[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Average retail gasoline prices have more than doubled under President Obama, according to government statistics, rising from $1.84 per gallon to $3.85 per gallon.

While somewhat accurate, this article is a little disingenuous. Sure, gas prices per gallon were about $1.84 in January 2009 when Oh!Brother took office, but the price of gas in August 2008 near the end of Bush's second term was $4.12.

See: Historical Gas Price Charts

The truth is that gas prices had hovered about between $1.00 and $1.60 per gallon all throughout the 80s and 90s. Once Bush took office in 2000, the price per gallon started its steady climb to where we are today.

See: Gasoline Price History

[tobyhill]

Yes, Bush had a lot of spikes, especially in his last 3 years, but Obama’s stayed consistently high for his 4 years.

You may not think the article is fair to Obama but it was fact that gas was $1.84 when he took office.