Oil, or snake oil? More GOP bloviating on gas prices

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Ron Paul discussed gas prices with Jay Leno, arguing that the real problem isn’t drilling, but instead, the decreasing value of the dollar.

In response to Newt Gingrich’s campaign claim that he would lower gas prices to $2.50 per gallon, Paul said, “I can do it for a dime.”

The Texas congressman went on to explain that an old silver dime is currently worth about $4, which would get you a gallon of gas today. He used this metaphor to explain how inflation is the real reason prices have continued to increase.

Paul confirmed that the President cannot fix gas prices...




http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/03/newt-says-hell-give-us-2-50-gas-but-ron-paul-tells-jay-leno-i-can-do-it-for-a-dime/

 

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Newt Gingrich has pinned his presidential campaign's fading hopes on a promise to bring back $2.50 gas.


Michele Bachmann before him vowed $2-a-gallon gasoline.





http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/29/BUN71NDJQG.DTL#ixzz1pqFOI4Bp

 

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Newt Gingrich has pinned his presidential campaign's fading hopes on a promise to bring back $2.50 gas. Michele Bachmann before him vowed $2-a-gallon gasoline. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/29/BUN71NDJQG.DTL#ixzz1pqFOI4Bp

LOL, I see the people who blame Obama for high gas prices have nothing to say about the snake-oil salesman (and woman) on the Right...

 

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LOL, I see the people who blame Obama for high gas prices have nothing to say about the snake-oil salesman (and woman) on the Right...

where is onceler to chide you for bumping yet another one of your threads?

 

[Onceler]

Damn you, OP writer with weird board name - damn you for bumping this thread.

 

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nice sarcasm...i know \\\legion/// is a lefty so you will never truly call him out

lol

 

[Onceler]

I think you're actually the only one who frequently uses the "call him/her out" expression. It's so infantile.

What a boring schtick - really. Time for a new one.

 

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i see, but when you do it, it is not infantile

LOL

 

[Onceler]

LOL

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LOL, I see the Righties still have "no comment" on their party's promises of cheap gas.

Why is that?

 

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LOL, I see the Righties still have "no comment" on their party's promises of cheap gas.

Why is that?

maybe because this is your 3rd or 4th thread on the VERY SAME subject? it has been addressed numerous time before.

newt's promise might be possible. and are you really surprised by politicians making promises they can't keep?

 

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As they ruminate at the pump, Americans may have finally figured out the new global deal on gasoline: there's no magic bullet to bring prices down as long as the United States remains hooked on oil.

No matter how many billions of dollars oil companies rake in, the world market, not individual oil producers, sets the price of oil.

Likewise, there is little, if anything, U.S. presidents--or their political opponents--can do to ward off $4 per gallon gasoline.

The reality is that oil supply concerns in Iran, Nigeria, and other trouble spots married with heightened oil demand in China, India, and other burgeoning nations will largely determine what Americans pay for gasoline.

We can drill doggedly in our own backyards, but the price of gasoline will remain more a matter of speculation over externally-driven factors than tapping new sources of oil at home.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...susnwr201203220322gordonmar23,0,2315565.story