Do You Know What It Cost To Fill Up My Tank? - Goddamn You Bill Clinton

[lame54]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

During MSNBC’s coverage of Barack Obama’s economic speech today in North Carolina, Nora O’Donnell spoke with Blackburn about Obama’s criticism of the disastrous Bush/McCain policies and on the topic of high gas prices, Marsha did what any good Republican would do — Blame Bill Clinton:

“…People are concerned about the economy and they’re concerned about gas prices, and in ‘95 it was President Clinton who vetoed drilling in Anwar. If he had not done that, we would be seeing more gas in the pipeline right now. So this is an issue I think that’s tailor made for John McCain.”

Oy. Where to begin? The ANWR myth has been debunked, but Marsha wasn’t about to let those pesky facts get in the way. Besides, it’s much better to blame Bill Clinton than take responsibility for your own party’s failures, right?

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. And of course,

we certainly want a pipeline that we depend on that can be taken offline with one rifle bullet. STFU Marsha.

[baldguy]

2. If Clinton had allowed ANWR to be drilled in '95

It would be tapped out by now.

[JerseygirlCT]

11. At a savings of what - pennies per gallon for a few years?

And at a horrible, permanent cost.

That fits right in of course with the gang willing to finance tax cuts for the rich and an immoral war in Iraq with their grandchildren's money...

[gasperc]

3. yes, 1% of Alaska will have saved us

the logic is impenitrable

[sam sarrha]

4. cant blame bill for this one, it's still all Jimmy Carters fault

[NewJeffCT]

5. I'm sure O'Donnell gave her a tough time over this, too, right?

:sarcasm:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Yes, those $0.90 a gallon prices were sure a killer in Clinton's second term. nt

[spanone]

7. ms blackburn is a worthless republican hack.she also didn't report 400,000 in campaign financing

....did nora ask her about that?

[lazyriver]

8. If the 'pukes want to blame past presidents for gas prices,

they need to start with Reagan and all his hard work dismantling Carter's energy plan. Dopes.

[elizfeelinggreat]

9. Was Rep Blackburn

elected by people as ignorant as she is? I wonder how they would feel if they knew they were supporting someone who used such a specious argument.

[JerseygirlCT]

10. Yup. They've been trying on Clinton, and Carter...

I imagine they'll steer clear of Kennedy right now, lol.

They can try it - but I don't think anyone is really buying. Most people were better off during the Clinton years, and it's really only those of us of a certain age who remember Carter as anything but the guy busy doing all sorts of charitable and peace work...

[krispos42]

12. Yeah, the Repubs tried to stem our gasoline consumption

Look at how they raised the CAFE standard by ½ mpg every year for all 12 years they had Congress, and removed the tax credit for buying an SUV. But DAMN BILL CLINTON, he wouldn't allow drilling in ANWAR so we could increase world oil output by a single percentage point!

After all, there's NO WAY that OPEC would drop their pumping slightly to compensate, right?

[SeaLyons]

13. Oh hell, blame the Clintons for every wrong there is....

what's new??

[leftofcool]

14. Only God gets blamed more than the Clintons..........

I think they are in pretty good company

[SeaLyons]

15. ...

:hug: