Americans Are Doing Their Part, Time for Bush's Oil Cronies to Do Their Part, Says DNC (Barf alert)

U.S. Newswire ^

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Americans Are Doing Their Part, Time for Bush's Oil Cronies to Do Their Part, Says DNC

9/1/2005 12:34:00 PM

To: National Desk

Contact: Josh Earnest of the Democratic National Committee, 202-863-8148

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee:

This morning, President Bush told Diane Sawyer on ABC's Good Morning America that to ease skyrocketing gas prices Americans "oughtta conserve more and I would hope Americans conserve if given the choice."(ABC, Good Morning America, 9/1/05)

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement reminding President Bush that in case he hadn't noticed, ordinary Americans have been doing their part. They have been making sacrifices, they have been suffering. Meanwhile President Bush has failed to rein in skyrocketing gas prices.

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joke.........

[nikos1121]

Excuse me, how about the democrats doing their part to increase oil exploration on this continent and low sulfur coal and new refineries and nuclear power plants?

[Edgerunner]

Time for oil from coal...

[MNlurker]

Let the talk of this continue. We have a horrendous nation tradgedy taking place and the DNC is blaming oil companies!!

They're a joke and any free thinking person has got to be shaking their head.

[brownsfan]

Sorry, I know this isn't going to be well recieved. But if you believe the oil companies aren't profiteering over all this, you're very naieve.

[tobyhill]

This comes from the Rats playbook but unfortunately this time it may work. Republicans and Democrats have certain investments in oil and gas companies but it's the party in charge that gets left holding the bag.

[cdga5for4]

I love how "Americans are struggling to pay their bills" yet everyone and their brother is building 500-million dollar home. Maybe they wouldn't be struggling to pay their bills if they didn't take out an interest only mortgage on a $900,000 house when they "only" make $100,000 a year (I saw a story recently where a mortgage lender actually approved this loan).

[Steven W.]

actually, to be factual, you have to acknowledge they're taking both profits AND (MAJOR) LOSSES.

The liberal loony left is really pushing the limits, though - last night I saw the idiot (Huffington Post contributor) Harry Shearer bemoaning the (stupidly alleged) failure to prepare the 10,000 lb sandbags to plug the holes in the levy ahead of time & was aghast at how stupid he was not to realize or his hatred would not even let him ponder ... where, exactly, would they stage such preparation? In the path of the hurricane?

[EagleUSA]

There is an over-abundance of rotting liberals -- let's start processing them into fuel...

[EagleUSA]

Excuse me, how about the democrats doing their part to increase oil exploration on this continent and low sulfur coal and new refineries and nuclear power plants?

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Just a note to the libs -- your poster girl, Hitlery voted TWO TIMES AGAINST drilling in ANWHAR...pandering, of course, to the whacko-lib-conservationists. She could care less about Alaska, JUST VOTES.

[goodnesswins]

It's called CAPITALISM.....supply and demand.....economics 101.....

[Shermy]

"Sorry, I know this isn't going to be well recieved. But if you believe the oil companies aren't profiteering over all this, you're very naieve."

I'll receive it well. Another comic aspect of the crisis is when the oil company PR flacks come out and blame regulations for lack of new refineries - as if they were interested in building new ones to lower their profits.

Most of the current price increase has to do with speculation, increased US demand via SUVs, China, etc.

[Shermy]

The liberal loony left is really pushing the limits, though - last night I saw the idiot (Huffington Post contributor) Harry Shearer bemoaning the (stupidly alleged) failure to prepare the 10,000 lb sandbags to plug the holes in the levy ahead of time & was aghast at how stupid he was not to realize or his hatred would not even let him ponder ... where, exactly, would they stage such preparation? In the path of the hurricane?

It should have been pre-staged. And the breaches did not occur during the high winds, but a day later.

Is the "liberal loony left" the numerous posters here who have said the same?

[brownsfan]

"It's called CAPITALISM.....supply and demand.....economics 101....."

Those things on your head... they're called BLINDERS!

Apply economics 101 to something as complex as the US economy and you'll get a result you won't expect.

[Izzy Dunne]

Time for oil from coal...

Time for oil from Dean's head...

I forget the Texas Legislator who once said:
"When stupidity gets to $35 a barrel, I want drilling rights on that guy's head!"

[jmaroneps37]

No depth too deep.

[Hendrix]

If you don't believe in the simple economic truth of supply and demand, which does in fact apply to any and every economy that ever existed, then you don't have a clue. If the oil companies are breaking laws (collusion on prices, etc.), then that is one thing, but the left is always trying to paint them as evil merely for making a profit (it's the old class warfare, corporations are evil, Marxist thinking).

[Vinnie]

What is the reason for tight oil supplies. We have heard it for several months.
China
DNC, tell your Chinese cronies to conserve.

[Mo1]

Hey Howie .. shut up!

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Enron was run by Democrats. Why isn't Enron in a position to help?