In the race to achieve the status of America’s worst president, Barack Hussein Obama has left Jimmy Carter choking on his dust:
Obama has hit one more Carter benchmark – both saw gas prices double in their first term of office.
In fact, while just barely, Obama has seen an even higher gas price increase than Carter dealt with under his administration.
Under the Carter administration, gas prices increased by 103.77 percent. Gas prices since Obama took office have risen by 103.79 percent. No other presidents in recent years have struggled as much with soaring oil prices. Under the Reagan administration, gas prices actually dropped 66 percent.
The difference is that Obama has been causing gas prices to rise on purpose, as part of the insane, antihuman green ideology that animates his hard left base. This is why the Keystone XL pipeline was nixed, why drilling is not allowed off most of our coasts, why the BP spill was seized upon as a pretext to strangle the Gulf oil industry, why drilling on government-owned land is down, et cetera.
Obama still hasn’t caught up to FDR, the president who inflicted the most economic damage on the country. But considering that Roosevelt had 12 awful years to work his malice, the Manchurian Moonbat’s performance has been impressive.
On tips from J and Bob Roberts.