Four years ago I remember walking into the lunchroom at work and hearing my Dem cohorts emitting sounds of disgust and directing imprecations at “Bush and his oil buddies” over the price of gas. One of my co-workers was convinced Bush got on the phone every day and told the oil companies to raise the price of gas. There’s no arguing with stupidity like that. What are my ex co-workers (I’m retired) thinking now? Is it still Bush’s fault?
I was on a job the other day and we dug up an old gas sign that had the price at $1.17 a gallon. The guys were all amazed “boy that dates ya”, “those were the days”...
I told them “Well, it was less than 4 years ago when the average price of gas was $1.78”.
“Huh?! No way - really? Wow!”
I didn’t press the point as they were my client, and liberal. But I imagine they understood.
I’m sure that Obama will say that it’s still Bush’s fault, since all his woes are still Bush’s fault even though he got everything he wanted in his first 2 years in office - now he blames congress, too. I don’t know why Romney doesn’t hit this in every speech, over and over. He needs to offer real solutions,though, not just complaints.