well,the one thing none of these geniuses are noting is that the gas tax holiday would also extend to the truckers.the average trucker buys about 500 gals.per week,and at a federal tax savings of .24 cents per gallon that translates out to a saving of about 120$ per week per truck,or about $480 per month.those savings could go a long way to preventing freight increases this summer,and subsequently keeping the prices of many products on the store shelves down.though i am not a hillary supporter hillary and her people are the only ones that have made special mention of this.the obama people seem to want to attack any idea that isn’t theirs,and so far…they have no ideas…not any feasible,logical ones anyway!

I was listening to Bush talk about the energy crisis and the economy the other day and he kept pushing for the expansion of drilling within the US for oil… Anwar; and that would solve our situation. If Anwar would give an immediate relief for a period of a year or two - it maybe worth exploring; it alos is worth exploring all options that help the people be able to afford the rising cost of gas even the small snip its of a tax break… anything helps as long as it is well thought out and planned properly. This helps short term relief… then there is the long term BIG picture…

What I recently read and was not aware of was that Pennsylvania way back in our past was a huge source of oil for our country and they drilled and drained the entire state, then they moved onto Ohio, then to another state, then another state… the big picture is… we have limited reservoirs of this fuel left and if we continue to drain it all we will be forced to be at the mercy of the nations that have oil deposits… this nation has always been motivated by the TODAY and ME NOW concept… that is why our air is bad, our waters are poluted, our fish are dying, the ice caps are melting, the weather is changing… we care only for today and for what benefits me now… what will happen 20 yrs from now when we have NO oil left in our country…. then where do we go?

The big issue is still with the Oil Companies and their HUGE profits at the expense of the economy and the people…. no matter waht we do the bottom line is always the bottom line of profits… it’s always about the money.

If we can limit the scope of the drilling in the US and it does not continue to pollute our environment- then try it and see and also give the tax break… see what happens.

Comment by BT long beach ca
April 30th, 2008 at 7:40 pm

I was listening to Bush talk about the energy crisis and the economy the other day and he kept pushing for the expansion of drilling within the US for oil… Anwar; and that would solve our situation. If Anwar would give an immediate relief for a period of a year or two - it maybe worth exploring; it alos is worth exploring all options that help the people be able to afford the rising cost of gas even the small snip its of a tax break… anything helps as long as it is well thought out and planned properly. This helps short term relief… then there is the long term BIG picture…

What I recently read and was not aware of was that Pennsylvania way back in our past was a huge source of oil for our country and they drilled and drained the entire state, then they moved onto Ohio, then to another state, then another state… the big picture is… we have limited reservoirs of this fuel left and if we continue to drain it all we will be forced to be at the mercy of the nations that have oil deposits… this nation has always been motivated by the TODAY and ME NOW concept… that is why our air is bad, our waters are poluted, our fish are dying, the ice caps are melting, the weather is changing… we care only for today and for what benefits me now… what will happen 20 yrs from now when we have NO oil left in our country…. then where do we go?

The big issue is still with the Oil Companies and their HUGE profits at the expense of the economy and the people…. no matter waht we do the bottom line is always the bottom line of profits… it’s always about the money.

If we can limit the scope of the drilling in the US and it does not continue to pollute our environment- then try it and see and also give the tax break… see what happens.
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BT..we have reserves of oil, in this country, and off the gulf to last several centuries. Pollution from drilling by todays methods is a myth…Global warming is a Myth..the whole eco-nut agenda are all MYTHS.

Now hear me out because Im only gonna say this once;

I DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT COW

Although there was that one time I was all liquored up

If you want to see hundreds of thousands lose jobs due to this costing billions each week then lets do this. I’d rather have a long term solution than to hurt even more down the road. People are so quick to jump on things that sounds good for now but don’t look at the long term affect that it may have on us later. I bet the gas prices will get even higher after this so called tax holiday is over.

Hillary2008. Hillary2008.

It breaks my heart sir, to find out that you’re a compulsive liar.

IF RC WILL LIE ABOUT HIS HOGS, THEN WHATELSE MIGHT HE LIE ABOUT

Im afraid to say that if RC’s lips are movin he’s lying.

