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Current Events => Political Ammunition => Topic started by: Chris_ on June 09, 2008, 12:53:21 PM
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Republicans Blame Democrats for 'A Nation of $4 Gasoline'
(CNSNews.com) - As expected, gasoline prices keep rising, and Republicans are placing the blame squarely on the Democrat-led Congress. Republicans apparently see "pain at the pump" as a key election issue.
As of Monday, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline stood at a record $4.00. The price has zoomed above $4.00 in a number of states.
"As a result of this dubious milestone, motorists will pay on average $1.67 more per gallon than they were when the 110th Congress began. This represents a 71 percent increase during Nancy Pelosi's speakership," said Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Republican Conference.
Putnam said on the Democrats' watch, "America has become a nation of $4 gasoline. This expensive milestone arrives two years removed from an endless stream of assurances by Democrat leaders that they had their hands on a 'commonsense plan' to lower gas prices," Putnam said Sunday in a news release.
MORE (http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200806/POL20080609a.html)
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Good. I hope that gets traction in the media beyond CNSNews.
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Good. I hope that gets traction in the media beyond CNSNews.
Id like to see it go further, But it wont -- Ive actually looked in vain for a radio commercial the DNC pushed in ramp-up to the 2006 elections that suggested that the gas prices then were too high, and a Democrat-led congress was needed to fix it. Its as if that commercial never existed.
It ran something like this..
You can see it everytime you open a newspaper (sound of paper rustling)
You can feel it everytime you fill up your tank (Gas pump sound effects)
George Bush and the Republicans in Congress are making a mess.
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y5/freedumb2003/mogaschartkp6.gif)
Repeat it far and wide
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Here's what the Dems were peddling in 2006 -
http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/05/new_rnc_web_ad.php
http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/05/republicans_ign.php
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y5/freedumb2003/mogaschartkp6.gif)
Repeat it far and wide
And this one:
(http://www.badblue.com/temp/061112-oil3.jpg)
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y5/freedumb2003/mogaschartkp6.gif)
Repeat it far and wide
And this one (though inland areas like North Dakota need to be added):
(http://www.badblue.com/temp/061112-oil3.jpg)