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DEMOCRATS ARE THE SOURCE OF OUR PAIN AT THE PUMP.
April 14, 2008 -
April 21, 2008
“Democrats have a plan to lower gas prices…join Democrats who are working to lower gas prices now.” – Then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), April 19, 2006.
The average price of gasoline hit $3.33 a gallon last week, a stunning $1.14 higher than it was when the Democrats took control of the U.S. House and Senate following a campaign built in large part on campaign promises to dramatically LOWER gasoline prices. The price of a barrel of oil was $56 the day Nancy Pelosi took over the Speakership of the House. Now, it is around $112 per barrel.
Will things get better soon? Don’t count on it. Government forecasters predict that drivers will be paying $3.54 a gallon by June. They also say that $4 a gallon gas could be just a bit further down the road.
The Left claims that the ridiculous price of a gallon of gasoline is just a reflection of and part of the cost of the Bush Administration’s “folly in Iraq.” Really? Weren’t we in Iraq in January, 2007 when Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid took over the leadership of the House and Senate? The biggest change in U.S. policy since the Democrats took charge of the Legislative branch has been their insistence on huge tax increases on “Big Oil”, which has produced an even bigger hit on “Little Taxpayers.”
Their insatiable demand for higher taxes has also fueled a recession, cost homeowners trillions of dollars in equity in their homes, pushed up the unemployment rate and obliterated consumer confidence. So much economic damage in so little time! What is really frightening is that they have only just gotten started!
Congressman John Dingell (D-Michigan), the powerful Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, wants an additional fifty cent per gallon tax to “punish” consumption and reduce pollution. Democrats like Dingell often rail against “Big Oil” and their obscene profits, but the fact is that “Big Government” gets a lot more profit from a gallon of gasoline than the oil companies. The Tax Foundation says state, local and federal taxes combine to take 45.9 cents per gallon on average, more than double the profits that even the most aggressive company could hope for. With Dingell’s help that tax figure could rise to nearly a dollar a gallon! Now THAT is obscene!
While gasoline prices have skyrocketed during their reign, the Democrats have absolutely refused to allow any expanded drilling for oil in the U.S. since they took control of Congress. There are an estimated 10 billion barrels of oil beneath the frozen tundra of the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR) that remain off limits. The ANWR is a huge tract of land totaling 19.5 million acres. Only a small portion of the ANWR would be affected by oil drilling -- less than 1.5 million acres, representing only about 8% of the ANWR and less than .4% of the total territory in Alaska.
Offshore drilling also remains banned by the Congress. In fact, 85% of U.S. coastal waters are off limits for oil exploration. Nevertheless, China is currently conducting exploratory drilling just fifty miles offshore from Key West, Florida, thanks to a contract with Cuba. U.S. companies are penalized while China and India continue to dramatically increase both consumption and production of oil.
The Democrats have pursued a clear energy policy since capturing control of the Congress. First, increase taxes on the oil companies, which increases the price at the pump. Second, prevent access to new oil sources by continuing to ban exploration and drilling, which restricts supply and increases the price at the pump. And finally, increase regulation and bureaucratic red-tape imposed on the oil industry in order to satisfy the demands of environmentalists, which increases the price at the pump. Contrary to their campaign promises, Democrats have done virtually everything they can do to raise the price of gasoline for U.S. drivers…and their plan has worked to perfection. The only question is why they aren’t doing more to take credit for the success of their plan?
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LIBERAL TALK RADIO HAS A REALLY BAD WEEK. -
April 9, 2008 -
April 16, 2008
The important Spring ratings period for radio is not starting out with a bang for the already beleaguered liberal talk radio format. Millions of dollars have been poured into liberal talk networks by Democrat Party activists determined to create a supposed counter-balance to conservative talkers. But despite these efforts to create a powerful new weapon in the Liberal arsenal, both listeners and advertisers have turned away. The turmoil, financial and otherwise, that has plagued liberal talk rad... |
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TENNESSEE LEGISLATIVE RACES WILL BE KEY BATTLEGROUND IN 2008. -
April 7, 2008 -
April 14, 2008
Most politically savvy Tennesseans have been focused almost exclusively on the Presidential race over the past year. The continuing battle for the Democratic nomination, and the looming war for the White House between John McCain and whoever prevails in that fight, will draw the lion’s share of attention in the next few months. But, unless Tennessee somehow emerges as a battleground state in the presidential race, the real focal point for Tennessee politics will soon shift to the legislative rac... |
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IS AL GORE STARTING TO MAKE HIS MOVE? -
March 30, 2008 -
April 6, 2008
In recent weeks, talk of the potential emergence of former Vice President Al Gore as a consensus candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for President has increased in volume. Newsweek columnist Eleanor Clift and Time columnist Joe Klein have both noted that Gore could provide the Democrats a winning exit strategy from the protracted Obama-Clinton primary battle, a fight that promises to get bloodier in the weeks ahead. One Democrat Congressman and Super Delegate, Tim Mahoney of Florida, h... |
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DOES SPITZER NEED "HOOKER CREDITS"? -
March 11, 2008 -
March 17, 2008
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer desperately needs a creative way out of his scandalous interlude with a high-priced prostitute in an exclusive Washington, D.C. hotel. News that he paid $4,000, plus train tickets, cab fare, mini bar and room service, travel time and hotel, for a Valentine’s Eve flurry of fun, have placed his political career (and presumably marriage) in jeopardy. Fortunately, he can follow the Al Gore “global warming” formula for cleansing his record.
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IS A GORE SCENARIO EMERGING? -
March 8, 2008 -
March 15, 2008
As the number of Democrat delegates available in the remaining state primaries and caucuses dwindles down, the likelihood that neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama will be able to secure the delegates needed to claim the nomination before the Democratic Convention in late August increases. Numerous factors complicate the issue, but none is more divisive than the controversy over potential delegates from Michigan and Florida. The fact that those two states also loom large as swing states in t... |
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