Im afraid to say, that when RC’s lying that’s when he’s in hog-heaven

“Obama voted three times for a tax holiday when he was in the Illinois legislature.”

“Barack Obama stood by his opposition to a proposed gas tax holiday, decrying it as a quick-fix campaign gimmick ”

Thats right folks! Please vote for this flip flopper candidate Senator Obama in primaries so that McCain will win in November!

Can someone here tell me if Ive got all the cow $#@% of my cowboy boots. I can’t see them past my fat, yellow-bellied gut. I can smell something down there, I just can’t see it. Someone go get me another Lone Star.

RC IN MO

Hey RC, what’s with your lo-life friend BIG TEX? This fool can’t quit making a spectacle of himself. I don’t understand the need for his explaining his love for Clarabelle. Somethings are just better left in Texas. RC do yourself a favor and stay away from that fat coward. Oh I almost forgot;

IF RC LIES ABOUT HIS HOGS WHATELSE MIGHT HE LIE ABOUT

Comment by cheap trick
April 30th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
RC IN MO

Hey RC, what’s with your lo-life friend BIG TEX? This fool can’t quit making a spectacle of himself. I don’t understand the need for his explaining his love for Clarabelle. Somethings are just better left in Texas. RC do yourself a favor and stay away from that fat coward. Oh I almost forgot;

IF RC LIES ABOUT HIS HOGS WHATELSE MIGHT HE LIE ABOUT
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Cheap trick and Cheap Hooker-your mommy’s calling-it’s way past your bedtime. night night.

Gas tax holiday is a big mistake, I have spent 5 years working in the Highway industry and I can tell you, it is one of the most efficent government services in the US. When you consider the average american pays less than $400.00 dollars a year, and the fact that it is a service everyone uses everyday. And it is one of the few funds where the money that goes in is what comes back out, and it is spent on the US, not Iraq or Korea so no money is ever lost it just keeps recirculating. The fuel tax has not been increased since 1990 and during that time construction and maintence costs have more than doubled.
If anything we need to increase the highway trust fund not further deplete it.

I had my panacea removed after I was in a car accident.

It makes sense that the gas tax holiday is not an internal organ.

So, the economists come out and basically shoot mccain in the foot for his idiot ‘gas tax holiday’ pander and what does our geriatric GOP candidate say, “well, we should do it anyways”…seriously, has mccain been checked for Alzheimer’s yet? I think he’s a couple cans short of a six-pack (to use a common GOP vernacular).

He’s only running on 3 cylinders

to use an automotive vernacular

comment to joe and gall bladder you must work for the state where it take 5 people to fill one pot hole. one to drive the truck, one to shove, one to rake and two to watch.

Comment by Rob
April 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

Gas tax holiday is a big mistake, I have spent 5 years working in the Highway industry and I can tell you, it is one of the most efficent government services in the US. When you consider the average american pays less than $400.00 dollars a year, and the fact that it is a service everyone uses everyday. And it is one of the few funds where the money that goes in is what comes back out, and it is spent on the US, not Iraq or Korea so no money is ever lost it just keeps recirculating. The fuel tax has not been increased since 1990 and during that time construction and maintence costs have more than doubled.
If anything we need to increase the highway trust fund not further deplete it

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The highway industry is on of the most corrupt industries in the United States, from bid rigging, to strong arm tactics/mafie connections involving suppliers, ex: concrete. Also that money is spent by the Dept. of Transportation where it’s used to build idiotic systems like light rail in areas of the county that will never use it.

mafia typo

COMMENT: HOLIDAY FOR GAS, DON’T DO US NO FAVORS, WHAT SAVE 18 CENTS ON A

GALLON, GIVE ME A BREAK, THEN AFTER THE BIG BREAK OF NOW $3.60 A GALLON THE COST

WILL BE $6.OO A GAL. MAKE UP FOR THE BIG DISCOUNT……SHOVE IT. GIVE IT TO SOMEONE

WHO GIVES A S.H.I.T, YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ALL YOUR ILLEGALS>

JUST A CITIZEN OF THE U.S.

It would help the most needy. Until we get back to moving more by rail we are just fooling oursselves. Moving cargo by truck long haul is just plain rediculas. You used to be able to get on a train in almost any little town in the US and go anywhere. The price was low because the passenger cars were just an added bonus. Look at all the jobs it would create to put the railroads back to where they were. The savings on fuel would be tremendous. Less waste less fuel per mile less accidents on the roads, what more could you ask for.

