Posted on 06/25/2008 8:51:36 AM PDT by Mike Bates
On her Tuesday evening "On the Record" program, Greta Van Susteren interviewed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. The cost of gasoline was the first topic discussed. The speaker told of actions the Democrat-controlled Congress has taken. Charitably, these are marginal at best, yet Van Susteren didn't challenge Pelosi. Then the host asked about assigning blame for high gas prices:
VAN SUSTEREN: Do you assign all of the blame for the high prices on the Bush administration, or do you look back historically to a number of factors, including appetite by the American people, other administrations, other Congresses?
PELOSI: No, I don't assign blame to the Bush administration, I accuse them. I am more direct than that. I accuse them of ignoring something that was becoming apparent over time.
Ten years ago the price was under $11 in 1998--under $11. Two weeks ago, the cost of oil went up in one day nearly $11. So the policy decisions made by this administration in terms of energy have contributed to this oil crisis by not accepting early on the need for us to have renewable and other alternatives.
This would have been a perfect time to ask Nancy Pelosi about promises she and other Democrats made only two years ago. Three months before the 2006 elections that put her party in control of Congress, Newsweek and Princeton Survey Research Associates found that Americans trusted Democrats to do a better job of handling gas prices. A much better job, by better than a two to one margin over the GOP.
Was that confidence justified? The week the Democrats smashed Republicans in the 2006 elections, the retail price of regular reformulated gas was $2.22, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. This week, the price is more than $4.00.
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And we expect more?
It would also have been an excellet time to ask her why she thinks “Let them eat cake” is a good energy policy. There’s only a couple of gas stations in the Rochester, NY area that has E85, and it’s 2.99 a gallon. When I bought a new car 2 years ago, there were exactly zero.
Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.
The problem is that the FNC wants the libs to come on the shows they have. previously the libs boycotted the FNC because they claimed it was biased (translation: they actually allow both sides of an argument). In order to get the libs back on and to keep them there the Hosts won’t call them on their very obvious distortions.
It’s a sad state of affairs when the media is afraid to point out the simple facts of an issue.
Someone should issue this threat to Greta: Greta, you either start challenging the dems on these issues, or I’m sending Tommy Lee over to your house.
“Fox News: Greta Gives Pelosi Pass on Gas”
Maybe that explains Greta’s smirk.
And here I thought she'd paid a surgeon for it.
A little industrial strength Pepto will help, too.
Ah, he was just tryin’ to make her day, don’t you think?
Could be. lol
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