August 13, 2008
Just A Question
Remember -- rising oil prices were all George Bush's fault -- at least according to the Democrats. I assume that they are equally prepared to give George W. Bush credit for the latest development regarding oil supply and prices.
You know, the fact that oil production by OPEC is up, and oil prices have dropped by 24% to only $113 a gallon in the last month.
After all, if shortfalls and price hikes are the responsibility of the President, then so are supply increases and price drops.
Unless Democrats are willing to admit their claims were all a bunch of partisan hot air, and that they have been engaged in rank partisanship on oil rather than attempting to deal with the price of energy -- especially since Nancy Pelosi will allow no votes on offshore drilling, despite the fact the price began to drop when Bush dropped the Executive Branch ban on such drilling.
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Sometimes I think you may be the world's most devastating satirist of rightwing muddled thinking.
Hah, yes, indeed, the Republicans would try to argue that a reduction of oil prices to only $113 a gallon is an achievement. Yes, indeed, the Republicans would try to argue that a drop in oil prices due to a slowing economy is something Bush should be proud of!
The only thing you missed - you really should have done a chart showing oil prices over W's term, rising from $30 to well almost $150, and then arguing that we should focus on the claimed 24% drop instead of the 500% rise. That would have been great.
Posted by: Dan at Thu Aug 14 00:11:27 2008 (IU21y)
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You are missing my point, Dan -- intentionally, no doubt, because I really don't think you are as stupid as you appear to be in your comment.
The argument of Democrats has been "it's Bush's fault" that oil prices have gone up, when it is at best arguable that his policies are totally (or even predominantly) the cause of the increase.
On the other hand, when he announces a new policy and we begin to see an immediate decrease in a matter of hours, you Democrats don't want to concede that he might be responsible for that change in oil prices.
So which is it -- is the President responsible for fluctuations in oil prices, or isn't he. You Democrats can't logically argue that his influence runs only one way.
Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Sat Aug 16 20:43:05 2008 (vpU0B)
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