Remember when FOX blamed Obama for high gas prices?

[Statistikhengst]

OBAMAGAS prices up? 'ALL OBAMA's fault!'
OBAMAGAS prices down? 'OBAMA had nothing to do with it, he got lucky!!'


Here, let's take a look:

Fox News Resumes Perennial Gas Price Charade - YouTube

(3 minutes of FOX railing on high gas prices, blaming it all on Obama, the video won't load onto USMB, you need to click on the link)

On the left: Varnes bitching about high gas prices a couple of years back: it's all Obama's fault. On the right: Varnes saying that cheap gas prices hurt the economy. Priceless!

Fox gas prices 1b - YouTube
(another FOX montage, this video will also not load onto USMB, you need to click on the link))

But wait, here is how FOX treated high gas prices in 2008, under the Bush administration:



(not a word blaming Bush for high gas prices)

At: 1:05 "No president has the power to increase or to lower gas prices".

Yepp, that's what that guest on FOX said. It is DELIGHTFUL to hear all of the excuses that FOX makes for high gas prices, but how dare anyone blame Bush for high gas prices in 2008! Suddenly, in 2009, after January 20th, it was all Obama's fault!! Delightful.

Typical FOX OBAMAGAS graphic in the last years:

Though not from FOX, this delightful billboard from Arizona is worth mentioning:

And this billboard, too:

And another FOX screenshot:

Welch said that Obama should tap our gas reserves.

Didn't Varney say in a graphic above that LOW gas prices hurt our economy? But wait, he was also saying that HIGH gas prices hurt our economy, and of course, it was all Obama's fault:

And remember when FOX tried to scare us that gas would go up to $7 a gallon?

lol...

And of course, in an election year (2012):

Yes, FOX pulled out all the stops and even brought in it's SMARTEST people to talk about OBAMAGAS prices:

Actually, this is not all that new, for you see, before Obama, FOX tried to pin this on, unbelievably, Nancy Pelosi:

"DEMS PICKED NANCY PELOSI" refers to her taking the Speaker's Gavel in January, 2007. So, at the same time that FOX news was twisting itself into a pretzel in order to make sure that Bush, Jr., an oil man, would not get blamed for soaring gas prices in 2008, FOX instead turned to the Steel Magnolia from San Francisco to blame.

This website compares Tim Graham and Neil Cavuto's treatment of gas prices under Obama as opposed to under Bush really quite well:

MRC s Tim Graham and Neil Cavuto Compare Coverage of Gas Prices Bush vs. Obama on Fox News

This website also does it's own pictorial history of how FOX treated Bushgas prices and then OBAMAGAS prices:

A Pictorial History Of Gas Prices As Presented By Fox News News Corpse

But now that OBAMAGAS prices are WAY, WAY, WAY down, here is the kind of stuff we see on FOX:

As OBAMAGAS prices first began to fall, FOX went immediately into "the economy is slowing" mode...

"Why cheap gas isn't good".

Really? Tell that to the American driver.

In short, there are literally hundreds and hundreds of examples of FOX railing on the President for the cost of OBAMAGAS, the same FOX that protected Pres. Bush against any blame for high BUSHGAS prices in 2008.

Oh, and from YESTERDAY, Lou Dobb explains why OBAMAGAS is going down in price:

Why gas prices are falling On Air Videos Fox News
(the video is at the link)

00:40 "because, frankly, economies are slowing down across the world, specifically Europe, specifically China. As a result, less demand for oil, as a result..." (then interrupted by Bill O'Reilly)

1:52: (O'Reilly) "this makes the economy better... why...." (Dobbs "absolutely. Because you have greater production, cheaper fuel, which results in about $1,400 per household in extra disposable income. Remember, this is after tax - $1,400, and this is a big boost..." (O'Reilly)...... "a consumer driven economy, they (the people who are saving $1,400 a year on gas prices) are spending it in other places... and the entire economy lifts... so, Barack Obama, President Obama, he kind of lucked into this, didn't he?" (Dobbs "Uh, big time, and the result of fracking......."



So, there you have it: the President got lucky, that's all. But wait, Dobbs just said that lower OBAMAGAS prices are good for the economy. However, Neil Cavuto said in the same week that this is bad for the economy. Looks like the FOX-Coven needs to get it's story straight!!!

rightwinger - right up your alley!

 

[Freewill]

Memories are so beautiful and yet.................

Remember how the left wing said that Obama had nothing to do with gasoline prices, it was a magical time.

Remember how the left wing said that supply had nothing to do with prices?

You don't need to remember for them to say the same thing about the Keystone pipeline.