TO EVERYONE—I OWE THE GENTLEMAN, RC IN MO, A VERY SINCERE APOLOGY. APPARENTLY I MIS-INTERPRETED SOMETHING HE SAID TO ME, WHICH LED ME TO GO AFTER HIM PRETTY HARSHLY. ACTUALLY PRETTY SAVAGELY. IVE EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT FOR ME TO MAKE IT RIGHT, I OWE HIM A PUBLIC APOLOGY. IVE READ RC’S POSTS FOR ALONG TIME NOW AND I KNOW HE’S A GOOD MAN.

SO RC, I DO SINCERLY APOLOGIZE.

Mccain looks like an angel next to the Obama=Abomination……..wake up America!!!!!!!

Comment by Rob
April 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
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IF American’s are only paying around $400.oo per year, how much would they pay in one quarter (three months - June, July, August)? $100.oo, right? I would think even a Harward educated lawyer could figure that one out (or at least have a staff member use a calculator) instead of quoting some unknown “economists” and claiming $25 or $30 as Senator Obama has apparently done! Just my personal opinion.

By the way, Rob, I agree with others that there are concerns to be considered (possible suspension of infrastructure funds, the effect financially and politically when the fuel tax is re-imposed in September, etc.). People serviced by mass transit transportation would certainly save less money by a suspension of federal gasoline taxes (unless their fare rates went down - figure the odds!), but for people who regularly use their cars to get to work, go shopping, vacations, etc. the savings could (and I think would) be greater. I just hate for politicians (especially one who promises no more “Politics as usual” to throw numbers out (whether quoting some economist or by averaging every one into an aggragate averaged figure) and figure that Americans cannot compute the figures for themselves and their personal finances. I don’t drive much so I wouldn’t save even the $25 over the three month period, but to average myself into the figures quoted is distorting what each individual would save.

Comment by Mr. J
May 1st, 2008 at 12:21 am

It would help the most needy. Until we get back to moving more by rail we are just fooling oursselves. Moving cargo by truck long haul is just plain rediculas. You used to be able to get on a train in almost any little town in the US and go anywhere. The price was low because the passenger cars were just an added bonus. Look at all the jobs it would create to put the railroads back to where they were. The savings on fuel would be tremendous. Less waste less fuel per mile less accidents on the roads, what more could you ask for.
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We financially propped up passenger rail service startingin the 1970s, it was called Amtrack and it was a billion dollar boondoggle that no one used.

A tax reduction on the gas we buy isn’t the only savings. The cost of transporting goods keeps rising too. It drives up costs for ALL items we buy, not just gas.

Buy American oil.

Oops, can’t get to it because of congress and the EPA.

We’ll have to suck it up I guess, or vote out the dorks in congress that continue to stifle American industry.

Comment by BT long beach ca
April 30th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
I was listening to Bush talk about the energy crisis and the economy the other day and he kept pushing for the expansion of drilling within the US for oil… Anwar; and that would solve our situation. If Anwar would give an immediate relief for a period of a year or two - it maybe worth exploring; it alos is worth exploring all options that help the people be able to afford the rising cost of gas even the small snip its of a tax break… anything helps as long as it is well thought out and planned properly. This helps short term relief… then there is the long term BIG picture…

What I recently read and was not aware of was that Pennsylvania way back in our past was a huge source of oil for our country and they drilled and drained the entire state, then they moved onto Ohio, then to another state, then another state… the big picture is… we have limited reservoirs of this fuel left and if we continue to drain it all we will be forced to be at the mercy of the nations that have oil deposits… this nation has always been motivated by the TODAY and ME NOW concept… that is why our air is bad, our waters are poluted, our fish are dying, the ice caps are melting, the weather is changing… we care only for today and for what benefits me now… what will happen 20 yrs from now when we have NO oil left in our country…. then where do we go?

The big issue is still with the Oil Companies and their HUGE profits at the expense of the economy and the people…. no matter waht we do the bottom line is always the bottom line of profits… it’s always about the money.

