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Obama to Talk About Gasoline Prices on Thursday (Obama to talk more lies and excuses)
wall street journal ^ | 2/21/2012 | Carol E. Lee

Posted on 02/21/2012 5:54:55 PM PST by tobyhill

President Barack Obama plans to step into the political debate over rising gasoline prices on Thursday, when he kicks off the first of a series of events focused on his energy plans, senior administration officials said.

During an event at the University of Miami, Mr. Obama will discuss the steps the country can take to tackle what the White House sees as an annual cycle of spikes in gas prices, the officials said. At the same time, these officials, who briefed reporters Tuesday on the president’s plans, acknowledged that there is almost nothing the president can do in the near term to lower gas prices.

But rising gas prices are a threat to the president as he runs for re-election this year. It’s one of the issues of chief concern to Mr. Obama’s political advisers and has become the subject of criticism of Mr. Obama on the campaign trail.

Mr. Obama’s speech Thursday will call for a diverse energy plan and lay out his efforts to boost domestic production of oil and gas. His defense comes as Republican presidential candidates blame him for the rise in gasoline prices and cast him as unfriendly to domestic oil production, particularly his administration’s decision to postpone the construction of the Keystone pipeline. The administration officials pushed back against the GOP criticism, arguing that Americans don’t trust Republicans on energy issues because their plans focus narrowly on production, which has been rising.

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To: tobyhill

pResident Fail giving a speech in Miami on Thursday?

How much do you want to bet this is just an excuse to play golf in a warm clime.


41 posted on 02/21/2012 7:01:33 PM PST by ImProudToBeAnAmerican (Who is John Galt?)
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To: tobyhill

GET READY FOR SOME GREAT FLIP FLOP MOMENTS.......THIS WILL BE CLASSIC.


42 posted on 02/21/2012 7:10:37 PM PST by ncfool (OMG 2012)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

You didn’t mention that a Fund Raiser before or after his press conference will happen. So he is burning our fuel to have his fundraiser.


43 posted on 02/21/2012 7:28:16 PM PST by ncfool (OMG 2012)
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To: tobyhill
Going to blame the oil companies for shipping refined gas overseas instead to selling it on the US market.
44 posted on 02/21/2012 7:30:51 PM PST by Springman (Rest In Peace YaYa123 and Bahbah.)
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No need for anyone here to suffer through the Kenyan Usurper's gas speech. I tell you what's in it.

Obama will say that he's creating a "Blue Ribbon" commission to study why fuel prices are so high. He'll demand that Congress provide hundreds of millions of dollars to fund the "commission". The "Commission" will consist of RINO retread former congress people, Democrat environmentalist wackos, and some of Obama's friends who will get paid millions of dollars "serving" on the "Commission." The Commission's "report will come out after the November election and will as usual blame Bush and the evil, greedy oil companies for charging so much for fuel.

Obama will then recommend imposing price controls on gasoline, diesel and home heating oil. And then he will have to appoint a "Fuel Czar" to oversee the mess he's creating. He might even try Jimmy Carter's scheme of odd/even day's for Americans to purchase gasoline. Or maybe he'll just try to restrict Americans to one fill-up per week.

45 posted on 02/21/2012 7:40:03 PM PST by StormEye
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To: tobyhill

Blah Blah Blah it’s Bushs fault. Give me 4 more years to fix his mess he left me with I will tackle the problem as soon as I get back from Hawaii for some R+R.


46 posted on 02/21/2012 7:44:10 PM PST by bikerman (you can take the man out of the jungle but can't take the jungle out of the man)
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To: tobyhill

Watch him open the SPR.


47 posted on 02/21/2012 8:03:25 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Romney just makes me tired all over.)
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To: NorCoGOP
For YEARS we've heard the same, lame excuses...

The refineries have to change formulation for the change of seasons at least here in California.

48 posted on 02/21/2012 8:09:51 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Romney just makes me tired all over.)
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To: TigersEye
This author needs a little trip over to the Ministry of Truth. Today Jay "Sideshow" Carney said Obama didn’t cancel the Keystone pipeline Republicans did. She should have tossed all old manuscripts in the Memory Hole when she came in to work this morning.

LOL

Jay Carney: Hey, Obama didn’t cancel the Keystone pipeline, Republicans did

Carney: GOP cancelled Keystone, not Obama

Obama's handlers are taking "It's the Republicans' fault" out for a spin.

They finally realized, "It's Bush's fault" is wearing thin.

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50 posted on 02/21/2012 9:41:48 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: tobyhill

If you have nothing better to do with your time, like pick your nose, and listen to mac daddy talk remember that just the opposite is the real truth of whatever he says.


51 posted on 02/21/2012 11:32:58 PM PST by chiefqc
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To: tobyhill

I hope he doesnt forget to remind us to Inflate our tires


52 posted on 02/22/2012 3:39:29 AM PST by ballplayer
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