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Doc Mercer · 05-04-08, 02:01 PM

So glad Bush has done what he bragged about doing:

When President Bush took office on January 20, 2001, the national average gas price was $1.46 per gallon

Daily Fuel Economy Tip » President Bush and Gasoline Prices

As oil prices rose to the then-alarming level of $30 that December, then Governor Bush said President Clinton "must jawbone OPEC members to lower prices." At a New Hampshire Republican debate the next month, Bush claimed the mantle of the Great Persuader. Contending that his days in the West Texas oil fields made him uniquely qualified for the task, Bush proclaimed:

"What I think the president ought to do is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots...And the president of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price... ...I used to be in the oil business. I was little oil -- really little oil. And so I understand the -- I understand what can happen in the marketplace."

By June 2000, the Bush jawbone pledge became a standard on the stump. As the New York Times reported, Bush foreshadowed future expenditures of political capital he would fail to accumulate:

"I would work with our friends in OPEC to convince them to open up the spigot, to increase the supply," Mr. Bush, the presumptive Republican candidate for president, told reporters here today. "Use the capital that my administration will earn, with the Kuwaitis or the Saudis, and convince them to open up the spigot."

Nicolos_Darvas · 05-04-08, 02:01 PM

AntiGWB aka Doc Mercer -- You fuckin' Idiot !!!

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#1 ( (Anti GWB --- thought you were from North Carolina? Ya knew Doc wasn't that smart)permalink)

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Anti GWB --- thought you were from North Carolina? Ya knew Doc wasn't that smart

You Knew he would have too many Pabst Blue Ribbons and quit using his Proxy sooner or later.... Not the sharpest tool in the shed

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Doc Mercer --Just a couple of his from the same place....
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Doc Mercer · 05-04-08, 02:02 PM

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/artic...

The deterioration of the Republican brand in national politics continues to be astonishing.

According to the latest WSJ/NBC survey, voters prefer, without reference to particular candidates, that Democrats take over the presidency by a 51 percent to 33 percent margin. A remarkable 45 percent of the electorate feels "strongly" that a Democrat should be the next president. That's a stunningly strong base going into the general election.

Voters also prefer Democrats to control Congress after the next election by a 49 percent to 34 percent spread. That's a 6 percentage point greater advantage than Democrats had going into the 2006 election, when they regained control of Congress. So much for Republican theories that the actual experience of a Democratic-controlled Congress has given voters second thoughts.

In terms of which party voters identify with, Democrats now have a 13 percentage-point advantage. Earlier this decade, Republicans had pulled nearly even with Democrats on this measure.

Voters have a slightly positive view of the Democratic Party, with 44 percent viewing it positively and 37 percent viewing it negatively. The general image of the Republican Party is sharply adverse, with 45 percent of voters viewing it negatively while only 27 percent view it positively.

All indications are that voters have largely made up their minds about this election: They want Democrats back in charge of the federal government. While all elections come down to a choice of candidates in individual races, the general political atmosphere suggests a tidal wave election, such as 1974 or 1994.

Republican hopes are buoyed by the fact that John McCain is currently running neck-and-neck with either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. And certainly both Democratic candidates have been damaged by the soap opera of a primary the Democrats are having.

But a political gravitational pull this strong will be very difficult, in the final analysis, for McCain to overcome, irrespective of who the Democratic nominee turns out to be.

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Doc Mercer EOG Dedicated Join Date: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 48,468	Gas when Clinton left office ... $1.46 per gallon?? So glad Bush has done what he bragged about doing: When President Bush took office on January 20, 2001, the national average gas price was $1.46 per gallon Daily Fuel Economy Tip » President Bush and Gasoline Prices As oil prices rose to the then-alarming level of $30 that December, then Governor Bush said President Clinton "must jawbone OPEC members to lower prices." At a New Hampshire Republican debate the next month, Bush claimed the mantle of the Great Persuader. Contending that his days in the West Texas oil fields made him uniquely qualified for the task, Bush proclaimed: "What I think the president ought to do is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots...And the president of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price... ...I used to be in the oil business. I was little oil -- really little oil. And so I understand the -- I understand what can happen in the marketplace." By June 2000, the Bush jawbone pledge became a standard on the stump. As the New York Times reported, Bush foreshadowed future expenditures of political capital he would fail to accumulate: "I would work with our friends in OPEC to convince them to open up the spigot, to increase the supply," Mr. Bush, the presumptive Republican candidate for president, told reporters here today. "Use the capital that my administration will earn, with the Kuwaitis or the Saudis, and convince them to open up the spigot."