GOP candidate Michele Bachmann: I'll bring back $2 gas

[barb162]

CNNMoney

6:04 a.m. CDT, August 18, 2011
President Michele Bachmann has a promise: $2 gas.

“Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again,“ Bachmann told a crowd Tuesday in South Carolina. “That will happen.“

Sure, politicians promise all kinds of things on the campaign trail. But Bachmann, a leading contender for the 2012 Republican nomination, is wading into truly tricky territory.

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Bachmann did not lay out a specific plan to drop prices on Tuesday. But her campaign website says that as president, she would ease restrictions on drilling and roll back federal regulations on the shale gas industry.

While increased oil and gas drilling in the United States may create good-paying jobs, reduce reliance on foreign oil and lower the trade deficit, it would have little impact on gas and oil prices.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-gop-candidate-michelle-bachmann-ill-bring-back-2-gas-20110818,0,3724097.story

If she says it, it must be true. :)
(I'm wondering if she would invade KSA too)

[shraby]

1. She apparently doesn't know that the oil from here, goes on

the global market.

[sakabatou]

3. Maybe she thinks the internet is full of tubes too...

[sakabatou]

2. She's still repeating that BS?

[MatthewStLouis]

4. Then she said, "give me a couple bucks and pull my finger!"

Hee hee...sorry if that was crass.

[DCKit]

5. Why not shoot for the moon?

I remember when gas in SC was $0.85... during the Clinton administration.

[rurallib]

6. {{ god whispered it into her ear }}

shhh!
wait til you hear what he told next.

[DCKit]

12. WHY they had to adopt?

[ben_thayer]

7. And the average American will be able to

afford a whole gallon per month!

yippee

[BlueState]

8. Can I have a pony?

[barb162]

11. Certainly

and I'll give gasoline to you for a dollar. Can I be president now?

[golfguru]

9. And bring back soup lines, $500 gold & SPX below 666 n/t

[springstreetbooks]

10. 2 dollar gas!

How can I not vote for her....

[roamer65]

13. ...and 50% unemployment as well.