If we can limit the scope of the drilling in the US and it does not continue to pollute our environment- then try it and see and also give the tax break… see what happens.
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First, I’m glad to see you’re reading our nation’s history.

Second, we have way more oil in this country than 20 years supply.

Third, the oil companies can’t be blamed for the whole situation. Of course they make huge profits, but so do lots of other companies, that’s why they went into business. They also pay large amounts of taxes, about a 44% rate, which provides revenue for the government. Penalizing the oil companies isn’t the answer, they simply pass the cost on to us and we’re back to square one. And much of the higher price of oil is due to speculators, as it is with any commodity. I don’t hear anyone complaining about their profits.

Fourth, drilling is not a major source of pollution, consumption is. We have nobody to blame but ourselves. We like our cars. We like to drive. And we want something to change as long as it isn’t in our own backyard. We don’t want pipe lines on our property. We don’t want wind towers blocking our view. We don’t want nuclear power plants near us. We simply don’t want to make any sacrifices.

Fifth, Democrats continue to block every opportunity they’ve had to do anything about it. They have fought additional drilling and the addition of new refineries. They have always fought against any further nuclear plants. Why doesn’t anyone notice that the Dems have been in charge during this big jump in gasoline prices? Has everyone forgot that Democrat Dingell proposed a $.50 INCREASE in the gasoline tax last year and he’s still pushing it?

Comment by Rob
April 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Gas tax holiday is a big mistake, I have spent 5 years working in the Highway industry and I can tell you, it is one of the most efficent government services in the US. When you consider the average american pays less than $400.00 dollars a year, and the fact that it is a service everyone uses everyday. And it is one of the few funds where the money that goes in is what comes back out, and it is spent on the US, not Iraq or Korea so no money is ever lost it just keeps recirculating. The fuel tax has not been increased since 1990 and during that time construction and maintence costs have more than doubled.
If anything we need to increase the highway trust fund not further deplete it.
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You aren’t Robert Byrd by any chance? Just curious since you want to waste more money on an outdated and corrupt system.

Old DEM…Democrats can’t see the mess they’ve created in anti-drilling and anti-refineries for the past 3 decades.
They REFUSE to see what’s historical FACT. Now they’ve saddled the world with this curse of bio-fuel, causing food prices to rise and additional starving throughout the world.

About all Democrats CAN do is recite old party/candidate rhetoric.

Right on OLD DEMOCRAT!

Last month the USGS announced discovery of over 1 trillion (yes, that’s TRILLION) barrels of oil under SD and WY. That’s 300-400 years of oil at present consumption rate. Like the automobile replaced the horse and carriage, an alternate source will surely be discovered through ingenuity over that time frame. Until then, that resource is ours to use.

With liberal’s conservation logic, the ultimate result would have to be living in caves or trees using animal fat for light and stone wheels for mobility.

If you haven’t read Jonah Goldberg’s “Liberal Fascism” yet, I highly recommend it.

The democrat party’s agenda is strikingly similar to Hitl*r’s National Socialist Party of the 1920s-1940s.

[Had to use an asterisk, because the PC crowd at Fox (yes, they're embedded there), block use of the maniacal Fuhrer's name.]

Of course it isn’t a permanent solution, but it cold be relly helpful to people who are struggling.

It should be noted that nuclear power and drilling in the ANWR are long-term to permanent solutions that are 100% unacceptable to congressional democrats. So is purchasing petroleum from Canadian oil sands because it pollutes slightly more than processing bubbling crude oil. Interestng how we snub our neighbor, friend and ally to buy from terrorists.

I like Hillary’s idea of busting up OPEC but doing so is completely impractical. OPEC is here to stay until we can produce enough of our own energy that we don’t need OPEC fuel anymore. Once again, democrats focus on the symptom of the problem but don’t realize that the root of the problem is their insistence that oil rigs in the middle of nowhere or in the ocean and nuclear power are evil and wrong. We would have been self-reliant a long time ago if we were allowed to be.

I geuss 50 bucks is nothing to an elite like Obama

No doubt, Nodak! What an arrogant presumptuous know-it-all this Obama character is.

Bad news through and through.

