Just before the 2008 election, gas prices here were the highest I can remember them being. Yes, they dropped after that, but even this latest rise hasn't gone back to those prices.


That's actually not correct. Gas prices right now are about the same as they were in 2008. In several states they're over $4.00 per gallon. One difference - in 2008, oil was $140 a barrel...it's nothing close to that right now.

And before anyone jumps in about speculators and greedy oil companies, remember that the govt makes roughly fifty cents per gallon in taxes.

And for this you can thank the thugs of our current adminstration, like the Sec of Energy who wants to see gas go to 8-10 dollars per gallon. (Google "Steven Chu" and "gas prices")

And for that matter, listen to Obama in 2008 when he sympathized with people facing high gas prices ....and listen to the adminstration now singing a very different tune. It is another example of the sanctimonious hypocrisy of the Democratic party, trying to bamboolze the American public into thinking that Bush high gas prices were "bad", but Obama high gas prices are very different.


Want to watch a bizarre video? http://redstatevirginia.com/2011/05/gas-prices-then-and-now-a-tale-of-2-idiots/