More fun with gas prices: Chu repents"I no longer share that view."

human events ^ | 3/13/12 | j. hayward

[bestintxas]

How badly is the Obama Administration terrified of rising gas prices? This badly:

Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday retracted his now-infamous quote from 2008: “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.”

“I no longer share that view,” Chu said in response to questioning from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on another topic related to DOE’s loan-guarantee program.

That’s from Amy Harder at National Journal, who goes on to describe a bizarre performance by Obama’s energy point man:

Chu seemed to equivocate, pause, and stumble over his words when responding to Lee’s question about high gas prices. Other comments Chu made at another hearing late last month put him in hot water on gas prices. Politico reported on Feb. 28 that Chu told a House committee that he was not working to lower gasoline prices but to wean the United States off oil. That story has since been corrected to clarify that DOE is working to both lower gas prices and wean the country off oil. But that was only after the story was picked up by Republicans and used against the Administration.

During his testimony before the Senate panel on Tuesday, after stopping and starting with a few thoughts on the economy and the department’s commitment to alternatively fueled vehicles, Chu told Lee: “Of course we don’t want the price of gasoline to go up. We want it to go down.”

[Cincinatus]

No, sorry. It appeared last night on FNC “Special Report” if you can find that video on-line somewhere.

[SaraJohnson]

They get true beleiver intellectuals in and suddenly all the lies don’t work so well in practice. Chu has discovered there is no “hidden” free energy waiting for his specialness and brilliance to cut loose from the evil Big Oil’s control. It’s all bull and he’s all exposed as being a useful idiot.