Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) Takes Credit For America’s Low Gas Prices

[big_dog]

Source: The Raw Story

Outtgoing Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R) took to social media to congratulate herself for bringing the price of gas down under two dollars per gallon. The erstwhile 2012 presidential contender posted a photo of herself standing under a gasoline station’s pricing sign on Friday via the social medium Twitter. She captioned the image “$2 gas, anyone?”

Bachmann was referring to a campaign promise from her failed run at the presidency in which she vowed to bring gas prices back down under two dollars per gallon. “Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again,” Bachmann said at a rally. “That will happen.” Now, gas prices have tumbled, which Bachmann is more than happy to take credit for, in spite of the fact that she lost her bid for the GOP nomination in 2012, let alone the presidency.

A column at the far-right conspiracy theory website World Net Daily claimed Friday that Bachmann is getting the “last laugh at her critics.” “Back in December, Mark Finkelstein of Newsbusters also noticed that gas prices were edging closer and closer to the $2 mark and recalled the mainstream media, or MSM, mockery of Bachmann,” wrote WND’s Drew Zahn.

Conservative writer Mollie Hemingway tweeted: However, energy analysts say that the real reason gas is cheap in the U.S. right now is largely due to a simple increase in supply and decrease in demand. In response to the flood of shale oil from U.S. and Canadian tar sands operations, Middle Eastern oil nations like Saudi Arabia have glutted the market with cheap oil in order to offset their losses as oil prices fall. According to the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute’s Michael Sivak, “The reductions in these rates likely reflect fundamental, non-economic changes in society, such as increased telecommuting, increased use of public transportation, increased urbanization of the population, and changes in the age composition of drivers.”



Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/michele-bachmann-takes-credit-on-twitter-for-americas-low-gas-prices/

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[cosmicone]

1. She singleassedly produces more methane than Qatar

no wonder gas prices are low.

[big_dog]

2. have another corndog michelle!

and a not-so happy retirement...

[olddad56]

5. nicest photo I have ever seen or Michelle

[PeoViejo]

10. ..and then there's her secret Tryst....

[big_dog]

12. Mrs Robinson!

[gerogie2]

3. Everytime I see Michele Bachmann I think of...

the song & music video 'cRaZy' by Aerosmith.

[Plucketeer]

4. That she's a RUBE

is without question. The real mystery is how she kept getting elected. What IS in the water up there???

[Odin2005]

7. We Minnesotans wonder that all the time.

I think retired rich fucks with lake homes in the NW part of her district is part of it. Another part of it might be social conservatives escaping the Twin Cities for "family friendly" and "wholesome" exurban small towns.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. The twit's real base is and now was the

Mega Churches in Brooklyn Park. Understand were you are coming from with the Lakes area,but,were the big votes for this twit came from are the Brooklyn Park Osseo Anoka areas. Those two Mega Churches gave dimwit over seventy Thousand votes. In 2016 there should be a chance to reclaim this district just by the major population dynamics that are taking place in MN 6. Emmer will do the same shit as Bachmann. With Jesse Ventura's group out of the picture,Emmer won't be able to hold this seat. We lost this district do to DFL central committee going tone deft on us.

[the_sly_pig]

8. If you look at the shape of the 6th....

You'll understand why.

[Odin2005]

6. This woman cannot into logic.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

11. Perfect. She can take full credit for killing fracking.

We can have the benefits of no fracking and pipeline companies going out of business, and she can take credit for the move, which will be really popular with her republican pals.

But before I get too excited, what exactly did Prairie Palin do to singlehandedly bring down gas prices?

[Thor_MN]

13. Did she "author" one piece of legislation that ever made it out of committee?

She has been an embarrassment for Minnesota for too long.

[Enrique]

14. she must think she won the presidency

maybe that's why she resigned from her seat, so she could serve as president.