Obama has been better on gas prices

[Toddsterpatriot]

I know a lot of people like to blame Obama for high gas prices, and how soon they forget the hell that was the goerge Bush years. After 9/11 gas prices shot up to 4 dollars a gallon repeatedly and for long periods. George was responsible for allowing the southeast to suffer over a month of 6-12 dollar gas in georgia, gas rationing in NC, and huge gas shortages in VA, northern florida, georgia, NC, SC, and AL.

For 3 weeks I litterally got up at 6 in the morning, went out and chased down gas trucks because by 8 the stations were sold out. NC limited you to 10 gallons per day. Georgia did not cap their gas prices during the shortage and saw some gas stations selling gas for 12 dollars a gallon. This was not the 1970s, this was around 2005. The reason? Supposedly for the first time in history a hurricane stopped gasoline production at refineries and for some reason they could not divert gas from anywhere else in the US to cover the shortage. The highways were never blocked or closed, despite thousands stranded on the the southern ease coast hunting for the rare gas station with gas so they could get out.For some reason, despite a number of hurricanes hitting the same areas far worse in the Obama years, that has never happened again.

Obama has reduced gas prices repeatedly during his time as president. Through strategic use of US oil reserves, and deals with places lie saudi arabia to increase oil production marked for the US, he has increased supply and lowered prices while they rose time and again. No president can declare oil prices at a certain level, but when he needed to he did what a president could do and increased supply through the methods he could do. For the Bush years we saw a steady rise in gas prices. The first time oil companies lowered gas prices was when they increased demands for hybrids and alternatives by choking the US on 4 dollar plus gas which george never did a thing to lower, and he even kept destroying supplies with foreign wars. George never encouraged alternative energy sources, and instead linked us as best as he could to the oil companies who despite supposed increases in costs continued to make record profits over and over again under his piss poor leadership. It is the same thing we can expect from his friend Mittens.

If you are concerned about oil prices, the US addiction to oil, and the corrupt oil companies destroying the US for their record profits then Obama is your choice. There may be better people out there, but they certainly are not the republicans.

What did Obama do to increase supply?
What did Bush do to increase supply?

No question Obama has been worse on energy.

 

[salem.hills]

Does this IDIOT remember where gas prices were when Bush left office?

Yes, they went up to four dollars a gallon. But they didn't remain there. Bush did something about it, and they came down.

Obama has done NOTHING, and they hover in the 3dollars+ category.

When Bush left office Gas was under 2 dollars! (at least it was where I lived).

Gas When Bush Left Office, $1.78 -- Gas Today, $3.64 -- Highest Average Price in Calif., $4.20 | CNSNews.com

What a load of crap from this op!

Are you surprised that gas is starting to come down near a presidential election date? I'm not. most people shouldn't be.

Right Not a surprise at all - transparent lol

 

[teapartysamurai]

Are you surprised that gas is starting to come down near a presidential election date? I'm not. most people shouldn't be.

Come down? Look if people want to consider 3.34 a gallon a "great price," be my guest.

But it was 1.69 when Bush left office!

I would prefer that. Who believes Obama would pull that off. And even if he did, would it STAY THAT WAY AFTER HE WON REELECTION???

You know damn well it would NOT.

Gas is coming down it has to start coming down now so it will be at an acceptable level two weeks before the election to give the people time enough to forget.

Will it go UP after election day should Obama win? YES IT WILL!

 

[bigrebnc1775]

I know a lot of people like to blame Obama for high gas prices, and how soon they forget the hell that was the goerge Bush years. After 9/11 gas prices shot up to 4 dollars a gallon repeatedly and for long periods. George was responsible for allowing the southeast to suffer over a month of 6-12 dollar gas in georgia, gas rationing in NC, and huge gas shortages in VA, northern florida, georgia, NC, SC, and AL.

For 3 weeks I litterally got up at 6 in the morning, went out and chased down gas trucks because by 8 the stations were sold out. NC limited you to 10 gallons per day. Georgia did not cap their gas prices during the shortage and saw some gas stations selling gas for 12 dollars a gallon. This was not the 1970s, this was around 2005. The reason? Supposedly for the first time in history a hurricane stopped gasoline production at refineries and for some reason they could not divert gas from anywhere else in the US to cover the shortage. The highways were never blocked or closed, despite thousands stranded on the the southern ease coast hunting for the rare gas station with gas so they could get out.For some reason, despite a number of hurricanes hitting the same areas far worse in the Obama years, that has never happened again.

