In July 2006, Nancy Pelosi was shown at a gas station in Washington, D.C., to complain about the high price of gas under President George W. Bush. Gas at that station was $3.19 per gallon. Yet today gas prices in the very same location are a lot higher in price per gallon, and yet Pelosi is nowhere to be found.
But Pelosi isn’t the only one missing. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, then-Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., and Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., criticized Bush for his energy policy, blaming him for high gas prices. Gas prices are higher under President Barack Obama, averaging $3.90 a gallon nationally and in some areas even more. I find it interesting that Pelosi, Schumer or Markey have not stopped by the same gas station to protest this administration’s policy.
Pelosi had stern words for Bush that year and added the Republicans’ failed energy policy had taken us in the wrong direction, leading to record gas prices that exceed $3 a gallon, record oil prices of more than $78 a barrel, record oil profits that have increased 32 percent and record dependence on foreign oil.
I understand Bush wanted to increase drilling which, if successful, would have been paying dividends today. But Obama is opposing efforts to develop domestic energy resources, leaving Americans stuck with high energy prices.
Where are the stern words for Obama and his failed energy policy and why is the media not covering this issue like they did when Bush was in office?