit $3/gallon, I would regularly recieve petition letters asking President Bush to do something to lower gas prices. These were coming from friends and relatives.

And part of Bush’s decline in the polls had to do with the public’s unhappiness over gas prices. But his poll numbers didn’t go up as gas prices came down.
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That’s because he’s tied to big oil and people doubt he’s doing anything about the cost of fuel. The price of gasoline always goes down in the winter. The fact that it’s gone so much just makes you realize how much we were being gouged in the first place.

But wait! News just in. We received our natural gas bill for November yesterday. It is $217 and up more than 100% over last year. And we keep the thermostat set at 65 degrees. Now we can afford a 100% increase on our natural gas bill, but most Americans cannot. Who gets the credit for this?
 
I did it.
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Thekla:
That’s because he’s tied to big oil and people doubt he’s doing anything about the cost of fuel. The price of gasoline always goes down in the winter. The fact that it’s gone so much just makes you realize how much we were being gouged in the first place.

But wait! News just in. We received our natural gas bill for November yesterday. It is $217 and up more than 100% over last year. And we keep the thermostat set at 65 degrees. Now we can afford a 100% increase on our natural gas bill, but most Americans cannot. Who gets the credit for this?
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Have you noticed that every time the price of gas raises or falls it doesnt always have to do with Bush?
 
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Urf:
Have you noticed that every time the price of gas raises or falls it doesnt always have to do with Bush?
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That’s not true. Please read older threads on the subject. It’s always his fault if the prices go up, because he is “tied to big oil”. Even though he did absolutely nothing, prices have dropped…it’s his fault they haven’t dropped further.

Come to think of it, he’s probably conspiring with his oil buddies to drop the prices just enough to keep us unaware of other nefarious activities…like artificially jacking up the natural gas prices to rip us all off.

I’m pretty sure that’s how it works :rolleyes:
 
The Republican party and President bush are given millions of dollars by the oil companies.
They are in their pocket,bigtime.When President Bush leaves office he wil probably get a seat on the boards of the major oil companies at a 6 figure salary.
If you saw the so called senate hearings with the heads of the oil companies .You saw how much the Republicans are tools of big oil.The Repulicans wouldn’t allow the execs to be put under oath, for fear they might be caught in lies.
 
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JOHNYJ:
The Republican party and President bush are given millions of dollars by the oil companies.
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And those exact same oil companies give millions to Democrats.

Of course, Democrats are holy, blameless creatures, and so are above suspicion, especially when one can sin against charity by disparaging Republicans.

– Mark L. Chance.
 
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mlchance:
And those exact same oil companies give millions to Democrats.
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That’s called ‘hedging your bets’ - though as far as I’m aware they give rather less to Democrats than to Republicans.

It strikes me as rather like thinking that Christianity is the right religion, but going to the synagogue and the mosque just in case.

Mike
 
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MikeWM:
That’s called ‘hedging your bets’…
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Ah. When Democrats do it, it’s just playing it safe. When Republicans do it, it’s a conspiracy to drive up oil and natural gas prices to benefit their contributors.

– Mark L. Chance.
 
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mlchance:
Ah. When Democrats do it, it’s just playing it safe. When Republicans do it, it’s a conspiracy to drive up oil and natural gas prices to benefit their contributors.
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Actually, I was referring to the companies, but you seem so determined to say Democrat-supporters are upholding some kind of hypocrisy.

Mike
 
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JOHNYJ:
The Republican party and President bush are given millions of dollars by the oil companies.
They are in their pocket,bigtime.When President Bush leaves office he wil probably get a seat on the boards of the major oil companies at a 6 figure salary.
If you saw the so called senate hearings with the heads of the oil companies .You saw how much the Republicans are tools of big oil.The Repulicans wouldn’t allow the execs to be put under oath, for fear they might be caught in lies.
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MikeWM:
Actually, I was referring to the companies, but you seem so determined to say Democrat-supporters are upholding some kind of hypocrisy.
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Only because that is often the case. Republicans take money from “big oil,” which “proves” that President Bush is in cahoots with them to steal from Americans. Democrats take money from the same company, but where’s the outrage against them? President Bush “lied” about WMD, but when Democrats made (or continue to make) the exact same claims, they aren’t castigated for dishonesty.

Too often to be a Democrat means to have no standards except the double kind.

– Mark L. Chance.
 
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mlchance:
Only because that is often the case. Republicans take money from “big oil,” which “proves” that President Bush is in cahoots with them to steal from Americans. Democrats take money from the same company, but where’s the outrage against them? President Bush “lied” about WMD, but when Democrats made (or continue to make) the exact same claims, they aren’t castigated for dishonesty.

Too often to be a Democrat means to have no standards except the double kind.
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Certainly there are hypocritical Democrats. Any political party contains hypocrites.

Nevertheless, the links between the Bush administration and big oil are many and deep. It is only right to shine a critical light on it.

Mike
 
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mlchance:
Only because that is often the case. Republicans take money from “big oil,” which “proves” that President Bush is in cahoots with them to steal from Americans. Democrats take money from the same company, but where’s the outrage against them? President Bush “lied” about WMD, but when Democrats made (or continue to make) the exact same claims, they aren’t castigated for dishonesty.

Too often to be a Democrat means to have no standards except the double kind.

– Mark L. Chance.
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Boy, you got that right. Can you say trial lawyers and teacher’s union?
 
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JOHNYJ:
The Repulicans wouldn’t allow the execs to be put under oath, for fear they might be caught in lies.
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Certainly, the second part of your sentence is conjecture, but I’d like some more information about the first part.

Did someone try to administer an oath and the Republicans stopped them? Are you sure they weren’t under oath? What percentage of testimony to Congress is given under oath? Is misleading Congress only a crime if under oath?
 
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qmvsimp:
Certainly, the second part of your sentence is conjecture, but I’d like some more information about the first part.

Did someone try to administer an oath and the Republicans stopped them? Are you sure they weren’t under oath? What percentage of testimony to Congress is given under oath? Is misleading Congress only a crime if under oath?
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The Democrats asked more than once that the oil executives be placed under oath and Ted Stevens of Alaska refused. The executives then proceeded to say that their companies had not been a part of Cheney’s energy task force. WH records later showed that to be false. Democrats have asked that the executives be brought back before Congress and put under oath.

However, whether or not you are put under oath, it is a crime to lie to Congress. But the crowd in charge could not care less if they are lied to.
 
Anytime Big Oil has a chance to make an extra buck or two (or an extra billion or two) they will jump at the opportunity.

The only thing that can make it worse would be for the government to get involved to “help us out”. There is no problem so big that government can’t make it worse.
 
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