Someone called Obama a flip-flopper because he voted before to have a tax holiday, and now he’s not. The reason why he’s not this time is because when he voted back in illinois, no one benefited from it! Quoting another foxnews story on this very website, it was stated that “Obama’s presidential campaign claims the lessons of that Illinois tax holiday influenced his decision to oppose a national tax holiday.”

So how is he flip flopping??

THINK FOR 1 SECOND IS ALL I ASK.

an 18 cents gas tax cut for you mean jobs lost for the guys rebuilding your highways….looks like a wolf tax in sheeps clothing…

Once again Hillary Clinton Supports John McCain..I guess there is just no place that McCain will go that Hillary wont follow. First the Iraq war and now the fake gas tax cut…

Obama for President (at least he wont pull the wool over your eyes)

A tax holiday does sound like an election-year gimmick. It also sounds like too little and too short- term-political speak; we — with support from our elected officials — need to find longer term domestic answers. However it is probably much better to talk about gimmicks then any windfall profits tax on the vary industry that supplies us with what we demand.

In 2006, the Cato Institute analyzed our long-term experience with placing windfall profits on ‘our’ oil industry (from Nixon through Carter). It can be found online. It concludes with the following paragraph:

“Regardless of the moral issues involved, federal efforts to take excess profits from oil companies—whether via price controls or excise taxes—are bad public policies. They fail to achieve their proximate aim, which is to reduce prices paid by retail consumers, but do manage to reduce supply, increase imports, and impose steep costs on the economy.”

Now, who said, “it’s the economy stupid!” ?

Old Democrat writes…

Penalizing the oil companies isn’t the answer, they simply pass the cost on to us and we’re back to square one. …..Fourth, drilling is not a major source of pollution, consumption is. We have nobody to blame but ourselves.<<<<

You are one of the few who gets it sir. I have said it many times. The solution to this problem exists in supply and demand. The Democrats want to address demand but ignore supply and the Republicans want to address supply but ignore demand. Despite the rising costs of gasoline our consumption of it continues to increase. We flat out eat gasoline like hogs eat slop. We drive gas guzzling Hummers and SUVs, we don’t carpool, we don’t use public transportation. Who is to blame for the increased demand? We are. And the Democrats are right to address this issue but cutting demand alone will not solve the problem. OPEC controls supply. If we reduce our demand they will reduce production in order to ensure that the ratio of supply to demand remains at its current level in order to maintain a high oil price. That means we must take a larger role in controlling supply and the Republicans are absolutely correct on this point. We need to drill Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico as well as other places. By doing so we now control supply but just as above doing that alone will not solve the problem because history has shown that the more we have the more we consume. So BOTH strategies must happen. Only we have the power to conserve and reduce demand. Only government has the power to allow additional drilling and increase supply. Therefore we must drive like Democrats and vote like Republicans.

I have a question, a temporary break from the tax, who would lose jobs due to this? Do you know that trucking companies and truckers are loosing their jobs everyday due to the cost of fuel? And the person thinking you can replace trucks with trains, how in the world could that ever happen? Can the trains go into shopping centers? Can trains go to houses and move people? Even if they don’t give the public this reduction they should consider it for our truckers.

Produce and Buy US oil!!!

On 4 Nov 08, vote out congressmen and senators that stifle US production.

DerrickSTL…..Well the Dems control Congress…Right? Why haven’t something already been done? Fuel being so high affects everything…Food…Clothing…Anything tthat has to be transported…
Oh yeah, Obama won’t pull the wool over our eyes….He already tried that and it seems to be working
for some people….Michelle calling us “Ignorant America”…She is so full of self and arrogant. it
gives me shivers to think of her being First Lady….

There ya go folks…Obama’s true colors coming out again! He promises to go after the big corporate heads and when he gets the opportunity to back up his mouth he turns and runs like a coward! This tax holiday on gas will help the truck drivers who are struggling to support their families. It may not help the average person but I thought us Americans were suppose to be one for all???

The point here is we (the US people) own the oil under our feet. It’s ours, not the feds’. There’s several centuries worth of it. Unless we hold these elected officials accountable (also read, vote ‘em out in lieu of those who’ll do the right thing), none of us has anything to gripe about.

OBAMIANS should stop twisting responsible american words. Unpatriotic Obama and his antiamerican friends are to risky for America’s safety, period! IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OBAMA’S COLOR.

