Dean: "It's time for the President to step up" call on his oil cronies.

[madfloridian]

Americans Are Doing Their Part, Time for Bush's Oil Cronies to Do Their Part, Says DNC

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee:

This morning, President Bush told Diane Sawyer on ABC's Good Morning America that to ease skyrocketing gas prices Americans "oughtta conserve more and I would hope Americans conserve if given the choice."(ABC, Good Morning America, 9/1/05)

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement reminding President Bush that in case he hadn't noticed, ordinary Americans have been doing their part. They have been making sacrifices, they have been suffering. Meanwhile President Bush has failed to rein in skyrocketing gas prices. Now, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, as Americans pull together to do their part, and gas prices again explode, Chairman Dean suggested that perhaps it's time for President Bush to finally use whatever influence he may have to call on his friends and campaign contributors in the oil and gas industry to bear their fair share of the burden:

"Under the Bush Presidency over the past five years we've seen skyrocketing gas prices and oil companies reaping record profits, while ordinary Americans struggle to pay their bills -- yet the President has seemingly looked the other way. Americans are always willing to shoulder their fair share of the burden, and they have been. Now it's time for the President to step up and put the needs of the American people ahead of profits for his pals in Big Oil. So while he's asking ordinary Americans to do more, he ought to show some real leadership, and call on his friends in Big Oil to join in the sacrifice and stop gouging American families at the gas pump."


http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=52439

[bluetuesday]

1. oil buddies

Sorry their too busy adjusting prices~(upward)

[tridim]

3. ..and counting all their profits

Fascism is here until we revolt.

[PatrioticLeftie]

2. Glad to see

Dean's not backing down

[bluetuesday]

5. Dean

What is he saying?

[Sanity Claws]

4. Go Dean Go

It's about time someone spoke up about this.

[Arkana]

6. Exactly what Dean should have said. Well said, Doctor.

[Panda1]

7. Go Dean!

But Chimpy won't do it.
Not unless they decide it might "look" better.

[madfloridian]

8. At least Reuters picked up on it in its global news.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=globalNews&storyID=2005-09-01T232415Z_01_DIT140857_RTRUKOC_0_US-WEATHER-BUSH.xml

Asked in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" if U.S. oil companies should forfeit profits during the crisis, Bush said instead American corporations should contribute cash to hurricane relief funds.

Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, seized on that comment. He said that while Bush was "asking ordinary Americans to do more, he ought to show some real leadership, and call on his friends in Big Oil to join in the sacrifice and stop gouging American families at the gas pump."

[hippiechick]

12. Right, 'corporations to donate cash'

... that they will then take ginormous write off's on next year at tax time ... in addition to the 'thank you' tax breaks they'll get from Georgie Porgie, no doubt ...

Grrr. :mad:

[Cha]

13. That was definetly

the crux of the matter.

bush just showed how much he cares that Americans are being screwed royally by his oil buddies.

Good! Dean and Clark are talking about .."Where is the Leadership?"

[texpatriot2004]

9. Thank you Dr. Howard Dean. Well said! Thank you! n/t

[Dr Fate]

10. Say it on TV Dean. Say it ON TV.

n/t

[Mass]

11. Great post - I am happy to see he is doing that.

[European Socialist]

14. Glad he said that-but it should have been two months ago- before the ...

Energy Bill giveaway to big oil.