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Remember When MSM Mocked Michele Bachmann for $2 Gas Pledge?
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 12/13/2014 6:01:14 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

So who's crazy now? In 2011, the MSM mercilessly mocked Michele Bachmann for saying that if she became president, gas prices would fall to under $2/gallon. Typical was Time magazine, which called her prediction "fantasy." Time mocked Bachmann's drill, baby, drill policy, sniffing that if implemented, "prices at the pump might drop a whole 3 cents a gallon."

But on CBS This Morning, there was top oil analyst Tom Kloza, saying that by Christmas, gas prices would be in the range of . . . $1.99-2.29 [I saw $2.18 here in Texas yesterday]. So who's crazy now, and where does Bachmann go to get her apology from the MSM that so mercilessly mocked her?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cbsthismorning; energy; gasoline; gasprices; michelebachmann; msm; oil
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To: kjam22

2.23 a gallon in Sandusky,Ohio.


21 posted on 12/13/2014 7:45:07 AM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: wayoverontheright

I’d like to see the ban on directional drilling under the great lakes lifted. Canada does it and there are several gas wells working that were in place before the ban was enacted.


22 posted on 12/13/2014 7:51:17 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: kjam22

Whoa!!!

Maybe I should move back home to Tulsa.

I’d save hundreds per week on gas.


23 posted on 12/13/2014 8:00:08 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: PROCON

With pleasure—and great tag line!


24 posted on 12/13/2014 8:04:52 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: Dr. Sivana; Leaning Right

I hope both Bachman and Palin stay in the fight somehow and I believe they will.


25 posted on 12/13/2014 8:12:42 AM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Bachmann was right on a lot of issues, and she was leading the 2012 primaries early. If she could have kept her tendency to gaffe under control, she might have won.

Too bad, because I think she would have made a great President.

26 posted on 12/13/2014 8:49:06 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: Farmer Dean
2.23 a gallon in Sandusky,Ohio.

Well maybe I will accelerate that road-trip to ride Top Thrill Dragster all day long...

Of course, I should plan that when the park is actually open. Hoping to do that again this summer since there are new coasters and TTD is still the best ride ever.

At the rate things are dropping, maybe gas will be $0.99/gallon by then!

27 posted on 12/13/2014 9:56:16 AM PST by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: wayoverontheright

Hydraulic fracturing started in the 1940s. The ‘recent’ change was horizontal steerable drilling. Combined with the hydraulic fracturing made great advances.


28 posted on 12/13/2014 12:39:53 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: Tupelo

I have a co-worker who is a liberal and he always mocks whenever he tries to refute anything I say. Liberals do not like facts so they mock and think they are smart.


29 posted on 12/13/2014 8:19:02 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Tupelo

You still have time before Christmas to squeeze in an extra tank and make $52 in savings!


30 posted on 12/13/2014 9:14:12 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Maybe even more. Price Saturday morning was $2.19.
Now if I can just find some 22LR, I just may be able to afford to buy more than a box of 50.


31 posted on 12/14/2014 4:49:38 AM PST by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
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