The first thing you and the rest of Obama’s camp do is to use the RACE CARD to justify his unexperience, poor character and lack of judgement even for choosing his antiamerican, dangerous friends.

lovAmerica -

Doesn’t matter. He is mathematically unelectable.

Much to our pleasure, we won’t hear boo from him after 2008. He’ll go back to being the irrelevant senator he is, and probably not be re-elected.

Driving our cars one less day a week for a month will serve the same purpose. Let’s give the truckers a break by taking public transportation, carpooling or biking to work one day a week.

Evelyn -

Turn off your lights so I have more electricity at my house.

Comment by Evelyn
May 1st, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Driving our cars one less day a week for a month will serve the same purpose. Let’s give the truckers a break by taking public transportation, carpooling or biking to work one day a week.

*** Good idea but biking isnt practical for everyone.

Okay all you handwringers. Would you be content with the following “fair” solution to every little thing in life that troubles you:

Every individual in the US gets a ration card for things they use and consume.

x amount of electricity per month
x amount of milk per month
x amount of water per month
x amount of gasoline per month
x amount of health care per month
x amount of sugar per month
x amount of money per month

When you use it up, you can’t bargain, barter, or trade for more with other people.

See how ridiculous this is? Well that’s what’s being advocated by so many of you. And unless you not careful, that’s exactly what’s going to happen if you keep electing the liberals from either party that subscribe to this kind of federal control.

You want fair and equal? Hey that was tried in Soviet Russia and East Bloc nations. That’s the essence of life in North Korea. You’re asking to be doomed to a life of control and squallor.

Comment by Eye Zak
May 1st, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Okay all you handwringers. Would you be content with the following “fair” solution to every little thing in life that troubles you:

Every individual in the US gets a ration card for things they use and consume.

x amount of electricity per month
x amount of milk per month
x amount of water per month
x amount of gasoline per month
x amount of health care per month
x amount of sugar per month
x amount of money per month

+++++ Not up for this idea, sorry.

Comment by Derrick STL
May 1st, 2008 at 10:20 am
THINK FOR 1 SECOND IS ALL I ASK.

an 18 cents gas tax cut for you mean jobs lost for the guys rebuilding your highways….looks like a wolf tax in sheeps clothing…

Once again Hillary Clinton Supports John McCain..I guess there is just no place that McCain will go that Hillary wont follow. First the Iraq war and now the fake gas tax cut…

Obama for President (at least he wont pull the wool over your eyes)

+++++++++++ votring for Obama is just plane stupid… and he’d never win. Hillary Supporters dont want Obama/Hillary team they will ditch her and vote for McCain.

Virginia Voter -

You eliminated the context of my post, found in the last three paragraphs.

Comment by Eye Zak
May 1st, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Virginia Voter -

You eliminated the context of my post, found in the last three paragraphs.

====LOL… you right!

Derrick, think for 1 second, Obama already tried to pull the wool over our eyes. Didn’t work for most of us typical, white, bitter, gun totin, bible banging Americans. And I don’t see how a 3 month break on taxes is going to put the highway workers out of work. My family that works for the highway dept. is all for the break. So is my husband, a trucker, so that he can keep his job.

Comment by b
April 30th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
comment to joe and gall bladder you must work for the state where it take 5 people to fill one pot hole. one to drive the truck, one to shove, one to rake and two to watch.
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LMAO…………I always thought they should replace that sign that says “men working” to

“Man Working” or maybe

“Men Watching”

ROFL

Perhaps Senator McCain’s critics of the gas tax holiday he proposes, are not in touch with the day to day struggles of the low income American family. Apparently, Senator McCain is in touch. For many American families, that extra $30.00 could equal one more tank of gas to get to work or would buy several jars of peanut butter to make lunches for their children. I imagine John McCain can remember a time when a peanut butter sandwich would have tasted as good as any $30.00 steak his critics may have had for lunch today.

Is this the kind of leadership we can expect from John McCain?

He is soft pedaling on this issue.

He should propose some meaningful change from the obvious gouging done by the gas companys.

Gas prices are 1.00+ more a gallon that it was last year. That means everytime I fill up, the gas company get an additional $16.00. If you multiply that by the number of times I fill up during the year, a 30.00 tax cut is meaningless.

