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Obama says he wants lower gas prices
CBS News ^
| March 6, 2012
| Stephanie Condon
Posted on 03/06/2012 1:45:26 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
CBS News) President Obama on Tuesday scoffed at the notion he wants higher gas prices, as some of his critics claim.
Asked about the charge at his first formal White House press conference of the year, Mr. Obama replied to Fox News correspondent Ed Henry's question with a question of his own.
"From a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go up higher? Is there anybody here who thinks that makes a lot of sense?"
Presidents of both parties have historically considered it harder to get votes if gas prices rise in the months before an election.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich last month said on CBS This Morning that Mr. Obama "of course" wants gas prices to rise in order to push people to move to alternative energy sources.
In addition to the political reasons for lower gas prices, Mr. Obama noted that he wants them to help the economy.
"I meet folks every day who have to drive a long way to get to work and filling up this gas tank gets more and more painful and it's a tax out of their pocketbooks," he said. "When gas prices go up consumer spending often pulls back. We're in the midst of a recovery starting to build steam, and we don't want to reverse it."
Today's press conference gave Mr. Obama a moment in the media spotlight on a day that would have otherwise belonged to Mr. Gingrich and his Republican rivals -- 10 states are holding their Republican nominating contests today in what's known as "Super Tuesday."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
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To: cpdiii
.....Mr. Obama knew each and every question that would be asked at that press conference. IT WAS A DOG AND PONY SHOW, it was a complete sham and staged event.He's watching Newt's $2.50=Newt catch on and he needed to get out there and LIE.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
LOL!!!
Riiiight. Sure thing. Check.
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posted on
03/06/2012 2:06:11 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(PRAY for this country like your life depends on it....)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Yeah sure you do 0bambie. If you did the price would be lower.
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posted on
03/06/2012 2:06:18 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Frack, drill. Why just one. Why not all.
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posted on
03/06/2012 2:06:21 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I guess Obama and Chu aren’t on the same page.
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posted on
03/06/2012 2:07:22 PM PST
by
matt04
To: Mr. Wright
-——I was taught a long time ago that when one does not want to provide a specific and definitive answer to a question, one simply answers the question with a question - enough said-——
Odumbo gave the useful idiots enough to maintain their state of denial.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go up higher."Going into re-election" is the key phrase. Of course, high energy prices should hurt him politically. But he never worried much about it before the re-election bid kicked off. He himself said he wanted higher prices. A few weeks ago, the regime saw higher energy prices as a sign of economic recovery. His Energy secretary says he wants gasoline about double what it is now.
He's a g-------d liar.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
you can tell that idiot Stephen Chu’s testimony wasn’t focus grouping very well
To: All
Multiple choice quiz:
(you're guaranteed an A)
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posted on
03/06/2012 2:15:05 PM PST
by
tomkat
(FU.baraq)
To: Cincinatus' Wife; All
"Obama says he wants lower gas prices"
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posted on
03/06/2012 2:15:21 PM PST
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
03/06/2012 2:20:36 PM PST
by
FrankR
(You are only enslaved to the extent of the entitlements you receive.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Wanting and doing something about are two different things.
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posted on
03/06/2012 2:25:30 PM PST
by
al_c
(http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
To: Mr. Wright
From a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go up higher? Is there anybody here who thinks that makes a lot of sense?Obviously, Energy Secretary Steven Chu does.
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posted on
03/06/2012 2:53:12 PM PST
by
Maceman
(Liberals' only problem with American slavery is that the slaves were privately owned.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I see that there’s no way to drop a love note to that 30 IQ CBS moron who scribbled this stinky dog pile story. Is she spawn of Rather?
To: Cincinatus' Wife
His actions speak louder than his words!
To: Cincinatus' Wife
"Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. Even regardless of what I say about whether coal is good or bad. Because Im capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, you know, natural gas, you name it whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, uh, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers." -Barack Obama, Nov 2, 2008
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posted on
03/06/2012 3:17:03 PM PST
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
03/06/2012 3:20:14 PM PST
by
PogySailor
(Obama is a SCOAMF)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
"From a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go up higher? Is there anybody here who thinks that makes a lot of sense?"
So is that a yes or a no?
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posted on
03/06/2012 3:30:29 PM PST
by
JPJones
(Frodo Lives!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Obama: “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK”
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posted on
03/06/2012 3:35:39 PM PST
by
AmusedBystander
(The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Frack, drill. Why just one. Why not all. Frack, drill, refine, moratorium on crude and finished product exports.
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posted on
03/06/2012 3:42:06 PM PST
by
ROCKLOBSTER
( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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