Bush says Congress is responsible for high gas...

[Blue_Roses]

Didn't Congress just pass the so-called, "Stimulus Package" and isn't that the reason for the rebates AND isn't this somehow suppose to ease us from the gas prices? :eyes: How can people honestly listen to his dribble and whining these days when he really could care less. He and his oil buddies are gettin' "theirs" so why should he give a damn about you and me paying for our gas? Can the man not take responsibility for anything? If people can listen to him without getting angry, then they aren't really listening.:argh:

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Bush chides Congress for lack of action
'Tough time for our economy,' he says, accusing lawmakers of 'delay'


updated 2 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday that Congress is blocking his proposals to deal with high gas prices and dragging its feet on other issues to address the nation’s sagging economy. He said he was open to any idea in terms of energy, including a proposal backed by John McCain and Hillary Clinton to suspend gas and diesel taxes this summer.

But, he said, he favored longer-term fixes, such as encouraging new oil production in the United States and the building of new refineries.

“It’s a tough time for our economy,” Bush said at a Rose Garden news conference. “Across our country, many Americans are understandably anxious about issues affecting their pocketbook, from gas and food prices to mortgage and tuition bills. They’re looking to their elected leaders in Congress for action.

more, if you can stomach it...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24366730/

[NJmaverick]

1. George Bush is a lying sack of shit

He and he alone is responsible for this mess

[Blue_Roses]

3. exactly...

and his gall at these comments is appalling.

[NJmaverick]

11. I can't believe the media doesn't call him on these bold faced lies

[bdamomma]

28. the media is an accomplice to this thuggish regime.

[Initech]

2. It's official: He clearly doesn't give a fuck anymore.

He's like the senior in high school after winter break and just counting down the days until it's finally over. He used to at least act like he gave a fuck but now he doesnt. Gas prices are spiraling out of control, everyone is suffering and the jackass thinks that $600/person is going to solve it all. :eyes:

[Blue_Roses]

4. I totally agree.

you nailed it

[bdamomma]

24. and he doesn't give a fuck about the American people either.

Exon Mobil is making billions and the American people are getting squeezed.

[Cant trust em]

5. New oil production is not a long-term solution

increased investment in renewable energy is a long-term solution.

[Blue_Roses]

6. have you told him that yet?

:sarcasm:

not that he would listen...

[Cant trust em]

7. Maybe next time I crank call the White House. NT

[bdamomma]

23. I think many of us should do this.

we all know the Repigs have been filibustering and blocking Bills to protect this SOB a$$. The Dems have been trying to put these Bills forward, but then again, the Repigs are blocking the passage of them.

[BadgerKid]

15. "...America is addicted to oil." - GWB

Herr Flippenflopper agrees!

[SammyWinstonJack]

17. And the bu$h family is marinated in oil.

[Initech]

21. And that makes him the drug dealer.

:banghead:

[orangerevolution]

22. you mean like Ethanol

from corn?

[Lasher]

8. Now what was that jawbone thingy he came up with before?

When he complained about 'high' gas prices in 2000, did he blame President Clinton or the GOP-controlled Congress? I just can't seem to remember.

[mikeytherat]

13. Yes. But back then, gas was only $1.45/gallon retail, and oil $30/barrel

And he was ready to act; use his "political capital" to get the Saudis and Kuwaitis to "open up the spigot." But, now that gas is about $3.60/gallon retail and oil is $120/barrel, he will...wait... uh...hmmmm...

Do.

Absolutely.

Nothing.

mikey_the_rat

[JDPriestly]

9. So the strategy from the beginning was to start drilling in the

Alaskan fields. Congress did not go along -- neither under Republican nor under Democratic leadership, so the prices had to be raised through the roof. The whole point was so that the profits could be taken under the Bush administration's tax policies by interests that the Bushies favor.

The strategy has backfired. The economy is kaput, and the Bush administration is terrified that its friends won't get to grab the maximum profits from that tiny oil reserve -- or is that oil reserve larger than stated and that was what the whole thing was about from the beginning?

[magellan]

10. If it's really Congress's fault, he can just do a signing statement

He's done that often enough in the past to get his way.

[shraby]

12. I think the high gas prices are there

so the gas companies will finally get the o.k. to drill in Alaska.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Seems to me, that it's Bush who has been blocking Congress.

From last Saturday: Bush administration opposes Democrats' mortgage relief bill

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/26/house.mortgage/index.html

"The Bush administration calls the bill a "bailout," saying it "strongly opposes" the legislation sponsored by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, intended to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their loans and stay in their homes.

The committee, which estimates that the program could help 1.5 million homeowners who are having difficulty paying their mortgages, is expected to approve Frank's bill next week."

Today on the farm bill: White House Signals Farm Bill Veto


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/28/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4053057.shtml

" White House spokesman Scott Stanzel today threatened that President Bush would veto the Farm Bill if it comes to him in its current iteration.
"I understand members will be meeting about this tomorrow, so things still may be a bit fluid. But, as it stands now, it is not something the president would support," Stanzel said in an e-mail when asked if the president would veto it."

[Fireweed247]

16. It is Congress' fault!

The should have removed this insane lying SOB from power by now.

They also should have pursued a windfall profit tax on the oil companies like Kucinich has proposed. The problem is not the oil prices but the RECORD OIL PROFITS of EXXON etc.

Bush is a raving lunatic, but what is Congress' excuse? They are supposed to provide a system of checks and balances to counter such idiocy!
www.peacecandidates.com

[Breeze54]

18. Schumer called him a lying pos!

No, not really but almost! :P

Schumer says there will be legislation addressing these high prices

on the floors of both houses by the end of the week.

CALL YOUR REPS!! SWAMP the US Congress with Calls-

- 202-224-3121- That's How You Can Help!!

Schumer said in his press conference that they're being inundated

with e-mails and phone calls about this from upset citizens!! Keep it up!!

[bdamomma]

25. exactly, we need to flood them with calls.

I heard Schumer too, maybe instead of him saying "Bush is out of touch" we should start questioning Bush's mental state, really let's kick some a$$.

[zanne]

19. All I could think of while watching him was...

"This man is a monster".

[orangerevolution]

20. I think he is trying to get Nancy

to roll out her plan that she talked about in 2006, the one she had that would lower the price at the pump.

Does anyone know if she has done so?

[Perry Logan]

26. It's the Republican Daily Schedule: Get up. Screw up. Blame the liberals.

[lpbk2713]

27. Pointing fingers is a way of life for rethuglicans.

They have refined it into a high art form. But you can be sure if there was any credit to be
taken on something BushCo would be yelling "Me! Me!" loud and strong high atop their soap box.

[taught_me_patience]

29. He can barely hide his contempt for the American public

He's already served his oil masters and is now playing out the string. We will continue to hear more and more bizarre and outrageous things before kookoo bananas leaves office. He is a menace to our country.

[Brewman_Jax]

30. Another round of record oil profits

for Bush*'s oil masters, but gas prices going up faster than the Space Shuttle is Congress' fault? Arrgh!

Shouldn't he be in playing video games? :crazy:

[B Calm]

31. Republicans had control of congress for his first six years in office.

Why didn't they address these issues then?

[B Calm]

33. Republicans create the mess, then sit back on their big fat hemorrhoidal asses

and point their bony shit stained fingers at the totally innocent democrats. The only solution would be to elect democrats and leave them in office!

[lonestarnot]

32. “It’s a tough time for our economy,”

But according to him just last couple of weeks the fuckerrod said everything was rosey. Inorganic brain damage, just like McWar.