There is no gas shortage. The only reason prices are up is greed. The gas companies have already reported record profits. Bush/Cheney refuse to step up to the plate and do something more substantial. And McCain the “maverick” is pandering for the Bush supporters.

WAY @ GO GRANDPA MCCAIN
This is where the Media could do the right thing and punch a hole in this gimmick, or would they rather have McCain as the next president?

um, $33 in my pocket for the summer or billions for road work, um, tough decision, NOT!

I’ll take road work and construction jobs for $33..

WAY 2 GO GRANDPA MCCAIN
This is where the Media could do the right thing and punch a hole in this gimmick, or would they rather have McCain as the next president?

um, $33 in my pocket for the summer or billions for road work, um, tough decision, NOT!

I’ll take road work and construction jobs for $33..

Comment by lovAmerica
May 1st, 2008 at 12:41 pm
OBAMIANS should stop twisting responsible american words. Unpatriotic Obama and his antiamerican friends are to risky for America’s safety, period! IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OBAMA’S COLOR.

The first thing you and the rest of Obama’s camp do is to use the RACE CARD to justify his unexperience, poor character and lack of judgement even for choosing his antiamerican, dangerous friends.
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BUT WHAT ELSE DOES OBAMA HAVE

1. RACE CARD, THAT ALWAYS WORKS FOR A MAJORITY OF WHITES
2. KENNEDY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN, FOR OBAMA
3. MOVEON.ORG “GIVE ME, GIVE ME, MONEY MONEY FOR OBAMA GIVE
4. GEORGE SOROS, THE HIDDEN DICTATOR AND OBAMA PUPPET HANDLER

What do you think is going to happen?

McCain: He has no plan to deal with the loss of the infrastructure money. If we lose that money it will mean that our roads and highways will be in a state of disrepair, it means that possibly hundreds of thousands of jobs would be GONE. This may save the average American $30+ dollars, but it would cost hundreds of thousands of Americans their job.

Clinton: Her idea is to tax the Oil companies more. Do you REALLY think big oil is going to eat the losses from the new taxation? NO. They are going to do two things, they are going to pass the loss onto the consumer by raising prices (possibly eliminating any savings you get from the suspended tax) and laying off thousands of employees.

Both ideas cost hundreds of thousands of Americans their jobs.

So I can save a few bucks?

Please.

If they are going to work on a serious long term solution, then I am all for supporting that. This is a narrow minded short term “fix” that is going to create more problems down the line. In December we are going to be talking about how to fix the problems from the gas tax holiday.

I applaud Obama for doing what is responsible, instead of doing what is politically convenient.

I just hope the average American can see past the dirty tricks being played by his Republican opponents, Clinton and McCain. “I want to save you money, Obama doesn’t”

Clinton and McCain are making a political move here, they are doing what they think voters will like, without a responsible way to PAY for it.

Obama is showing strength and integrity for opposing this, and it is helping him, because other intelligent party officials and superdelegates can see through the McCain / Clinton tactics here.

Comment by Eye Zak
May 1st, 2008 at 1:07 pm

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Doesn’t matter. He is mathematically unelectable.

Much to our pleasure, we won’t hear boo from him after 2008. He’ll go back to being the irrelevant senator he is, and probably not be re-elected.
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What fantasy math is that?

In the wake of this new Wright scandal some of McCain’s number have gone up a bit, making him lead Obama in national polls by like 0.2%, but for the last three months Obama has lead McCain by a LOT.

If McCain was SO much more electable than Obama, then why are they statistically tied when Obama is in the middle of a Rev. Wright scandal and McCain is running virtually unopposed? McCain should be BLOWING HIM AWAY right now. He isn’t. Obama on his WORST day is tied with McCain on his BEST day.

Just because you don’t like Obama doesn’t mean he isn’t electable, that is the same mistake people made in 2004 with Bush. Everyone figured he was unelectable.

Once the Democrats finish this bickering and Obama gets the nomination, and he gets 6 months to battle McCain, Obama will win decisively.

