Bush says he had gas price solution

Hammered again by Democrats over rising gasoline prices, President Bush said Wednesday he had foreseen the run-up three years ago and offered a solution, only to be thwarted by those criticizing him now.
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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/20/MNGAG6OMR41.DTL

It brings tears to your eyes, doesn't it? He's President, and his party controls Congress, but he hasn't acted on his brilliant idea to keep gas prices low -- because he was criticized. :evilgrin:

and yet now that prices are roughly 2 bucks, it's not his fault? God this guy is incompetence personified.

Bush said he knew the oil bidness and would "jawbone" the prices down. Has this fucker ever succeeded at anything? Just askin'.

and he's succeeded ruining the economy, increasing pollution, undercutting American's civil rights, increasing poverty and homelessness - lots of 'successes for chimpy.

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We'd All Love to see the Plan

:hippie:

"invade Iraq and take their oil...." "Oh and get them damn terraists"...

The largest protests in history didn't stop him, but Democratic criticism did... hmmm... I smell a liar.

But the truth is that he was counting on controlling Iraqi oil before the country blew up in his incompetent face.

"Bush said if his plan, which calls for drilling in part of the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, had been enacted, "an additional million barrels of oil (per day) would have been coming out of that part of the world, which would obviously have a positive impact for today's consumers."

Gee, I think that not only is this a "best case" scenario, but also the realistic estimates were that the total amount of oil would only sustain us for a relatively short period, and also that even in drilling had been allowed to proceed that the oil would probably not be making it to the pumps yet, and also that 1/80th of the world market of oil would have little if any impact on price!

If we had started working ANWR for oil in 2001, we could expect the first barrels of crude to come down the west coast of Canada in about, oh, 2009 or more like 2011.

Is the oil man squatting in the White House that stupid and uninformed about his industry, or does he think we are? Either way, his mere presence in DC is an insult of national proportions.

that stupid and uninformed about his industry, or does he think we are? YES and YES.

those in the know predicted it would be like 5-10 years before oil would be flowing. It's not worth destroy a pristine wilderness just for oil. Where's the government's investments in alternatives to fossil fuels. Common sense says that the oil spigot will eventually run dry.

What a moron. The only people that buy Bush's lies now are his shrinking base.

Heck, we are occupying Iraq, a country sitting on some of the largest oil fields in the world, and we still can't get fuel prices down. And this piece of trash president thinks that drilling in ANWR would solve the cost problem? Unbelievable.

"And this piece of trash president thinks that drilling in ANWR would solve the cost problem?"

He has to place the blame somewhere because it's never his fault, and the Dems are the perfect scapegoat, since they opposed drilling in ANWR.

Thats some spendy crude, I'm sure that'll lower the price.

But I forgot what it was-

he is trying to 'push' something out........

call it praying.

It always makes me laugh when they do that, they all look like they're trying to pass a big load. I guess it's cause they're so full of shit?

. . . in your case, a first and only time :D

What a chickenhawk wanker.

working beautifully,
dp

horse hockey.

those pesky Irak-ees don't know their place and keep ka-blamming Dumbya's oil lines.

The Rove Puppet delivers another moronic lie.

Im so sick of this smirking asshole and his excuses, CYA, "buck stops over there" way of leadership....

Maybe when enough Hummer drivers complain about gas, he will do something.

and selling it to China is going to help reduce our gas prices. Color me confused.

You know, the one that speeded up depreciation so that you could write off up to $75,000 of the cost of your new H2 if you used it for your business?

All part of the Bush Master Energy Strategy, I'm sure.

Another rhetorical pantload from the Simian Dauphin.

He will be going away soon -- not soon enough, mind you -- and we can focus on giving the White House a good scrubbing.

and talk with God?
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President Discusses Iraq, Economy, Gas Prices in Cabinet Meeting
Remarks by the President After Cabinet Meeting
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I am concerned about the price of gasoline at the pump. I fully understand how that affects American consumers, how it crimps the budgets of moms and dads who are trying to provide for their families, how it affects the truck driver, how it affects the small business owner.
I anticipated this three years ago. I asked my team to put together a strategy to make us less dependent upon foreign sources of energy. I submitted that plan to the United States Congress. Now we want people to have it both ways, just like they've tried to have it both ways over the last couple of years. On the one hand, they decry the price at the pump, and on the other hand, they won't do anything about it. They won't take action. Congress needs to pass the energy plan.
We had a very interesting discussion about capacity. For example, had ANWR been passed -- had it not been vetoed in the past, we anticipate an additional million barrels of oil would have been coming out of that part of the world, which would obviously have a positive impact for today's consumers.
And so it's time for some action here to get us less dependent. They need to pass that which I have submitted to Congress, so this country will become less dependent on foreign sources of energy.
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/05/20040519-4.html

"Hey, guys, let's all gouge the public on gas, and roll over some of our profits into the Republican coffers in '04!"

Especially during a press conference. That would create enough energy to power California for a year.

Why doesn't the USA promise to turn-over Bush (both papa and junior) along with Richard Perle, Feith, Cheney to Iraq after we leave. We can even throw in Ashcroft, Ridge and Mueller as a 'good faith' gesture. Might as well turn over the whole bunch that operated that Office of Special Plans, they provided the false intelligence that lead to the war. This should please the world and we in the USA get our dignity back, along with a world thats with us again.

Edit: Hey I forgot Rumsfield

Sniff... I've got a plan, but you're being mean to me, and you won't play nice! So I'm not gonna show it to ya until I get to play the game MY WAY! Ha! Sniff...

year's rise to $6.... it would have been $2 in 2002 with this idiot's "solution"

do not stop running your mouth.....

Puhleeze...

n/t

Or maybe five letters, beginning with S, ending with A?

Or .. wherever else his bored and baneful eye shall fall when he craves some new playful distraction?