Bush blames Congress for not acting on gas prices

[mzmolly]

WASHINGTON - President Bush, on a campaign to open offshore waters to oil drilling, said Wednesday that the Democratic-run Congress was letting down the American people by refusing to allow votes on the matter.
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The president again pinned the prospect of oil drilling off the coastline — considered a long-term energy solution — to today's high gas prices for consumers.

"The American people are rightly frustrated by the failure of the Democratic leaders in Congress to enact commonsense solutions," the president said.

Bush acknowledged that development of oil resources in waters off the coastlines, an area known as the Outer Continental Shelf, would take time. But he said that only creates more urgency for Congress to lift its legislative ban on drilling in these protected waters before lawmakers leave Washington for summer break.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_energy_1;_ylt=AsSNYZGYJYo.qOgfb2b0cV6MwfIE">AP/YAHOO

Absolutely disgusting.

[JaneQPublic]

1. The GOP model of leadership: Pass the Buck and Grab the Credit (nt)

[mzmolly]

3. Yes indeed. And we have to do a better job of fighting the BS on this.

:(

[Skidmore]

2. But, but, but.....

I thought the free market was working. Market forces shape this. You mean the Rs were lying??????

[mzmolly]

4. Excellent point. The "Free Market" is gouging us so Republicans can blame Democrats

for the inflated prices we knew would be a result of the war in Iraq. :crazy:

[mzmolly]

5. .

is this a dup?

[Maine-ah]

6. fer christs sake W didn't even know what gas prices were

when asked during a press conference 2 effing weeks ago.

[mzmolly]

8. Ah, this I did not know. We need to hammer on this point as I fear we're losing the battle of public

perception on this.

Remember the tax breaks for SUV owners a while back passed by the Republican congress?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Hybrid/Story?id=97505&page=1

[nc4bo]

7. I just hope they don't cave on the OSD issue........

keep repeating USE it or LOSE it. Ask some questions like; Why isn't BO drilling on those 68 million acres already? You know, stuff like that.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. Other questions need to be asked as well

Like what Bush has been doing for the past 8 years about energy policy? What was REALLY discussed during Cheney's secretive "energy task force"? Why have big oil companies been doing such a lousy job maintaining the efficiency of their facilities? Last I heard most refineries are not operating at full capacity and many are in need of maintenance that they are apparently not getting. Of course, sadly, for Bush, McCain, et. al it seems to be easier for them to simply blame Democrats for all of the country's programs despite their nearly unchecked control of the country (and supposedly its energy policies) for the past 8 years and attempt to force them into submission to whatever they want to do (which in this case is drilling for more oil instead of coming up with some new and, more importantly, sustainable solutions).

[mzmolly]

10. All excellent points.

Time to put pressure more pressure on Cheney for those secret meetings.