McCain’s baggage, and ammo for the Democrats:
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Pastor Hagee (If McCain brings up Wright during the General election)
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Flip Flopping on several issues:
- Called the Bush tax cuts irresponsible and unconscionable… Now wants to extend them

- Called Waterboarding TORTURE and something that should NEVER be used… Voted AGAINST a bill banning it.
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The man stands up and says that we need to fix social security before it goes bankrupt, while saying the problem is irresponsible spending.
- The man who, with his wife is worth over $100,000,000 collected over $20,000 in social security last year.
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The man who has no exit strategy for Iraq, is right on board with President Bush.
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He is ON VIDEO saying he doesn’t know much about the economy. He is also on video saying the economy is strong, he said the economic problems are psychological
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His favorable stance to NAFTA. That is going to K-ILL him in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana etc…
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His HARDCORE stance on pro-life, coupled with the fact that the next President is likely going to appoint three new supreme court justices, is going to k-ill him with Women… Help with Christians, but hurt with Women…
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He has a HARDCORE anger issue toward people who disagree with him, said “F- YOU” during a session in the Senate to a Senator who dared disagree with him.
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His issue with campaign finance fraud. He accepted all the perks of federal financing, while disregarding all the pesky RULES. The law he broke was the McCain / Feingold (sp) act. How funny he broke his own law.
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The list can go on and on and on and on…

Comment by Scott C
May 1st, 2008 at 4:55 pm

His favorable stance to NAFTA. That is going to K-ILL him in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana etc…

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Is that why McCain is marginally ahead in polls in PA?

From Rasmussen today….Election 2008: Pennsylvania Presidential Election
Pennsylvania: McCain 44% Obama 43%

You offer a lot of other easily refutable material. We’ll start with this one though.

HEY JOHN the gas we are talking about is in a different location than the old folks gas that you know . Your can be helped with BEANO PILLS or pysillium. The american public is talking about the type you use in cars and planes. Ask Lieberman he will whisper in your ear [ I hope].I guess when you are chauffered around or on a lobbyists plane with a female aide or companion you do not have to worry about the cost of GAS[ FUEL TYPE].

McCain needs a Panacea…….. to drop on his head like a ton of bricks! Maybe that will help heal his old mind.

He’ll probably forget his name before this election year is done! LOL!

Barak Obama is only against a gas tax holiday, because McCain and Clinton were for one first. Obama doesnt want to look like a follower. The proof is in the pudding. In 2000, as an Illinois state Senator, he voted 3 times for a gas tax holiday of Illinois State taxes.

Hey guys….I’m sure you, like me, rarely follow links on these threads, but I assure you this will be news by tomorrow. It’s the GOP’s new attack ad on Obama. Its pretty strong and isn’t gonna make his week any better.

http://www.columbiacountyrepublicanparty.org/

Comment by KDH55
May 1st, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Barak Obama is only against a gas tax holiday, because McCain and Clinton were for one first. Obama doesnt want to look like a follower. The proof is in the pudding. In 2000, as an Illinois state Senator, he voted 3 times for a gas tax holiday of Illinois State taxes.
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You freaking idiot, that’s why he’s not for one now because he realize back then that it didn’t accomplish anything and it basically took money away from roads etc. Do you think giving millions of people 30$ is more important that using that money to build and/or fix highway roads? Heck, the money would be better spent putting up freaking fences at the boarder! It’s a million better things we can do with that money beside giving people 30$ for the freaking summer! Give me a freaking break!

You idiots are so freaking gullible and that’s why the politicans treat you like a freaking seal!

Tim, I wouldn`t hold my breath waiting for Obama to put up a border fence no matter how much money he has. As far as the highway fund is concerned, neither Hillary or McCain are going to take from that source. McCain is taking the money out of general funds to replace it, and Hillary is going with a windfall tax. The highway money is safe. Obama said today it would only amount to a 30 cents a day savings. That is assuming you only burn a little over a gallon a day. That`s not a very realistic figure.

Barack Hussien Obama
Wright
Rezko
Farrakhan
William Ayers
Black Phanther
Malcolm X

They are the same kind or type of people.
It is up to you now to decide what is best for our country.

“Birds of the same feathers flock together.”
“Tell me your friends are, and I tell you who you are.”

What a scary thought ahead for our country…
Think people… think…

The gas tax rebate or holiday (or whatever you may want to call it) is nothing but