So There Was This Elderly Couple At The Store Today...

[JimGinPA]

Had to be in their seventies. The sweet little lady had a tee shirt on that said "When Bush came into office gas was $1.46 a gallon".


:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Oh, that's hilarious!

:rofl:

[lbrtbell]

2. K&R!

[MrDiaz]

3. LMAO

BUT, the more serious problem is the fact that bush has been out of office for 3 years now, and gas is 3.50-3.75 per gallon.

[Dreamer Tatum]

4. And $1.61 when he left.

Stupid meme.

[MrDiaz]

5. LOL

I didn't realize that, lol let's see who else responds.

[jorno67]

6. But it came down to $1.61 it was $4.10 in June 2008

http://news.consumerreports.org/cars/2008/06/gas-prices-4.html

[Dreamer Tatum]

7. I got that, Where are they now?

See the point?

[jorno67]

8. back up - JUST LIKE EVERY SUMMER

[Dreamer Tatum]

11. Good lord.

Gas prices have more than doubled since Obama took office.

I'm sorry, but that is a fact. Do you somehow LIKE paying those prices if they're charged under a Dem administration?

Gas prices as a political issue are a non-starter.

[jorno67]

15. No - I don't like paying those prices but to suggest that the price of gas stayed

at the $1.41 to $1.61 range during the Bush years is insane. I remember paying over $4 while bush was pres. Don't rewrite the facts.

[Dreamer Tatum]

16. I completely agree. But where are they now, again?

Yeah. Higher than inauguration day by a factor of almost two.

Nonstarter.

[JimGinPA]

21. Apples / Oranges

2008 was pure price gouging by the oil companies, blaming Katrina even though no refineries actually had any prolonged shutdowns. Prices are up now because crude is up - because of instability in the Mid-East. I don't recall Obama invading any country in the region.

[Dreamer Tatum]

23. How wrong can you be?

It was the weak dollar in BOTH cases, pushing up the price of crude, thereby pushing up the price of gas.
And oil companies continue to post stunning profits even now.

This issue is a serious, bigtime loser. Sorry.

[JoePhilly]

9. As any rightwinger can tell you, any 2 data points make a trend.

No person who understand math or statistics will tell you that ... but almost every right winger believes that any 2 data points that THEY PICK (key criteria) describe a TREND.

[MrDiaz]

10. Understood

But, Obama was president then. Am I correct or am I wrong?

[jorno67]

12. No - the election was in Nov 2008 - he took office Jan 2009

[JimGinPA]

13. WTF Are You Talking About ?!? Gas Was Over $4.00 A Gallon in 2008

In 2002 the average price was $1.36

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_price_of_a_gallon_of_gas_in_2002

2008

http://news.consumerreports.org/cars/2008/06/gas-prices-4.html

[Dreamer Tatum]

14. I stand corrected - they were 1.81 the week of inauguration.

http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_history.html

[JimGinPA]

19. Here's A Chart For You...

[Dreamer Tatum]

20. Proves my point perfectly - thanks.

Glad you agree.

[gateley]

18. Nice jab anyway. At least it wasn't a Bush "Miss Me Yet?" tee! nt

[Little Star]

17. I want one of those! n/t

[Ilsa]

22. That should have read,"When Clinton left office, gas was only $1.46 a gallon."

Bush hadn't had a chance to fuck things up yet.