Gas Prices Approaching $4 Per Gallon: Bad News for Obama?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/08/10 21:00:00

Related Topics: Barack Obama, Gas Prices, 2012 Election, Gas

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Associated Press:Analysts expect West Coast gas prices to rise beyond $4 a gallon after a fire knocked out a key section of one of the nation's largest oil refineries.

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Heisenberg 2012/08/10 14:51:01

No

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I don't blame Obama for the high gas prices but if a Republican was president you can bet almost every news outlet and entertainment source would be blaming the POTUS.
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harry 2012/08/12 13:55:44

No

I don't know about high gas prices being bad for Obama. But they are bad for me. The Oil Barons must be wallering in Orgasms. The Rich basterds on Wall Street and Oligarchs like Romney and his Koch Brothers cronies are infested with greeds disease. They strip mine wealth from hard working American Families.

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kevjon to harry 2012/08/13 18:41:19

You are a walking talking stupid liberal propaganda stooge.

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DavidK 2012/08/12 12:52:20

Yes

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The simple threat of Obama wanting to drill here would stabilize gas pricing. He won't do it.

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harry to DavidK 2012/08/12 14:03:36

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They could drill all the way to China. The Banksters and Oil Barons on Wall Street will come up with another reason to raise prices, so they can continue their strip mining of wealth project from hard working Middle Class Workers and their families. The Oligarchs are infected with Greeds Disease. There is no cure. Their addiction wiil never be able to fill their big deep holes.

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DavidK to harry 2012/08/12 21:06:11

oh, and your solution is?!?!?!?

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Frank to DavidK 2012/08/12 22:06:00

He doesn't have any......

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harry to DavidK 2012/08/13 02:12:55

regulate the hedge fund managers. Stop the giving of tax payer money to the Oil Barrons, invest in green energy.......The banksters need regulated. Bring back laws regarding monopolies. Enforce the Sherman Anti Trust Act.

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DavidK to harry 2012/08/13 04:06:09

so give our taxes to the "green energy" Barrons?

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harry to DavidK 2012/08/13 14:22:56

So, you are one that supports, " I got mine and screw you too." Way of thinking.

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DavidK to harry 2012/08/13 16:01:18

No, lets do for ALL Americans, NOT the liberal " I got mine and screw you too." way of thinking......

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Chris - The Rowdy One! #187 2012/08/12 12:05:42

No

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He could murder a random honkey on live TV and I am quite sure he would still win in Novemeber.

The nation has long passed the point of mass stupidity.

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iamnothere 2012/08/12 10:50:26

Yes

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I would pay 5 a gallon for three months to get that fascist out of the whithouse

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luigi1-... to iamnothere 2012/08/12 11:46:01

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Won't happen. The moochers now out number the working taxpayers.

The deadbeat majority will vote Obama back in.

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CUDDLY ... to luigi1-... 2012/08/12 13:55:46

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Then, we as a Nation, are done.

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iamnothere to luigi1-... 2012/08/12 16:29:28

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very scary that it could easily happen

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Character to luigi1-... 2012/08/12 17:45:49

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Yep, the Democrats have ensured that more voters receive free government assistance than pay their own way through life.

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zeldamaster17 2012/08/12 10:09:37

Yes

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It's not his fault but he's gonna get the rap for it by stupid people.

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luigi1-... to zeldama... 2012/08/12 11:43:29 (edited)

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Agree. The same way Bush got blamed after the Katrina refinery flooding in LA that sent gas prices spiraling.

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zeldama... to luigi1-... 2012/08/12 12:00:56

Well bush did a lot of bad things, so meh.

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MLor to luigi1-... 2012/08/12 14:45:05

Bush & his administration deserved the lashing they got for their lack of seriousness over Katrina, as well as the LA political corrupt machine. They all were told and no-one listened.

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Wolf 2012/08/12 08:32:57

No

That has been Comrade Obama's program and it is working ...the Public Sector and Welfare supporters do not care...only the private sector is impacted because they pay for the millionaires in the Public Sector and the Welfare recipients...

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BigFig#9 2012/08/12 07:57:10

Yes

But only minimally - With the gyrations we've seen I think most people have come to understand how little the Prez (or congress) can do and how much of these fluctuations is based on extraneous issues. While painful, higher gas prices today also assist us in positioning ourselves better for a future that will not support today's level of reliance on fossil fuels anyway.

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zeldama... to BigFig#9 2012/08/12 10:05:07

We're one of the last ones to convert to air/water/electric power. It's all about them making money man.

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BigFig#9 to zeldama... 2012/08/12 10:17:30

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Don't necessarily think it's a conspiracy to make profits but as a country we are SO OPPOSED to anything that looks like centrally controlled or planned strategic thinking that we end up with uncontrolled completely non strategic economy. We have a misplaced belief that the 'free markets' can adapt to and handle all our needs when in reality unregulated free markets ignore externalities and longer time horizons. To point this out in the US is to be asked to be mocked as a 'Socialist' - even though 85% of the population could not provide a working definition of what Socialism actually is.

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Character to BigFig#9 2012/08/12 18:01:21

Socialism is the government directing society by taxing at high levels and using that money to support whatever the government deems worth supporting - usually education through college and beyond, long paid vacations (3 months +), guaranteed jobs, health care, housing, military, infrastructure, arts, religion etc.

It's where the government supports society instead of voluntary donations.

Of course, it doesn't work because it eventually leads to decreased productivity and massive debt - e.g. Greece.

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BigFig#9 to Character 2012/08/13 18:17:55

Or Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Canada to some extent where socialist approaches have succeeded very well... You're a little mis-aligned on socialism which has very little to do with regulation and is more related to social (government) ownership of means of production. In a Social Democracy setting you see the democratic commitment to socialism in appropriate parts of the economy while other parts of the economy continue private. We will always (I hope) have a mixed economy and absolute Socialist systems do not succeed any more than an absolute Capitalist system will work. So the argument really isn't socialism vs capitalism but rather what degree of each.

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Character to BigFig#9 2012/08/14 01:38:13

The only "degree" necessary is to prevent monopolies and regulate industries where consumers have few choices.

Oh and If I recall correctly, Stockholm is declaring bankruptcy.... so much for it working in Sweden...

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BigFig#9 to Character 2012/08/14 04:26:01

Pretty sure you may be confused - See on the web that a Stockholm, CA may have gone BKO but can't see anything about the one in Sweden. Sweden works pretty well and between IKEA and Volvo and Ericsson iit's still a home to many fine capitalists.

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iamnothere to BigFig#9 2012/08/12 10:52:23

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This president has had a huge choice in policies that have restricted oil.. and coal. pretty well doing long term harm to the country forcing up energy prices and keeping this country in depression

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Character to BigFig#9 2012/08/12 17:47:39

Really? With over 50 cents a gallon in taxes, the government can't do anything? If the government really wanted to help a working stiff, they would drop the entire gas tax.

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Mountai... to BigFig#9 2012/08/12 20:53:47

"... better for a future that will not support today's level of reliance on fossil fuels anyway."

So, what will replace fossil fuels? Windmills? Solar batteries?

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brittneylalaa 2012/08/12 07:46:13

Yes

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Another Obama question. Can't say I'm surprised being its Sodahead.

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Don Leuty 2012/08/12 06:36:52

Yes

His inaction in the energy area is going to bite him in the butt.

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iamnothere to Don Leuty 2012/08/12 10:55:59

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he has been very very active on the energy front.. NO coal No oil from federal lands killing permits.. sucking away millions of acres of lands in the west back into the coffers of the dept of interior basically stealing the shale reserves in the west.. then giving billions to failed battery companies that have now been bought by the chinese.. billiions into failed solar

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Helene 2012/08/12 05:18:18

Yes

I sure hope so!

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RT 2012/08/12 05:00:44
zeldama... to RT 2012/08/12 10:07:13

Actually the cause of increasing gas prices is mostly some of Bush Jr.'s fault to tell you the truth, but just like everything else he started that obama couldn't fix (the fact that he couldn't, I suppose, could be considered his fault) Obama is being blamed for it.

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RT to zeldama... 2012/08/13 00:26:39
S* 2012/08/12 04:49:34

No

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He does not pay for his own gas, and he has little control over the price. It is a non event.

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DavidK to S* 2012/08/12 21:07:34

you must not own a TV or read a paper. Bet you don't own a car either.

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