Obama’s gas-price spike

The Washington Times ^ | February 20, 2012 | Editorial

[jazusamo]

$4 gas is here today, higher tomorrow

Here we go again. Gasoline prices are rising rapidly and already have shattered the $4-a-gallon mark in California. Industry analysts say the all-time national average record of $4.11 could be shattered this summer. Some stations in Los Angeles are charging $4.93. Americans hired Barack Obama in 2008 partly in hope of finding relief from that summer’s pain at the pump. As the agony returns, voters could be primed by November to pull the lever for anybody but Barack.

The Golden State has the unwelcome distinction of having the nation’s highest gas prices, having reached $4.03 on Presidents Day, according the AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report. Though the national average was $3.56, the California price jumped 18.9 cents in just the past week. Alaska, Florida and traditionally pricey states in the Northeast are not far behind. The standard rule is that each penny increase sucks about $1 billion out of the economy, so the financial impact will be felt from coast to coast.

This latest gas-price jolt is predictable. President Obama has done much to impede the supply of petroleum products to consumers. Most particularly, he exploited the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as an excuse to clamp down on oil drilling in the Gulf and also along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

[kempo]

Obama and the media will blame the greedy oil companies for $5 gas around election time. Obama will promise to nationalize these evil companies and 60% of the voters will be pumped to vote for O.

[no dems]

Zero will say the Republican Congress is responsible. The media will declare it as a for-sure fact. The idiots will vote for Zero.
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I agree that the voting, American public is ignorant and uninformed, but, when it comes to $5.00 per gallon of gasoline, they’re not stupid......well.... maybe they are.

[SW6906]

You are not alone.

[no dems]

$5 a gallon is a cheap price to pay if it helps get rid of that Marxist Moo-slim.
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I’ve thought the same thing but never said it. I will pay $5 per gallon from now until Nov. 6 if it will send Obozo back to Chicago. Call it my “campaign contribution”.

[no dems]

I know this is going to come across as callous, but I hope gasoline prices continue higher - much higher. I want the people who voted for Obama to suffer, I want them to lose their jobs, their homes. The delusional dolts who support this clown pose a great danger to our country with this support, but they are too stupid to realize such. I wish bad things upon the rich liberals, in particular, who have theirs but now think we, the hard workers of this country, should give more and more of ours to the Feds for Obama to redistribute. I am white-hot angry with these people. My contempt for Barack Obama is limitless.

YES! YES! YES! HELL YES!!! I'M WITH YOU!!!

[Tax-chick]

I keep thinking people will notice that they don’t have jobs, that gas prices are steadily increasing, that grocery costs have doubled ... and that all this has happened since Zero was elected.

But if he says, “It’s somebody else’s fault, and I’m the only one who can fix it,” with the full weight of the Democrat Propaganda Ministry repeating lines day after day, will enough idiot voters believe it? They don’t know basic economics from a hole in the head, after all.

[astounded]

I heard Barack Obama say at a press conference or a speech a few days ago that the higher gasoline prices reflect an improving economy, with increased demand. I’ve not read a single rebuttal or commentary on that nonsense.

[TheOldLady]

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[Tax-chick]

I’m not surprised at all.

[Grampa Dave]

The prices above were shown on SF KTVU this morning. They are blocking the prices of the higher grades which were over $5/gallon.

Remember the hate America Enviros have wanted $5/gallon for gas for years. If our economy was recovering, this will drive a wooden stake into its heart!