Senate Dems fret: How do we keep from
getting blamed for high gas prices? WSJ:
Come on, man
Hot Air,
by
Ed Morrissey
Original Article
Posted By: Garnet,
3/8/2022 12:14:36 PM
Who wants to tell them? Now that Joe Biden has gotten pushed into an embargo on Russian oil imports — with Senate Democrats doing a considerable amount of the shoving — the inevitable problem of consumer shock at gas prices will have to get tackled next. The ban on Russian oil will definitely keep those prices escalating, unless the US can find much more production to replace it.
And that has Senate Democrats panicking in a midterm cycle that already looked like a disaster:
The economic reverberations of a proposed ban on Russian oil and gas imports are fueling angst among Democratic lawmakers who are wrestling
Reply 1 - Posted by:
NorCaliInfidel 3/8/2022 12:18:29 PM (No. 1093779)
Weak, impotent Brandon emboldening Putin. Green Brandon hindering US oil production. The problem was self-inflicted. I have no sympathy for Democrats.
26 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
red1066 3/8/2022 12:25:39 PM (No. 1093794)
Anyone voting for a demoslut in the next election should have their citizenship immediately revoked.
18 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
downnout 3/8/2022 12:29:20 PM (No. 1093802)
Biteme says we must become energy independent. We were, you flaming idiot!!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
marbles 3/8/2022 12:33:17 PM (No. 1093810)
IN 2018 Schumer and Menendez were attacking/blaming Trump for gas at $ 3.00 It's now $4.00 + and going higher by the hour...........joey shut down the Keystone, no drilling ANWAR, no leases being used. Schumer, Menendez, anything to say to joey ? Anything ????? You and your hate America first party are to blame .
18 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
farmwife 3/8/2022 12:42:07 PM (No. 1093819)
Well, you blame Trump, of course!
5 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Luandir 3/8/2022 12:46:04 PM (No. 1093826)
If Biden hadn't signed away our energy independence on his first day, none of this - not Putin's oil-financed war, not this level of inflation - would be happening.
19 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 3/8/2022 12:59:35 PM (No. 1093855)
They will be blamed because THEY ARE responsible for it. 100%.
16 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
RayLRiv 3/8/2022 1:04:31 PM (No. 1093868)
Way to go DemoRATS!
81 million 'voters' can't be wrong now, can they?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 3/8/2022 1:08:26 PM (No. 1093874)
Blame? I would think they would take credit for it since it was one of their stated goals. They should be taking credit on all the talk shows for a job well done.
6 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Luke21 3/8/2022 1:14:21 PM (No. 1093879)
They can just cheat like always. Fox News can immediately call them the winners.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LadyVet 3/8/2022 1:21:03 PM (No. 1093893)
#9 is right. This was their goal. Now that they find out how mad the voters are, they find someone to blame it on. Thank you, Putin. Now Biden has no incentive to end Ukraine war because he will lose his scapegoat.
5 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 3/8/2022 1:26:11 PM (No. 1093899)
It's all on you, every one of you. Period.
Republicans and the RNC better not let any of them forget it either. Day One all of the rules and regulations Biden removed that ensured America would continue to be energy independent. Not one democrat spoke against it either.
5 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Kumoan 3/8/2022 1:26:44 PM (No. 1093901)
C'mon man! After all these years everyone should know that the demorats are all mouth, with disaster following their every blunder. All those sheep-like 'rat voters should not be at all surprised that yet another 'rat decision has disastrous actual after effects and should dyke-up and pay more without whining and should pay the increased cost for every normal American who are helpless victims of this death-to-America cult.
1 person likes this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
BarryNo 3/8/2022 1:37:58 PM (No. 1093914)
I would praise the heavens if the Public would send them all home.
2 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
bighambone 3/8/2022 1:39:58 PM (No. 1093916)
The high US gas and oil prices are all on Biden and the leftist, progressive, and socialist Democrats. As they have been doing everything they could do to limit and sabotage gas and oil drilling efforts across the USA since Biden assumed office to please the climate change activist portion of the leftist Democrat Party which has caused US gas and oil prices to go up severely. As usual Biden and the Democrats have started blaming the Russians and Putin for the gas and oil price raises in the USA, but common sense will tell you that those energy prices are not attributable to the Russians or Putin, but is part of the Democrat climate change political agenda has been fully supported by Biden.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
formerNYer 3/8/2022 1:43:44 PM (No. 1093919)
If the democRATs didn't steal the 2020 election, they would have lost but would not be in as bad a shape as they are now. They would have been a minority party but both parties have been minority parties in the past and have made come backs. This time the democRATs are looking at extinction (thank God). The Carter debacle meant 12 year of Republican Presidents until Bush 1 blew it. This time will be worse because the radical leftists will probably keep their seats and the moderates will lose forcing the party further to the left. higher gas prices are the least of their problems. Are they forgetting inflation, Afghanistan, raising food prices, the open border and their mandatory mask and shutdowns too?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 3/8/2022 1:50:36 PM (No. 1093928)
Actions have consequences. The consequences for democrats at the polls in November will be massive severe and widespread.
5 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Sanchin 3/8/2022 2:13:26 PM (No. 1093946)
They (including those who voted for these anti-Americans) cannot avoid being blamed. They are dead set on destroying this country and they are more than delighted to see most Americans lose everything they have or starve to death. Biden has stated he wanted to be like FDR. He will have his Depression and his War. Unfortunately, the GOP will prop Biden up under both scenarios.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
millstream 3/8/2022 2:19:58 PM (No. 1093956)
Let the government start taxing the evs at 20 cents per mile like they do eith gas taxes
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Kafka2 3/8/2022 3:17:26 PM (No. 1094014)
The Democrats should panic. President Trump had achieve energy independence which is also national energy security. As soon as he got into office, Biden actively destroyed energy independence with his "green agenda war" on fossil fuels. He has done everything possible to suppress oil and gas production in the United States. This has driven up the price of oil and gas. This and irresponsible spending has fanned the flames of inflation. This is totally a man-made disaster by Biden and the Democrats,
But, that is not all. We now have to buy oil from countries that don't like us at high prices -- including Russia. Which means we are helping to finance Putin's war on Ukraine!
Biden could reverse his "green agenda" and return the United States to energy independence. This drive oil prices down and help to curb inflation. But, Biden refuses to do this. Meanwhile, Ukrainians are dying. This is insane.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 3/8/2022 3:36:06 PM (No. 1094027)
The slimy dems are doing as they always do, hypocritically pandering to a fragment of their base with non solutions. In this case, not producing oil here but still buying it, AND USING IT. Here's the issue, IF global warming is a real problem, PRODUCING oil is not the cause; using oil, burning it is. The dems turned to their dopey base and said, "See, we have cut down on refining oil." That cut very little of our usage. And, in fact, is making the oil companies rich because they get a lot more profit on the amount they produce.
This was part of the failure of BOCare. The dems tried to set controls on the cost and usage of healthcare. It didn't work. Federal controls on prices NEVER WORKS. The free market may not always make things cheaply but it is ALWAYS better than government at producing sufficient quantities at the most acceptable prices.
And as always when the government intrudes in the free market and things go badly, the politicians try to deflect the blame for the (predictable) bad results.
I really look forward to the bumbling Biden trying to deal with a Republican Congress and a media in anguish over that result.
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