President Bush on $4 Gas Prices: "Interesting. I Hadn't Heard That"

Today, oil prices hit an all-time record at $102/gallon and a reporter asked President George Bush for his "advice" to the "average American ... facing the prospect of $4 a gallon gasoline."

Think Progress reports President Bush, a former oil executive, replied, "'That’s interesting, I hadn’t heard that.' Yet a few minutes later, Bush wouldn’t answer a question regarding donations for his presidential library because, he claimed, 'I, frankly, have been focused elsewhere, like on gasoline prices.' "

From denial to happy talk. "As "the Commerce Department said gross domestic product grew at only a 0.6 percent rate in the fourth quarter [and] the Labor Department said applications for unemployment benefits rose by 19,000 last week", Bush says, "I'm concerned about the economy. I don't think we're headed to recession."

Bush Focused on Gas Prices [Think Progress]
Oil Surges Above $102 [AP]
Bush: US Not in Recession [AP]

Comments

[Andy Niable]

(counting the days til January 2009)

[Andy Niable]

Well, is everyone aware these multi-billion-dollar-profitting oil companies are getting government subsidies? Yes, that means Your Tax Dollars.

Vote, people.