For Bush, cheaper gas is premium.

[tallahasseedem]

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/for-bush-cheaper-gas-is-premium/20060921080109990026?ncid=NWS00010000000001

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Sept. 21) - When it comes to President Bush's approval rating - the number that measures his political health - one factor seems more powerful than any Oval Office address or legislative initiative.

It's the price of a gallon of gas.

Statisticians who have compared changes in gas prices and Bush's ratings through his presidency have found a steady relationship: As gas prices rise, his ratings fall. As gas prices fall, his ratings rise.

For some Americans, analysts speculate, gas prices provide a shorthand reading of the general state of the economy. Even though prices at the pump are largely outside the president's control, he gets credit when they fall - and blame when they rise.

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I fear for this country. Seriously.

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. What took ya so long.....

:sarcasm: :rofl:

[tallahasseedem]

3. LOL!

You know sometimes I fall into a little haze and then come out and the fear starts all over again.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

2. A Country Filled With MORONS

Fucking MORONIC IDIOTS!

We're Doomed.

[Monkeyman]

6. Hey who you calling a Moron opps your right the RIGHT WINGERS

[bamacrat]

4. If cheaper gas is premium, he should be Chavez' best friend.

I know we get alot of oil from them already, but I saw something on CNN that said gas was 20 cents a gallon in Caracas. Damn, 20 cents, seems like that would alteast make you like him a lil.

[Imagevision]

5. Bush & Cheney, first and foremost are oilmen, what do you expect?

[spanone]

7. American votes can be bought for about .50 a gallon.

[tallahasseedem]

8. Sad.

I thought the exact same thing.

[secular humanoid]

9. * or supporters

"Even though prices at the pump are largely outside the president's control..."

are they really?

surely there's a reason the prices drop now, just before elections.




peace