Six years ago gas was about 1.40 a gallon

[rpannier]

That was Clinton's fault because he lacked leadership on such an important issue.
Now it's about 3.00 a gallon and it's the Democrats fault because we didn't support drilling in the ANWR.

It's amazing how it's never scrubs fault.

[MadMaddie]

1. Yup....no ownership of fucking up from this Administration......

[benburch]

2. In Spring of 1999 I was paying 99.8 cents per gallon...

and that was Amoco gas... Not "Price Rite".

[gatorboy]

7. I remember 87 cent gas during Clinton.

...87 cent gas.....

And they despise him why again....?

[JackintheGreen]

11. Cheap gas and blowjobs

Isn't that reaosn enough?

[AX10]

3. Spring 2000: $1.35 a gallon....

Spring 2006: $3.06 a gallon

That's quite jump for JUST six years.

[rurallib]

4. You forgot the refineries that we've stopped from being built

When did the big mergers take place to get the number of oil companies down to a size where they can meet around a card table? Weren't the mergers during shrubeenies term?

[babylonsister]

5. And what was the deficit in 2000, pre-blivet? nt

[Ecumenist]

6. I will go out on a limb and state that 85% of the American

public doesn't buy their line. That's why the polls are showing that most of the country wants to vote for Democrats this time around.

[Lerkfish]

8. bush campaigned: "I know the guys who run the pumps! I can get cheaper

gas"

at least, that's my recollection.

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. Six years ago global demand for oil was nearly 10M bbl/day LOWER, too.

Not to mention that several major oil provinces that are now acknowledged as being in decline were right at or near peak. So, lower demand + more excess capacity = lower prices; makes perfect sense.

I loathe George W Bush, but blaming him for high gas prices is just idiotic; there are much more obvious reasons for the increase (as noted, increased demand, plus strained refinery capacity and limited availability of grades of crude oil usable by US refineries, etc), we'd probably be seeing current price levels no matter WHO was president. (Although I will concede that some degree of price volatility is probably due to Bush's military adventurism and sabre-rattling.)

[rpannier]

16. I'm not disputing what you say

But I find it interesting (and aggravating) that everything that goes bad is OUR fault no matter what it is. But, they will take credit for every good thing that comes along.
They spent the 90's giving reagan and bush credit for the economy, but come 2001-2 that was Clinton's fault.
The high price of oil, which scrubbie assured us would NEVER happen while he was president is once again "The fault of the Democratic Party."

[Democrats_win]

10. March 2004, price reached $1.79. It was an outrageous price then.

That IMHO was the official end of inexpensive gas. Christmas 2002, it was 1.31. Basically Bush stole my comment that this is a tax. He doesn't acknowledge that it was levied by the Republican party.

[tabasco]

12. Republicans live in the no-responsibility zone.

They never accept responsibility for a damn thing.

They operate more like a mafia gang than a political party.

[kcass1954]

13. In the fall of 2000, I had 2 job offers at great companies with

comparable benefits. I turned down the higher-paying one based solely on the fact that it was 35 miles each way and I had no intention of spending $120 a month on gas. I make less money where I am, but you just can't beat that 7-mile drive.

[B Calm]

14. I remember when gas spiked under President Clinton and...

I remember when gas spiked to a 1.29 a gallon under President Clinton. The right-wing loonies went crazy. Clinton has no energy plan, Clinton closed down refineries, blah blah blah. All the time easly forgetting that congress was occupied by a republican majority during Clinton's term.

Then President Chuckle-nuts Bush got into office and the right-wing loonies were saying watch the price of gas go down now, now that we have a Texas Oil President!!

You would think they have to be feeling pretty damn stupid by now..

[Neil Lisst]

15. the average price of gasoline in 2002 was $1.35 a gallon in the USA

[JCMach1]

17. Under Clinton, gas was as low as .89 in Oklahoma

:(

[no_hypocrisy]

18. July 2003 hi-test was $1.49. August 2003 it was $1.69.

Winter 1999, it was $1.08. Northern New Jersey