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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:10 AM
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House Republicans blame Dems in Congress for rise in gas prices!
See twit on CSPAN's Washington Journal, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, live as of 8:00 am EDT today (5/21), for example.

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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:15 AM
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1. That's a never ending Headline is it not?
MEMBER'S OF THE PARTY OF RESPONSIBILITY ONCE AGAIN TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYTHING.

A lone voice in the back of the press room asks "was four dollar a gallon gasoline part of cheney's SECRET energy task force way back when?" The question goes unanswered.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:20 AM
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5. The little propaganda talking point memo she shared was classic , too.
Point by point it "shows" that the Democrats plans can only turn back five cents a gallon. But the Republicans of course, by drilling Alaska and selling all the oil reserves, for example, and giving the oil companies free reign to maximize their profits without government intervention, will magically lower the price by almost $2!!

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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:16 AM
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2. But, but but what about their oil president????
Don't republicans have an oil president who was going to turn ON the spigots?

I seem to recall him saying this: "I would work with our friends in OPEC to convince them to open up the spigot, to increase the supply. Use the capital that my administration will earn, with the Kuwaitis or the Saudis, and convince them to open up the spigot."

Turn on that spigot bush, we are waiting.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:17 AM
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3. Typical Repuke blame-shifting.
It's all they're capable of - screwing things up and then leaving others to fix the mess.

Does Iraq come to mind?
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:18 AM
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4. The Saudi 'Ass Kisser' 'Oil Man' in the White House is directly
responsible for the price of gasoline. Cheney's meetings with the energy moguls was a promise to them for big profits by gouging the American people. :dem:
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:24 AM
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7. Bush went over there with his hat in his hand, and they told him
to shit in it.
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ljm2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:26 AM
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21. Did he?
I think he went over there and laughed in private about the rise in oil prices, which is enriching him and his oil buds immensely. I would not be at all surprised if they arranged for a lowering of oil prices / opening of the spigots around, say, next September/October.

Just a hunch.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:21 AM
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6. Did Boner cry? Was there a walk out?
Gawd I hate them. I really do.
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WillyToad Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:33 AM
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8. The boner crying about Bush talking points...
"Waaaaaa, gotta fight them over there so we dont have to fight them here, waaaaaaa!"
"Waaaaaa, Cant just up and run, waaaaaaa!"
"Waaaaaa, the surge is working, waaaaaaa!"
"Waaaaaa, If we pull out now, Iraq will descend into chaos, waaaaaaa!"
"Waaaaaa, Since 9/11, there have been no attacks on US soil, waaaaaaa!"
"Waaaaaa, If we pull out now, Iraq will descend into chaos, waaaaaaa!"
"Waaaaaa, If we pull out now, all the soldiers who've died will have died in vain, waaaaaaa!"
"Waaaaaa, Bush is ignoring polls, because he's fighting for what's right. He won't wimp out like we did in Vietnam because some people protest, waaaaaaa!"
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:36 AM
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9. The Dems need to hammer the repukes on this issue, before it becomes a Swift Boat
Let it fester and the public starts to believe the crap.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:38 AM
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10. I think only the dimmest bulbs among us would believe that crap.
The most hopeless dimmest bulbs.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:39 AM
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11. They believed a cowardly deserter had better character than a war hero
the American public will believe anything.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:40 AM
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12. There's plenty of them - Republican party is full of 'em
Never underestimate the power of stupidity.
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Ishoutandscream2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 08:48 AM
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18. Yep. That's the talking point here at my work, full of Repukes
It's like they received a secret memo or something. It's their new talking point. Really, they don't have much else to say, LOL!
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:45 AM
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13. More Revisionism
Boner has been trying to push this talking point for a couple weeks now...as though the 12 years the GOOP ran the House like a brothel didn't exist. Another phony talking point is the need to develop "alternative sources"...nifty, eh...ya get the green points for the use alternative when those sources are hidden under the Alaskan tundra.

Marsha's know for being a world class twit...just wind her up and she'll spew any talking point with that cute little southern drawl of hers.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:46 AM
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14. marsha was just exposed as having serious campaign accounting problems
440,000 campaign contributions unreported
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 08:08 AM
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15. Four hundred forty THOUSAND? Donations or dollars?
Either way, whoa...

Where did you hear that?
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 08:25 AM
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16. BurtWorm
thanks for posting this.

I saw the sorry spectacle while I was dressing for work.

I had planned to start a thread on this once I arrived here.

She is a sorry POS, isn't she?
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 08:54 AM
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19. POS is being kind.
:puke:
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 08:43 AM
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17. remember when they tried to blame Iraq on Democrats because
the Democrats didn't stand up and stop the Repubs from heading us to war? Almost screwed my head off when I heard that one.
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TNOE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 08:57 AM
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20. The best was the caller
who said this is the greatest economy he's ever seen - AFTER he said what are retired people supposed to do with the high price of gas..........
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