House Repubs send out email boasting lower gas prices, quote Katie Couric

[sabra]

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/09/falling_gas_pri.html#more

Here’s the House release which riffs off a comment CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric made on last night’s program:

COURIC: "IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT THE PRICE OF GASOLINE JUST KEEPS DROPPING"

September 13, 2006

Katie Couric, the new anchor for the CBS Evening News, had this to say about plummeting gasoline prices last night:

"It's hard to believe, but the price of gasoline just keeps dropping. Nationwide it now averages $2.62 cents a gallon. That's down 42 cents in the past five weeks."

...

House Republicans have worked hard on common sense energy solutions to help American families feeling extra pressure at the gas pump. And welcome news has greeted consumers all over the country over the last few weeks, with drastic declines in gasoline prices providing relief from high prices. According to yesterday's USA Today:

"Gasoline prices continue to tumble, almost free-falling toward levels not seen in five months.
"The nationwide average for regular was $2.618 a gallon, the Energy Information Administration reported Monday. That was 10.9 cents lower than a week earlier.

...

Even as chronically negligent Capitol Hill Democrats continue to oppose responsible energy legislation that would help ease the burden of higher prices, House Republicans remain focused on common-sense energy solutions to help lower gas prices and Americans' cost of living.

[liberal N proud]

1. Yeah! it is so hard to believe

With an all republican controlled government who are facing an election. And who are friendly to the oil companies.

Just so f%^#ing hard to believe, Katie you little whore

[RangerSmith]

2. Man,

they are grasping for straws! What a bunch of idiots!

This will point to them being responsible for the high prices too!

[Botany]

3. and where is the price lowest?

Ohio

This is so blatant that it is not funny.

And how did the House Repugs lower gas prices?

[malaise]

5. They can't have it both ways

Time to dig up their comments when prices went up.

[electprogdems]

4. oil companies continue to manipulate prices

to ensure a repub majority.

Another opening so big you could sale the titanic thru it - the question is, will the Dem's use this?

[Marr]

8. Exactly right- this is just begging to backfire.

[Marr]

6. This should piss people off, not impress them.

It's so blatantly obvious what's happening- and who's trying to play them again. You'd think people would respond with, "how fucking stupid do you think I am?".

[Clark2008]

13. Unfortunately, too, too many of them ARE that stupid.

:cry:

[oc2002]

7. Katie, you stupid slut.

I think we need a investigation of the oil companies to see why the prices where so high in the first place. oh, but damn that Repug congress, they would never do anything like that.

Katie, you are a stupid slut.

[fed-up]

9. It took them SIX F*cking years to lower prices?????? should be reply nt

[tridim]

10. Can anyone assure me that even the Freepers know this is BS

Because it's probably the most obvious pre-election scam/ploy I've ever witnessed.

[Ignacio Upton]

11. Um...sorry House Republicans, but the market has lowered

prices. That, possible manipulation.

My question is why dod voter switch their job approval of Bush based on oil prices alone? DO they even realize that he can't do anything about the prices?

[ComerPerro]

15. you honestly think it was the market? You are incredibly naive

[warrens]

12. Really dumb

$2.50 is better than $3, but not by much. It's sort of like saying, we're only getting two soldiers a day killed now, aren't you happy? Two is still too many, and $2.50 is still way too much for most middle class Merkins.

[Javaman]

14. Yeah really hard to believe especially when on nov 8th, it will

shoot back through the ceiling.

she's a tool's tool.

[dmosh42]

16. cheaper to increase supply for few months

The oil people figure the American people are so stupid that if they increase the supply, which lowers prices, for a couple months, then we'll forget our other problems and vote Repub. Then this would avoid the Dems cutting their royalties of billions. Maybe so.

[ComerPerro]

17. If anyone still thinks that this has anything to do with the "free market"

maybe they should take more than just Econ 110 before spouting off their uninformed opinion.

I'm tired of hearing DUers rave about the free market and supply and demand, as though they actually exist in this country, and especially with something like oil or gasoline.

And, for any moderate or Republian who falls for this bullshit:

Why did it take this long for prices to go down? If they could impact such change, why didn't they do it last week, last month, last year?

Oh yeah... cause they don't give a shit.

[Rosemary2205]

18. What happened to "we have no control over gas prices".

If the RNC is responsible for gas going down then they are also responsible for the disgusting gouging since Bush came into office.

[stevietheman]

19. This is one of the few areas where Americans have the common sense...

to see through the bullshit. Republicans who release such propaganda are only hurting themselves.

[zbdent]

20. Sure as hell wasn't because the Republicans had a task force investigate

price gouging by Big Oil ...

[Skidmore]

21. So exactly what is the public supposed to believe the Mickey Mouse Club

has done to bring prices down? Or is this supposed to be evidence the free? market wroking? Exactly what are those common sense energy solutions? Phony hearings with lots of blustering and no accountability?

[badgerpup]

22. "We don't make gas prices go up, but we DO make them come down."

Goddamn. All this cognitive dissonance is gonna kill me yet. :eyes:

Anybody want to join me in calling "BULLSHIT!"?
:banghead:

[4_TN_TITANS]

23. As if I need another reason to boot Couric

:)