A Free Pass for President Obama by the MSM

Gas prices. You hate them. They are now higher than ever. So why isn't the media talking about it? During the last administration, it seemed they all they reported day after day was high gas prices and the number of troops being killed each day. President Bush was blamed for both.

Now Obama's supporters are trying to spin the facts by say they were as high or higher during Bush's two terms. That is a LIE!

Looking back, I would much rather have the Bush Administration's gas prices! If a picture is worth a thousand words, I could end this blog with this one picture: (but I won't)

Source: startthinkingright.wordpress.com

FACTS: (source: biggovernement.com)

On January 19, 2009, the day before Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States, gas prices were $1.84 per gallon. As of February 20, 2012 a gallon of gas cost $3.59.

“Offshore drilling permits are being issued at less than half the rate of the previous administration.  The average number of leases issued on public lands is less than half than during President Clinton’s term.” -Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson

Obama’s own 2008 campaign rallies actually cheered higher gas prices because they would “force us to think about changing the culture to create more emphasis on mass transportation.”  Following the sustained applause, then candidate-Obama proceeded to laud Europe for its rail system.

Try as he might, President Obama’s campaign will try to distance themselves from the fact that a central pillar of Mr. Obama’s 2008 campaign was a pledge to reduce the “pain at the pump” caused by high gas prices.  However, videos such as the one below reveal the extent to which Mr. Obama promised that, if elected, he would bring down the cost of gas for “everyday Americans.”

Missing no opportunity to invoke class warfare, Mr. Obama said: “For the well-off in this country, high gas prices are mostly an annoyance.  But to most Americans, they are a huge problem, bordering on a crisis.  Here in Indiana, gas costs $3.60 a gallon.”


So why the blatant double standard? You decide.

Oh, did I mention the Keystone Pipeline?