Obama has reduced gas prices repeatedly during his time as president. Through strategic use of US oil reserves, and deals with places lie saudi arabia to increase oil production marked for the US, he has increased supply and lowered prices while they rose time and again. No president can declare oil prices at a certain level, but when he needed to he did what a president could do and increased supply through the methods he could do. For the Bush years we saw a steady rise in gas prices. The first time oil companies lowered gas prices was when they increased demands for hybrids and alternatives by choking the US on 4 dollar plus gas which george never did a thing to lower, and he even kept destroying supplies with foreign wars. George never encouraged alternative energy sources, and instead linked us as best as he could to the oil companies who despite supposed increases in costs continued to make record profits over and over again under his piss poor leadership. It is the same thing we can expect from his friend Mittens.

If you are concerned about oil prices, the US addiction to oil, and the corrupt oil companies destroying the US for their record profits then Obama is your choice. There may be better people out there, but they certainly are not the republicans.

What did Obama do to increase supply?
What did Bush do to increase supply?

No question Obama has been worse on energy.

obama last month or maybe the month before last threaten to open up the oil reserves again.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Come down? Look if people want to consider 3.34 a gallon a "great price," be my guest.

But it was 1.69 when Bush left office!

I would prefer that. Who believes Obama would pull that off. And even if he did, would it STAY THAT WAY AFTER HE WON REELECTION???

You know damn well it would NOT.

Gas is coming down it has to start coming down now so it will be at an acceptable level two weeks before the election to give the people time enough to forget.

Will it go UP after election day should Obama win? YES IT WILL!

It will go back up just assuredly as it's going down now.

 

[teapartysamurai]

Gas is coming down it has to start coming down now so it will be at an acceptable level two weeks before the election to give the people time enough to forget.

Will it go UP after election day should Obama win? YES IT WILL!

It will go back up just assuredly as it's going down now.

Exactly!

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

I know a lot of people like to blame Obama for high gas prices, and how soon they forget the hell that was the goerge Bush years. After 9/11 gas prices shot up to 4 dollars a gallon repeatedly and for long periods. George was responsible for allowing the southeast to suffer over a month of 6-12 dollar gas in georgia, gas rationing in NC, and huge gas shortages in VA, northern florida, georgia, NC, SC, and AL.

For 3 weeks I litterally got up at 6 in the morning, went out and chased down gas trucks because by 8 the stations were sold out. NC limited you to 10 gallons per day. Georgia did not cap their gas prices during the shortage and saw some gas stations selling gas for 12 dollars a gallon. This was not the 1970s, this was around 2005. The reason? Supposedly for the first time in history a hurricane stopped gasoline production at refineries and for some reason they could not divert gas from anywhere else in the US to cover the shortage. The highways were never blocked or closed, despite thousands stranded on the the southern ease coast hunting for the rare gas station with gas so they could get out.For some reason, despite a number of hurricanes hitting the same areas far worse in the Obama years, that has never happened again.

Obama has reduced gas prices repeatedly during his time as president. Through strategic use of US oil reserves, and deals with places lie saudi arabia to increase oil production marked for the US, he has increased supply and lowered prices while they rose time and again. No president can declare oil prices at a certain level, but when he needed to he did what a president could do and increased supply through the methods he could do. For the Bush years we saw a steady rise in gas prices. The first time oil companies lowered gas prices was when they increased demands for hybrids and alternatives by choking the US on 4 dollar plus gas which george never did a thing to lower, and he even kept destroying supplies with foreign wars. George never encouraged alternative energy sources, and instead linked us as best as he could to the oil companies who despite supposed increases in costs continued to make record profits over and over again under his piss poor leadership. It is the same thing we can expect from his friend Mittens.

If you are concerned about oil prices, the US addiction to oil, and the corrupt oil companies destroying the US for their record profits then Obama is your choice. There may be better people out there, but they certainly are not the republicans.

What did Obama do to increase supply?
What did Bush do to increase supply?

No question Obama has been worse on energy.

obama last month or maybe the month before last threaten to open up the oil reserves again.

Using the SPR only to replenish it later doesn't increase our supply.

 

[Too Tall]

While I appreciate the sentiment, the President has NOTHING to do with gas prices. Never has, never will ( unless we pass a price fixing law )

We cant blame him and neither can he take credit.

True but that won't stop Rs from blaming him if the price goes up but then taking credit if price goes down.

