Obama Supported Higher Gas Prices in 2008, but Now? ‘I Want
to Get Gas Prices Lower’
By Fred Lucas
March 7, 2012 Subscribe to Fred
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(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama mocked a suggestion
that he wants higher gasoline prices during an election year, although as a candidate
in 2008 he suggested that higher prices might be desirable if there was a
“gradual adjustment.”
During a news conference Tuesday, Fox News reporter Ed Henry
asked Obama, “Your critics on Capitol Hill will say that you want gas prices to
go higher because you have said before that will wean the American people off
fossil fuels on to renewable fuels. How do you respond to that?”
Obama dismissed the question as ridiculous: …
On June 10, 2008 in an interview
with CNBC’s John Harwood, then-candidate Barack Obama said, “Well, I think that
we have been slow to move in a better direction when it comes to energy usage.
And the president, frankly, hasn't had an energy policy. And as a consequence,
we've been consuming energy as if it's infinite. We now know that our demand is
badly outstripping supply with China and India growing as rapidly as they are.”
… http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-supported-higher-gas-prices-2008-now-i-want-get-gas-prices-lower
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Four is the
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Romney’s likely primary victories in Tuesday’s contests in Maryland,
Washington, DC, and Wisconsin, look for establishment Republicans to start
looking for a running mate and the establishment media to focus its attention
on getting President Barack Obama re-elected… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5018
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