Posted on 05/18/2004 8:55:57 AM PDT by jayef
While John Kerry campaigns in blue/swing states out west, Democratic National Committee Chair Terry McAuliffe and others hit President Bush over the soaring cost of gas ($2.01/gallon) and oil ($42/barrel).
Senate Democrats, meanwhile, call on Bush today to begin releasing as many as 60 million barrels of oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a move Treasury Secretary John Snow has already ruled out.
While President Bush stays behind to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Laura Bush headlines a GOP rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raises cash today at a luncheon in South Dakota for Larry Diedrich, the GOP candidate in the June 1 special election to replace former Rep. Bill Janklow. An election we're going to start covering more closely. We promise.
Tomorrow, the first lady is Jay Leno's guest on "The Tonight Show."
In Washington this morning, McAuliffe, at the request of Camp Kerry, will focus attention on gas and oil prices, saying that Bush/Cheney are "so deep in the pocket of big oil, we'll need to drill down to find them."
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Oil and outsourcing. We see the Dem's war plan.
Kerry, by his own admission will raise the gas tax %.50 per gallon "to encourage conservation", and he'll outsource the US's foreign policy "we need to get the scrUN more involved in Iraq".
Someone squirt some of Theresa's ketchup on this weiner!
Uhhhh, Terry, your pal Efin Kerry tried to pass a 50 cent / gallon TAX INCREASE!
Wait a minute, you guys are kinda missing the point. The point here was that CNN is calling Laura Bush an attack dog. Did they do the same to Theresa Kerry? Has Laura Bush made any negative statements about Kerry?
Blaming Bush for the $2.00 gas prices... They blame that poor man for everything.
The only way to raise the hair on a dem's back is to cut taxes. The dems are still whining about the tax cut he gave the people the first year of his term.
If Bush is smart, he will make a public announcement to "lower the federal gasoline taxes" that were originally put into place by the democrats in office. At the same time, he should encourage the states to do the same.
If my memory is correct, gas tax in my state is at roughly $.55 per gallon. They say the tax is for road upkeep. If anyone drove through my town, they would wonder what they were using the money for, because it sure isn't being used for the roads.
If Bush could get the fed and states to knock that down by half, this administration could still collect tax on gasoline, and make a whole lot of friends during this election cycle. Lowering the tax = lowering the price of gasoline. This will help the economy by keeping transportation costs at a minimum, and will help Americans - especially the elderly and single mom's with kids - get to and from work, grocery stores, or day care without having to sacrifice their food, prescriptions, or other necessities.
If Bush does this, the dems would not dare say or do a thing against it without making themselves look bad.
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