Posted on 02/23/2012 5:36:03 PM PST by tobyhill
President Barack Obama hit back on Thursday at election-year Republican criticism of his energy policies, offering a staunch defense of his attempts to wean Americans off foreign oil and saying there is no "silver bullet" for high gasoline prices.
Obama sought to deflect growing Republican attacks over rising prices at the pump, blaming recent increases on a mix of factors beyond his control, including tensions with Iran, hot demand from China, India and other emerging economies, and Wall Street speculators taking advantage of the uncertainty.
U.S. gasoline prices have jumped nearly 9 cents in the past week to an average of $3.61 a gallon, and are expected to rise further toward the crucial $4 mark through the summer driving season and the approach of the November 6 election.
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[ President Barack Obama hit back on Thursday at election-year Republican criticism of his energy policies, offering a staunch defense of his attempts to wean Americans off foreign oil and saying there is no “silver bullet” for high gasoline prices. ]
Actually Negrodamus has done none of that...
The Obama Energy Department has quite literally done everything to increase the dependance on foreign oil and other products as well..
Never has he done anything to decrease use of non domestic oil.. steel.. and thousands of other products..
The Obama administration is bleeding America like massive tick or tapeworm... or Vampire..
Americans dont seem to see anything negative about Vampires..
Democrats mostly are all parasites in some way... and not a small amount of RINOS..
This truth should go viral...
The administration’s stated goal is for gas to cost as much here as it does in Europe.So 8 bucks a gallon is reasonable to them.
Gas prices are his Achilles heel, at least it’s one of them. That’s why he’s squealing so much.
Obama hit back, defence, deflect, blame,
beyond his control, tension, speculators,
uncertainty.
There it is in a nut shell.
The administration’s stated goal is for gas to cost as much here as it does in Europe.So 8 bucks a gallon is reasonable to them.
Someone in Congress should propose a “tax holiday” on gasoline prices during the summer.
If Obama had done something about the energy situation
when he entered office we would only be a few years
from seeing the results.
As it is, it will take additional years to come to
fruition.
He says it will take too long so why start.
What a pathetic excuse for a president he is.
His time is coming to a close as a foot note to
history.
It’s so funny how the Rats blocked drilling at every turn then blamed Bush when prices rose but now they still block drilling, even a pipeline, and accept no blame for any rise.
At least nobody’s pulling the race card and blaming white gas.
Yeah, nice idea except we don’t all live in 50 sq. meter boxes in cities and have trains to take to work. Nor do we drive little 4 cyl death traps...yet, I suppose.
That’s his answer to everything- “It’s the Republicans fault”
He wants gas prices as high as possible so we’ll cut way back on our driving and emit fewer amounts of CO2. He doesn’t understand that this will destroy our economy.
Ignorant on economics, and doesn’t care.
Rub a little algae on that!
Not responsible for the debt.
Not responsible for unemployment.
Not responsible for the under employed.
Not responsible for people who have quite looking for work.
Not responsible for the reduction in actual jobs in the U. S.
Not responsible for the doubling and more of gas prices.
Not responsible for making sure Iran doesn’t get nukes.
Not responsible for defending the West.
Not responsible for allowing more drilling in the Gulf.
Not responsible for the pipeline we need to reduce our foreign dependence by over 8 percent.
Not responsible enough to provide his original documents.
Not responsible enough to provide his education records.
He’s not responsible for keeping our nuclear deterrence in tact.
He’s not responsible for keeping our our air supremacy (F22s) in tact.
He’s not responsible for keeping our armed forces at full strength.
He’s not responsible for projecting a very strong image, so our enemies will respect us and avoid conflicts with us.
Is there anything this clueless Kenyan is responsible for?
Oh yes, covering his lousy exposed posterior 24/7/365/4
Just maybe he’ll bow ot us, if we kick is mo foing ass out of the White House this November.
Even so, let it be done...
‘Two oil men’ to blame for high gas prices, Pelosi says
OIL EXPLORATION
July 17, 2008
`Groups in the House and the Senate are trying to reach a compromise on domestic oil and gas drilling.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday blamed the “two oil men in the White House,” President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and their Republican allies in Congress for gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon.`
SOURCE: cnn
It’s a fake out. Goose the gas prices now and get them down in time for reelection. It’s one of a host of games to be played to ensure reelection.
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