In fact, I saw Boehner lying about it on camera. He didn't stay long though ... had to get back to the bar or the golf course.

I heard several weeks ago that Obama went over 100 rounds of golf while in office. Apparently when he tripled the number of troops in Afghanistan, he didn't care if some of them got killed while he was on the links. What a guy!

 

[bigrebnc1775]

What did Obama do to increase supply?
What did Bush do to increase supply?

No question Obama has been worse on energy.

obama last month or maybe the month before last threaten to open up the oil reserves again.

Using the SPR only to replenish it later doesn't increase our supply.

Never said he opened it or talked about opening it to increase the supply the talk of opening it was to bring down gas prices.

 

[jack113]

The idiocy is from the politically correct on any side that believes in using a president as a scape goat for high gas prices. America has no shortage of gasoline or oil and is one of the worlds biggest exporters of both products.

Deregulation of Wall Street and allowing it to gamble in the energy market is the problem. If people want to blame politicians blame the worthless congress for allowing it to go on.


Their is no fuel shortage in America and never was just like their was no shortage in the 70s when the energy cons held the tankers of shore to create higher gas prices.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

obama last month or maybe the month before last threaten to open up the oil reserves again.

Using the SPR only to replenish it later doesn't increase our supply.

Never said he opened it or talked about opening it to increase the supply the talk of opening it was to bring down gas prices.

If he really wants to bring down prices he should eliminate boutique blends and open up ANWR.
But he prefers higher prices, so he won't.

 

[Charles_Main]

I know a lot of people like to blame Obama for high gas prices, and how soon they forget the hell that was the goerge Bush years. After 9/11 gas prices shot up to 4 dollars a gallon repeatedly and for long periods. George was responsible for allowing the southeast to suffer over a month of 6-12 dollar gas in georgia, gas rationing in NC, and huge gas shortages in VA, northern florida, georgia, NC, SC, and AL.

For 3 weeks I litterally got up at 6 in the morning, went out and chased down gas trucks because by 8 the stations were sold out. NC limited you to 10 gallons per day. Georgia did not cap their gas prices during the shortage and saw some gas stations selling gas for 12 dollars a gallon. This was not the 1970s, this was around 2005. The reason? Supposedly for the first time in history a hurricane stopped gasoline production at refineries and for some reason they could not divert gas from anywhere else in the US to cover the shortage. The highways were never blocked or closed, despite thousands stranded on the the southern ease coast hunting for the rare gas station with gas so they could get out.For some reason, despite a number of hurricanes hitting the same areas far worse in the Obama years, that has never happened again.

Obama has reduced gas prices repeatedly during his time as president. Through strategic use of US oil reserves, and deals with places lie saudi arabia to increase oil production marked for the US, he has increased supply and lowered prices while they rose time and again. No president can declare oil prices at a certain level, but when he needed to he did what a president could do and increased supply through the methods he could do. For the Bush years we saw a steady rise in gas prices. The first time oil companies lowered gas prices was when they increased demands for hybrids and alternatives by choking the US on 4 dollar plus gas which george never did a thing to lower, and he even kept destroying supplies with foreign wars. George never encouraged alternative energy sources, and instead linked us as best as he could to the oil companies who despite supposed increases in costs continued to make record profits over and over again under his piss poor leadership. It is the same thing we can expect from his friend Mittens.

If you are concerned about oil prices, the US addiction to oil, and the corrupt oil companies destroying the US for their record profits then Obama is your choice. There may be better people out there, but they certainly are not the republicans.

The Shortages under Bush came because of Natural Disaster combined With very High Demand. If the Same conditions existed right now Under Obama, the Same thing would happen, and Obama like Bush would not be able to do SHIT about it.

But I doubt you would blame him for it.

Those conditions have not only happened again, but they have been worse and we still have never seen the same we saw under bush. I live right in the middle of it and know.

No you are wrong honey. those Conditions included a Spike in Global Demand that has not been repeated to date, In fact at this Moment Global Demand is Way down, Which is why Prices are down as well.

Also, we have not had a Katrina Like Hurricane since then either.

So Both the Conditions I listed, Have not existed since then, and do not exist now,

But nice try.

 

[blackhawk]

I know a lot of people like to blame Obama for high gas prices, and how soon they forget the hell that was the goerge Bush years. After 9/11 gas prices shot up to 4 dollars a gallon repeatedly and for long periods. George was responsible for allowing the southeast to suffer over a month of 6-12 dollar gas in georgia, gas rationing in NC, and huge gas shortages in VA, northern florida, georgia, NC, SC, and AL.

