Posted on 03/12/2012 8:27:07 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
Meanwhile, a big issue on the minds of voters is the skyrocketing price of gas.
Obama referred to the phrase, "there's no magic bullet." The president said any politician who says there is one is not being truthful.
Still, an ABC poll released on Monday shows Obama is taking the blame.
The poll shows two-thirds of Americans disapprove of his handling of gas prices, which is a record high for the president, and only eight months before the election.
"Well look, as long as gas prices are going up, people are going to feel like I'm not doing enough, and I understand that," Obama said.
The president said his fight for a payroll tax cut last year will help Americans afford higher gas prices.
"Ultimately, though there's no silver bullet. The way we're going to solve this problem is what we talk about today in our energy report," Obama said.
The president said America has had the highest domestic oil production in more than a decade.
The nation now exports more crude than it imports, reducing dependence on foreign oil, along with new fuel efficiency standards for cars and investments in alternative fuels.
"The bigger driver of these gas prices is speculation of war in the Middle East, which is why we've been trying to reduce loose talk about a war there," Obama said.
Republicans on the campaign trail see gas prices as a political opening against Obama.
'Your opponents say they can get gas to the $2.50 range. What do you think Americans should be OK with?" Warmoth asked.
"First of all, nobody believes that. They know that's just politics. Anybody who says we can get gas down to two bucks a gallon just isn't telling the truth," Obama said.
(Excerpt) Read more at wftv.com ...
This is the same Orlando tv station that brought us this:
WFTV Interviews Joe Biden 10/23/08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW_wQgWviZ8
“Meanwhile, a big issue on the minds of voters is the skyrocketing price of gas.
Obama referred to the phrase, “there’s no magic bullet.” The president said any politician who says there is one is not being truthful.
Still, an ABC poll released on Monday shows Obama is taking the blame.
The poll shows two-thirds of Americans disapprove of his handling of gas prices, which is a record high for the president, and only eight months before the election.
“Well look, as long as gas prices are going up, people are going to feel like I’m not doing enough, and I understand that,” Obama said.
The president said his fight for a payroll tax cut last year will help Americans afford higher gas prices.
“Ultimately, though there’s no silver bullet. The way we’re going to solve this problem is what we talk about today in our energy report,” Obama said.
The president said America has had the highest domestic oil production in more than a decade.
The nation now exports more crude than it imports, reducing dependence on foreign oil, along with new fuel efficiency standards for cars and investments in alternative fuels.
“The bigger driver of these gas prices is speculation of war in the Middle East, which is why we’ve been trying to reduce loose talk about a war there,” Obama said.
Republicans on the campaign trail see gas prices as a political opening against Obama.
‘Your opponents say they can get gas to the $2.50 range. What do you think Americans should be OK with?” Warmoth asked.
“First of all, nobody believes that. They know that’s just politics. Anybody who says we can get gas down to two bucks a gallon just isn’t telling the truth,” Obama said.
Obama did not give Warmoth an answer as to how much Americans should pay for gas.
However, Obama said his energy advisor did not rule out tapping the country’s oil reserves.”
Read the comments under the video. Obama is not fooling the people here at all.
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Occidental College records and Social Security application form: Did the reporter have the courage to ask candidate Obama if and when he was going to release his Occidental College in California records and his Social Security application form so that we can find out how Hawaiian teenager Obama ended up with a Connecticut designated Social Security number?
I guess not.
Oh but there is, Barack.
It's you.
And once we fire you, everything will get much better.
(I may have heard that somewhere before)
Wait, didn't he say just recently that the problem was the normal late winter/spring "spike" in gas prices? ( due to more travel and depleted supplies. (from making more fuel oil during the winter, although I doubt O understands the supply/demand considerations)
If one lie doesn't work, try another.
If “The nation now exports more crude than it imports, reducing dependence on foreign oil,” why do we not stop exporting and ELIMINATE our dependence on foreign oil? Seems like it would make the cost much lower if the cost of shipping it around the world was eliminated.
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