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Home Front: Politix
Tin-Foil Hat crowd suspicious about falling gas prices
2006-09-26
CONSPIRACY: Almost half of Americans think Republicans are manipulating the price before elections, poll says.

WASHINGTON - There is no mystery or manipulation behind the recent fall in gasoline prices, analysts say. Try telling that to many U.S. left-wingnut motorists.
Who ya gonna believeÂ…some highfalutin analyst or a motorist with a 2004 Kerry/Edwards Bumpersticker?
Almost half of all Americans that were willing to waste their time taking this idiotic poll believe the November elections have more influence than market forces. For them, the plunge at the pump is about politics, not economics. Retired farmer Jim Mohr of Lexington, Ill., rattled off a tankful of reasons why pump prices may be falling, including the end of the summer travel season and the fact that no major hurricanes have disrupted Gulf of Mexico output. "But I think the big important reason is Republicans want to get elected," Mohr, 66, said while filling up for $2.17 a gallon. "They think getting the prices down is going to help get some more incumbents re-elected."

According to a new Gallup poll, 42 percent of respondents agreed with the statement that the Bush administration "deliberately manipulated the price of gasoline so that it would decrease before this fall's elections." Fifty-three percent of those surveyed did not believe in this conspiracy theory, while 5 percent said they had no opinion.
Almost two-thirds of those who suspect President Bush intervened to bring down energy prices before Election Day are registered Democrats, according to Gallup.
Shocked I tells yaÂ…who woulda thunk it?
Posted by:DepotGuy

#18  Yeah, but do they know that Bush "can call spirits from the vasty deep"?
Posted by: DMFD   2006-09-26 23:06  

#17  Ya, but with oil prices down, Bush and Cheney are losing in the equity holdings.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-09-26 22:31  

#16  Naw Frank man. It was that damn market thing again. It saw a Bush win on the horizon and was sending happy joy joy signals.
Posted by: 6   2006-09-26 19:41  

#15  :-) a few neurons are still firing LOL
Posted by: Frank G   2006-09-26 19:39  

#14  Good memory, Frank. Republican senators are accusing Clinton of tapping the oil reserve to help Vice President Al Gore's presidential bid. Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., speaking Tuesday, said: "The emergency oil is for a severe shortage and not to help a candidate seven weeks before the election." Sep 27, 2000 article here.
Posted by: GK   2006-09-26 19:37  

#13  IIRC, wasn't Clinton (at Gore's insistence) releasing bigtime from the strategic reserve? That would be crude manipulation (pardon the pun)
Posted by: Frank G   2006-09-26 18:00  

#12  As I recall, gasoline prices did a nose dive right before the 2000 elections. Alot of folks said it was a conspiracy by Clinton to influnce the votes then.
Posted by: texhooey   2006-09-26 17:49  

#11  Dems are just building up the excuses for their coming disappointment.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-09-26 17:33  

#10  According to a new Gallup poll, 42 percent of respondents agreed with the statement that the Bush administration "deliberately manipulated the price of gasoline so that it would decrease before this fall's elections."

Reminds me of that old joke: Why are you hitting your head against the wall? Because it feels so good when I stop.

This is what passes for logic in way too many Dem's minds.
Posted by: xbalanke   2006-09-26 17:00  

#9  Here's a plan.... for every $ .03 cents below $2.00 per gallon, the gummit gets an additional $ .01 cent in tax revenue. Lets but the "incentive" back on the bums in Washington.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-09-26 16:54  

#8  They should express their defiance by paying more than the pump requires. If the meter reads $20 give the cashier $30 that will show them.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2006-09-26 16:37  

#7  Personally, if the Bush-Rove-Chaney crowd are responsible for lowering the price, that's more than enough to convince me to vote for them. People with power and influence like that need to be in high positions, not incompetent dolts and blame gamers.
Posted by: Angimble Whonter6983   2006-09-26 15:55  

#6  $1.94 in Lexington KY today.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-09-26 15:52  

#5  My son told me that someplace in Atlanta had Regular for $ 1.99 last week.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-09-26 15:49  

#4  So right after the election I suspect Bush will have Halliburton fire up the hurricane machine, have the levees blown up, destroy New Orleans, and gas will be up to 5.00 a gallon?
Next week on "Paranoid Nation"...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-09-26 15:41  

#3  Understanding the free market is a simple but effective IQ test.

If you don't understand free markets, or don't believe in them, you fail the test.
Posted by: no mo uro   2006-09-26 14:59  

#2  Here in Philly, Regular is going for around $2.33/gal. today. Damn that Karl Rove!
Posted by: Dave D.   2006-09-26 14:53  

#1  Sheesh. In Colorado Springs today, prices for 85 octane gasoline range from $2.53 to $2.75 per gallon. My advice to the wing-nut motorists who are not happy with the falling gas prices is to tank up at a $2.75 station. I know. Mohr and the folks in the mid-west would have to go out of state to find gas at those prices.
Posted by: GK   2006-09-26 14:08  

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