For 3 weeks I litterally got up at 6 in the morning, went out and chased down gas trucks because by 8 the stations were sold out. NC limited you to 10 gallons per day. Georgia did not cap their gas prices during the shortage and saw some gas stations selling gas for 12 dollars a gallon. This was not the 1970s, this was around 2005. The reason? Supposedly for the first time in history a hurricane stopped gasoline production at refineries and for some reason they could not divert gas from anywhere else in the US to cover the shortage. The highways were never blocked or closed, despite thousands stranded on the the southern ease coast hunting for the rare gas station with gas so they could get out.For some reason, despite a number of hurricanes hitting the same areas far worse in the Obama years, that has never happened again.

Obama has reduced gas prices repeatedly during his time as president. Through strategic use of US oil reserves, and deals with places lie saudi arabia to increase oil production marked for the US, he has increased supply and lowered prices while they rose time and again. No president can declare oil prices at a certain level, but when he needed to he did what a president could do and increased supply through the methods he could do. For the Bush years we saw a steady rise in gas prices. The first time oil companies lowered gas prices was when they increased demands for hybrids and alternatives by choking the US on 4 dollar plus gas which george never did a thing to lower, and he even kept destroying supplies with foreign wars. George never encouraged alternative energy sources, and instead linked us as best as he could to the oil companies who despite supposed increases in costs continued to make record profits over and over again under his piss poor leadership. It is the same thing we can expect from his friend Mittens.

If you are concerned about oil prices, the US addiction to oil, and the corrupt oil companies destroying the US for their record profits then Obama is your choice. There may be better people out there, but they certainly are not the republicans.

Obama has nothing to do with the rise and fall of gas prices neither did Bush nor has any past President or will any future one. In 2008 gas prices soared up to 4 dollars a gallon by the time the election rolled around prices here had dropped to 1.35 a gallon after the election they started rising again got close to 4 dollars a gallon now there dropping again as the election nears.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Using the SPR only to replenish it later doesn't increase our supply.

Never said he opened it or talked about opening it to increase the supply the talk of opening it was to bring down gas prices.

If he really wants to bring down prices he should eliminate boutique blends and open up ANWR.
But he prefers higher prices, so he won't.

True but he doesn't want a sustaining drop he wants a temporary drop just long enough to get past the election.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

The idiocy is from the politically correct on any side that believes in using a president as a scape goat for high gas prices. America has no shortage of gasoline or oil and is one of the worlds biggest exporters of both products.

Deregulation of Wall Street and allowing it to gamble in the energy market is the problem. If people want to blame politicians blame the worthless congress for allowing it to go on.


Their is no fuel shortage in America and never was just like their was no shortage in the 70s when the energy cons held the tankers of shore to create higher gas prices.

Cons held tankers offshore to create higher prices?
Were these Cons democrats or Republicans?

 

[Moonglow]

falling oil prices would have nothing to do with increased OPEC production, Iraqi oil feilds now producing and increasing, increased oil production from Canada, US and Lybian Oil feilds now online. Naw.

 

[Harry Dresden]

While I appreciate the sentiment, the President has NOTHING to do with gas prices. Never has, never will ( unless we pass a price fixing law )

We cant blame him and neither can he take credit.

this shit seems to change from thread to thread......the righties will say Obama is responsible and the lefties will tell them what you said here....then you have the threads where the lefties are doing the same thing.....

 

[idb]

While I appreciate the sentiment, the President has NOTHING to do with gas prices. Never has, never will ( unless we pass a price fixing law )

We cant blame him and neither can he take credit.

this shit seems to change from thread to thread......the righties will say Obama is responsible and the lefties will tell them what you said here....then you have the threads where the lefties are doing the same thing.....

It's a hoot isn't it?
It's a bit like hanging onto your old clothes...you know that they'll come back into fashion again one day.

 

[Harry Dresden]

While I appreciate the sentiment, the President has NOTHING to do with gas prices. Never has, never will ( unless we pass a price fixing law )

We cant blame him and neither can he take credit.

this shit seems to change from thread to thread......the righties will say Obama is responsible and the lefties will tell them what you said here....then you have the threads where the lefties are doing the same thing.....

It's a hoot isn't it?
It's a bit like hanging onto your old clothes...you know that they'll come back into fashion again one day.

yea.....kinda like that.....