Of course a drop now and them saying it was Obama's fault they were high are two different things. Maybe this drop proves Obama was the cause for an artificially high price.

 

[USNavyVet]

I remember when gas prices were all that cowboy in the White House's fault according to the left. Ah partisanship at it's best.

 

[Statistikhengst]

I remember when gas prices were all that cowboy in the White House's fault according to the left. Ah partisanship at it's best.

Yepp, it's partisanship. And it's stupid. That is EXACTLY the point. That FOX changes the reasons for gas price rate hikes between BUSHGAS and OBAMAGAS is the point.

Thank you for supporting the OP.

 

[Wyatt earp]

All bore is on record remember saying he wished has prices were $4 bucks a gallon, Obama hates fracking and the keystone

 

[deltex1]

Memories are so beautiful and yet.................

Remember how the left wing said that Obama had nothing to do with gasoline prices, it was a magical time.

Remember how the left wing said that supply had nothing to do with prices?

You don't need to remember for them to say the same thing about the Keystone pipeline.

Of course a drop now and them saying it was Obama's fault they were high are two different things. Maybe this drop proves Obama was the cause for an artificially high price.

Stats left that part of the discussion out. I wonder why?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

GOP Congress brought down gas prices.

Thanks for that Tea Party gas

 

[mdk]

Those not driven by blind partisanship know that the President has very little to do with the actual price of gas. It is nothing more than a silly political football. Watching the party devout (on either side) change their opinion on gas prices every time it is not convenient to the narrative is at least entertaining.

 

[beagle9]

I remember when gas prices were all that cowboy in the White House's fault according to the left. Ah partisanship at it's best.

Yepp, it's partisanship. And it's stupid. That is EXACTLY the point. That FOX changes the reasons for gas price rate hikes between BUSHGAS and OBAMAGAS is the point.

Thank you for supporting the OP.

What it all proves is that the consumer is none other than a whipping post between the two, so as the battle between the two continues onward, so shall the grief and sorrows of the consumers and citizens in this nation.

 

[beagle9]

GOP Congress brought down gas prices.

Thanks for that Tea Party gas

I thought it was the Saudi's in order to slow American production and it's independence down ? I mean haven't we been on a quest to free ourselves from Saudi oil / the Middle East and/or OPEC from controlling us and our economy for quite sometime now?

 

[NYcarbineer]

OBAMAGAS prices up? 'ALL OBAMA's fault!'
OBAMAGAS prices down? 'OBAMA had nothing to do with it, he got lucky!!'


Here, let's take a look:

Fox News Resumes Perennial Gas Price Charade - YouTube

(3 minutes of FOX railing on high gas prices, blaming it all on Obama, the video won't load onto USMB, you need to click on the link)

On the left: Varnes bitching about high gas prices a couple of years back: it's all Obama's fault. On the right: Varnes saying that cheap gas prices hurt the economy. Priceless!

Fox gas prices 1b - YouTube
(another FOX montage, this video will also not load onto USMB, you need to click on the link))

But wait, here is how FOX treated high gas prices in 2008, under the Bush administration:



(not a word blaming Bush for high gas prices)

At: 1:05 "No president has the power to increase or to lower gas prices".

Yepp, that's what that guest on FOX said. It is DELIGHTFUL to hear all of the excuses that FOX makes for high gas prices, but how dare anyone blame Bush for high gas prices in 2008! Suddenly, in 2009, after January 20th, it was all Obama's fault!! Delightful.

Typical FOX OBAMAGAS graphic in the last years:

Though not from FOX, this delightful billboard from Arizona is worth mentioning:

And this billboard, too:

And another FOX screenshot:

Welch said that Obama should tap our gas reserves.

Didn't Varney say in a graphic above that LOW gas prices hurt our economy? But wait, he was also saying that HIGH gas prices hurt our economy, and of course, it was all Obama's fault:

And remember when FOX tried to scare us that gas would go up to $7 a gallon?

lol...

And of course, in an election year (2012):

Yes, FOX pulled out all the stops and even brought in it's SMARTEST people to talk about OBAMAGAS prices:

Actually, this is not all that new, for you see, before Obama, FOX tried to pin this on, unbelievably, Nancy Pelosi:

"DEMS PICKED NANCY PELOSI" refers to her taking the Speaker's Gavel in January, 2007. So, at the same time that FOX news was twisting itself into a pretzel in order to make sure that Bush, Jr., an oil man, would not get blamed for soaring gas prices in 2008, FOX instead turned to the Steel Magnolia from San Francisco to blame.

