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To: mojito

LOL. Never saw that coming. You would ALMOST think this is purely a political move during an election year.

The bad news for Zero is that move will only lower the price of gas a few cents.


5 posted on 03/15/2012 9:01:56 AM PDT by CCGuy (USAF (Ret.))
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To: CCGuy

“LOL. Never saw that coming. You would ALMOST think this is purely a political move during an election year.”

Coming next (after gas prices continue to climb):
- price controls, and/or
- rationing

The latter in particular if prices zoom skyward after the Israelis attack Iran.


60 posted on 03/15/2012 1:11:21 PM PDT by Road Glide
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To: CCGuy

Right but combine that with faked employment reports out of the labor dept etc, and the phony polls from MSM, this will probably be a plus somehow for Obama?


75 posted on 03/15/2012 5:16:02 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN 2012 OR FLIPPIN BUST)
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To: CCGuy
LOL. Never saw that coming. You would ALMOST think this is purely a political move during an election year.

You might think so! /s

Bush vetoed a measure by Pelosi & Reid to halt stop of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and his veto was overridden. This '08 article about that override says it would amount to as little as 1 penny per gallon difference. It also says an GOP measure to increase drilling on federal lands failed. CNN assigned the motivation only to Republicans of being concerned over "their re-election" chances. Democrats are never motivated by electioneering or politics. /s

This piece from July 2000 is about "skyrocketing prices" because it had broken the $2/gallon price ceiling in Chicago and Detroit. Clinton/Gore demanded a FTC probe into "price gouging."

89 posted on 03/16/2012 3:13:39 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Santorum: 18-point loss, voted for Sotomayor, proposed $550M on top of $900M Amtrak budget...)
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