A look back at gas price propoganda

[HippieCowgirl]

<b>This was emailed to me, don't know the origin.</b>

Gasoline is over $3.00 a gallon in some states and
nowhere is it below $2.00. In 2000 it was all Bill
Clinton’s fault because he was President. Here’s what
some Republicans had to say about the price of oil
back then . . .

Rep. Terry Everett (R AL): "The Clinton Administration
has failed in its duty to develop a policy to deal
with our national energy supply and is therefore
directly accountable for the higher prices Americans
are now paying at the gas pumps."

Dennis Hastert (R IL): "House Speaker Dennis Hastert
accused the Clinton administration Friday of
misleading members of Congress about the causes of
skyrocketing gas prices in the Midwest."

Rep. Wally Herger (R CA): "Congressman Wally Herger
recently denounced the Clinton-Gore Administration's
complacency during the current gas price crisis.
'Northern Californians are being held hostage at the
gas pump,' Herger said. 'The Clinton-Gore
Administration has demonstrated a complete and total
lack of leadership in preventing this problem. It is a
clear failure of domestic and foreign policy.'"

Larry Kudlow (former Reagan economic advisor &
syndicated columnist): "The Clinton-Gore
administration’s hapless and incoherent management of
foreign policy is nowhere as evident as in their
bungling on OPEC’s oil-price hike. ... While crude oil
prices could drop to $25 per barrel, they will stay
well above the average $20 real price of oil
registered over the past ten years. And way above the
$10 worldwide average marginal cost of producing new
oil. Meanwhile gas prices at the pump are likely to be
upwards of $2 per gallon well into the summer."

Glenn Spencer (president of Voice of Citizens
Together, a conservative anti Hispanic organization):
"In recent weeks, gas prices have surged to their
highest level in a decade. Prices for home heating oil
and natural gas are expected to rise by about 30
percent this winter. ... With the Clinton-Gore
administration's policies largely to blame for the
pain being felt by consumers, Vice President Gore's
camp has pulled out all the stops to shift blame away
from his own administration."

Various other Republicans: "Representatives Jim
Sensenbrenner (R-Menomonee Falls), Tom Petri (R-Fond
du Lac), Paul Ryan (R-Janesville), and Mark Green
(R-Green Bay) today blasted Energy Secretary Bill
Richardson and the Clinton-Gore Administration for
their failure to implement a comprehensive energy
policy to deal with staggering gas prices Wisconsin
consumers continue to face at the pumps."

So, gas is about 60-75% per gallon more at the pump
and oil is about 100% more per barrel than it was when
these conservative Republicans blamed Bill Clinton and
Al Gore for the rising cost. Now that George W. Bush
is the president it’s no longer the Administration’s
fault. Go figure . .

[slor]

1. Good job...

but I guess you did not see the rethug memo. They are NEVER responsible for bad things.

[GiovanniC]

2. Look at This Week's Top Ten Conservative Idiots

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/05/193.html

Specifically, number 7.

[zoeb]

5. I really enjoyed this weeks top ten and specifically number 7...

That one should make editorial pages across the nation!

[cthrumatrix]

3. that "liberal media" is really taking chimpy to "task" on the $$ of oil

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[flvegan]

6. Welcome to DU, chummer!

[BurningCandy]

7. And the poor, who have no

way to get to work other than drive their cars, will go without food some days, or maybe not be able to afford the new pair of school shoes their daughter needs. Meanwhile those making $100K a year will pay their extra $150/month for gas and continue driving without a care in the world.

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[BurningCandy]

9. The answer? Let gas prices be what gas prices will be, but don't

wish for a price increase that will disproportionally affect the poor. An increase in gas prices hurts those that can afford it the least. The woman making $7.50 an hour living suburban MD, driving to her Govt job in DC isn't going to be able to ride her bike to work. Bus and metro fare are gonna cost her $10 round trip as well.

[newyawker99]

10. Hi BurningCandy!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: