Clinton campaigns against Democrats on gas prices

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Clinton campaigns against Democrats on gas prices

Clinton campaigns against Democrats on gas prices

by MBNYC
Thu May 01, 2008 at 08:26:28 PM PDT

Triangulation is alive and well, it seems. Hillary Clinton, descending ever deeper into the grotesque, today called out the Congress, the body of which she is a member and that is controlled by her party, to do something about gas prices.
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"I believe it would be important to get every member of Congress on record," she said, per NBC/NJ's MIke Memoli. "Do they stand with the hard-pressed Americans who are trying to pay their gas bills at the gas station or do they once again stand with the oil companies? That's a vote I'm going to try to get, because I want to know where people stand, and I want them to tell us - are they with us or against us when it comes to taking on the oil companies?"

"Once again standing with the oil companies against us"? Is she high? >>>

MBNYC's diary :: ::

Now, we all know that suspending the gas tax isn't going to do much to save consumers money. At least, so say The New York Times, The Washington Post, Michael Bloomberg, top economists and the governor of New York. Even the Wall Street Journal editorial page, never averse to any tax cut no matter how idiotic, say this "smacks of poll-driven gimmickry".

Significantly, many Members of Congress are also opposed.

No, rephrase: many Democratic Members of Congress, the same Members who are going to be on the ballot in November.

Game this through for a moment: Hillary is demanding that legislators of her party align themselves with her on an issue that her Democratic opponent opposes and her republican opponent favors. Let's assume that Democrats in Congress oppose this idea; the New York Times notes broad opposition among legislators. However, in the Senate, Hillary is going to get that vote she wants.

Why?

Because Jon Kyl and Mel Martinez - both republicans - have introduced legislation to enact a gas tax holiday. In the known history of the universe, no republican has ever voted against a tax cut. So what happens to the Democratic legislators that oppose this republican bill?

Easy. They get attack ads that contain the phrase "even liberal atheist Hillary Clinton supported tax relief for car owners. Commie Democrat voted against what even Marxist Babykiller Hillary Socialist Clinton supported. - just too liberal for ."

Forget the abject stupidity involved in Hillary once again validating the quintessentially republican frame that the best cure for whatever ails America is always and regardless of circumstances a tax cut. Forget that Democrats are supposed to support policy that actually works. Forget even that in Hillaryworld, when it's us versus them, "them" means Democratic Members of Congress who are, drumroll, siding with the oil companies, because that's not political poison or anything like that.

Just think that Hillary, to score a point in a Democratic primary against a Democrat, just handed the other side yet another campaign issue - on top of Wright, Ayers, bitter, god, and guns.

Way to go, Hillary. You are awesome.

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