This website compares Tim Graham and Neil Cavuto's treatment of gas prices under Obama as opposed to under Bush really quite well:

MRC s Tim Graham and Neil Cavuto Compare Coverage of Gas Prices Bush vs. Obama on Fox News

This website also does it's own pictorial history of how FOX treated Bushgas prices and then OBAMAGAS prices:

A Pictorial History Of Gas Prices As Presented By Fox News News Corpse

But now that OBAMAGAS prices are WAY, WAY, WAY down, here is the kind of stuff we see on FOX:

As OBAMAGAS prices first began to fall, FOX went immediately into "the economy is slowing" mode...

"Why cheap gas isn't good".

Really? Tell that to the American driver.

In short, there are literally hundreds and hundreds of examples of FOX railing on the President for the cost of OBAMAGAS, the same FOX that protected Pres. Bush against any blame for high BUSHGAS prices in 2008.

Oh, and from YESTERDAY, Lou Dobb explains why OBAMAGAS is going down in price:

Why gas prices are falling On Air Videos Fox News
(the video is at the link)

00:40 "because, frankly, economies are slowing down across the world, specifically Europe, specifically China. As a result, less demand for oil, as a result..." (then interrupted by Bill O'Reilly)

1:52: (O'Reilly) "this makes the economy better... why...." (Dobbs "absolutely. Because you have greater production, cheaper fuel, which results in about $1,400 per household in extra disposable income. Remember, this is after tax - $1,400, and this is a big boost..." (O'Reilly)...... "a consumer driven economy, they (the people who are saving $1,400 a year on gas prices) are spending it in other places... and the entire economy lifts... so, Barack Obama, President Obama, he kind of lucked into this, didn't he?" (Dobbs "Uh, big time, and the result of fracking......."



So, there you have it: the President got lucky, that's all. But wait, Dobbs just said that lower OBAMAGAS prices are good for the economy. However, Neil Cavuto said in the same week that this is bad for the economy. Looks like the FOX-Coven needs to get it's story straight!!!

rightwinger - right up your alley!

Foxnews is the opiate of the rightwing masses.

 

[beagle9]

Those not driven by blind partisanship know that the President has very little to do with the actual price of gas. It is nothing more than a silly political football. Watching the party devout (on either side) change their opinion on gas prices every time it is not convenient to the narrative is at least entertaining.

Not entertaining but more of a shame that they have no more control as you say, towards the independence and freedom of this nation from the grips of another.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Memories are so beautiful and yet.................

Remember how the left wing said that Obama had nothing to do with gasoline prices, it was a magical time.

Remember how the left wing said that supply had nothing to do with prices?

You don't need to remember for them to say the same thing about the Keystone pipeline.

Of course a drop now and them saying it was Obama's fault they were high are two different things. Maybe this drop proves Obama was the cause for an artificially high price.

Stats left that part of the discussion out. I wonder why?

Because Republicans make this a political issue, not Democrats.

And instead of making this about ME as a person, why not focus yourself on the idea, like an adult would? hmmmm?

 

[deltex1]

Memories are so beautiful and yet.................

Remember how the left wing said that Obama had nothing to do with gasoline prices, it was a magical time.

Remember how the left wing said that supply had nothing to do with prices?

You don't need to remember for them to say the same thing about the Keystone pipeline.

Of course a drop now and them saying it was Obama's fault they were high are two different things. Maybe this drop proves Obama was the cause for an artificially high price.

Stats left that part of the discussion out. I wonder why?

Because Republicans make this a political issue, not Democrats.

And instead of making this about ME as a person, why not focus yourself on the idea, like an adult would? hmmmm?

Because YOU expressed only one half of YOUR "idea" ...try using your whole ass next time.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Low oil prices are starting to cause layoffs in the domestic oil patch.

Anyone willing to pay higher fuel/energy prices to keep those people working?

 

[deltex1]

Low oil prices are starting to cause layoffs in the domestic oil patch.

Anyone willing to pay higher fuel/energy prices to keep those people working?

No...let normal forces work...the pendulum will swing back soon enough. Meanwhile those poor bastards freezing their ass off in Minot can take a break in Miami...

 

[AvgGuyIA]

"My energy plan will necessarily mean higher gas prices". -- Barrack Fucking Obama. (Paraphrased)

He wanted skyrocket prices.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

All we can say for sure is Obama been in office for 6 years and only knows about what goes on in the world from reading the morning newspaper

 

[NYcarbineer]

It's quite an extraordinary case of derangement that causes rightwingers to turn good news into bad news and then blame their newly minted fake bad news on Obama.

 

[AvgGuyIA]

Low oil prices are starting to cause layoffs in the domestic oil patch.

Anyone willing to pay higher fuel/energy prices to keep those people working?

No. Let the free market work thru it.