And along with the conservative whine-fest comes the obligatory blame game, which means all fingers pointed directly at the black guy occupying the White House. Because just like everything else bad that happens in America, high gas prices are all President Obama’s fault.
Conservatives blamed his energy policies and the thumbing of his nose at the “drill baby drill” charade that was started by half-term governor, full-term idiot Sarah Palin during the 2008 election campaign, and then continued after that, as gas prices rose. Why would President Obama not want to tear up our national parks and allow for the drilling of oil? Who really cares if a few trees get knocked over or if some scenic areas became defaced during the process, right?
At any rate, “drill baby drill” has thankfully not occurred, and whatever President Obama’s energy policies may be (I bet most conservatives cannot accurately define what those policies are), a funny thing has taken place: Gas prices are falling, and may continue to fall.
Why? Because of the capitalistic staple known as “supply and demand”, otherwise known as “market forces.” Right now, supply is higher than demand, so prices are falling. This is Economics 101 stuff.
But since conservatives were blaming President Obama for high gas prices, now they must find a way to spin the lower prices to make him look bad. One way to do so would be to suggest that lower prices at the tank would hurt the economy, as Fox News did this week. This concern trolling by the Fox gasbags runs contrary to all of the bellowing they did about high gas prices hurting the economy, back when prices were high. Either way, the President can’t win, can he?
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