AP: 'Gingrich woos with prospect of $2 gallon gas'

[Newsjock]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/02/20/national/a132648S91.DTL&tsp=1

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is dangling the prospect of gas as low as $2 a gallon if he's elected.

The former House speaker has spoken in the past of gas dropping to $2.50 a gallon under a Gingrich administration. Monday's prediction, coming as Gingrich campaigned in Oklahoma, contrasts sharply with rival Rick Santorum, who told an Ohio audience that big-city Americans should brace themselves for $5-a-gallon gas.

... Monday's prediction came as Gingrich campaigned in Oklahoma, where the oil and natural gas sector is vital to a bustling state economy.

"With Gingrich policies, what we know is we will dramatically expand our independence in the world market, dramatically expand our capacity to produce energy without regard to our foreign potential enemies and in the process prices will clearly be a lot lower," Gingrich said. "Now, I picked $2.50 as a stabilizing price for capital investment reasons. It could easily go down to $2."

[yourout]

1. The only way Gas will go back to $2.50 is if we make it obsolete.

[MrScorpio]

2. Next he'll be promising lollipops and ice cream if elected. nt

[LisaL]

20. And less homework!

[Phlem]

3. And at that time

pink elephants with wings will come flying out my ass.



-p

[Journeyman]

4. That's nothing. In the 8th Grade, Darryl Johnson promised free ice cream if elected president. . .

As I remember, Sharon Smith won on the strength of her pledge to outlaw homework.

I suspect Newt Gingrich will have as much success with his fantasy enticement as Darryl and Sharon had with theirs.

Me? I've outgrown childish games. Gotta live in the real world, as distasteful as that proves at times.

[Denninmi]

5. Wow, he must be truly desperate to take a page straight from the

"Crazy Michele Playbook"

[southernyankeebelle]

6. What is wrong with these fools they know damn well the president doesn't fix the oil prices.

[Initech]

7. That's Goldman-Sachs' job!

[ShadowLiberal]

17. Except in socialist countries like Mexico, so maybe Newt's a socialist!

Mexico's government caps gas at something like $2.70 a gallon, with government subsidies making up the difference if gas is higher then that.

Does it cost a lot of money doing that? You bet it does, especially with Americans crossing the border just to buy gas there. I've read of truck companies illegally doing that to save over $40,000 a month.

[southernyankeebelle]

18. Wow that is alot of money

[JBoy]

8. Right up there with McCain saying he knew how to get bin Laden

but wouldn't tell anyone unless he was elected President.

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. Bush made the same promise

Gas went through the roof until the economy finally and completely crashed and burned at the end of 2008.

[high density]

10. Maybe Obama should promise free gas

It's no more ridiculous than this nonsense. And then the news media might actually start asking some of these candidates how they are going to achieve these crazy things.

[Mz Pip]

11. Gingrich has no control

over the price of gas. He likes to talk like he's some kind of wizard who can control things no other mere mortal can.

[NickB79]

12. I wouldn't be surprised if gas did go that low under his presidency

Gas prices plummeted the last time Bush destroyed the economy and sent us into a recession, so I'd imagine the same thing would happen in a President Gingrich recession.

[yourout]

13. You mean....DEPRESSION.

[spanone]

14. how about a golden goose for every family, newt?

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Grinch could easily be lying his a$$ off. Won't matter to those in the audience.

Believe what you want, these morans do.

[workinclasszero]

16. Just elect Newt President America and every citizen will receive

their very own unicorn! And...it will also poop rainbows 24/7!

Hey Newt, if you can magically make gas 2 bucks a gallon why not 1 buck a gallon?

Hey Newt if you can do that why not roll back housing and food costs too buddy?

Boy Newt and Pope Ricky have been borrowing heavily from the Michelle Bachmann book of Crazy lately.

[Renew Deal]

19. He would destabilize the economy so much that demand would crash because no one would have money

to drive. Brilliant! Gas is cheap. Too bad there's no money to buy some.