I've been disturbed, but not surprised, by the Obamedia's coverage of gas prices. The same media who blasted George W. Bush on a seemingly hourly basis for the gas prices of the time -- which was a fraction of what they are now! -- are providing cover for their messiah on fuel costs and are doing virtually nothing to challenge his most inane excuses for them.
Last night, unable to sleep and not interested in anything on the tube, I turned on the local NJ talk station and sure host Ray Rossi was discussing the skyrocketing gas prices. When he announced on the website was a poll asking whether these prices would affect Obama's reelection chances, I went to check it out:
Gas Giving You Agita? – Is Obama O’Bummed Out? [POLL]
By: Ray Rossi | 3/28/12
My gas station just went up 10 cents a gallon in one day!Things aren’t good, expecially since prices nationwide are closing in on $4 a gallon, according to a AAA survey out today.
Why is that?
Well, there are any number of reasons.
Seems as though every time we turn around, there’s a new reason given.
A few weeks back, Lou Dobbs told Bill O’Reilly that it had to do with the global market, and the fact that even though we drill as much as we do, we still export the refined product overseas to other emerging economies.
Now we hear from Tom Kloza, who’s the chief analyst at the Oil Price Information Service in Wall Township saying…. it has everything to do with April 1st and some terminals switching from winter gasoline which is a lot cheaper than summer grade fuel” .
He also goes on to say that “oil got up to close $130 a barrel and now it is coming down a bit now that countries are making contingency plans for dealing with tensions in Iran…all leading to the crude market internationally is calming down a bit.
Ok, I won’t hold my breath for that.
Here came the poll:
But with all that, do you feel this will not only hurt at the pump, but hurt the President’s chances of reelection.
What say you?
The Posse wants to know.
Will rising gas prices hurt President Obama's chances of reelection in the fall?
Now, before voting (in the affirmative), I was expecting to see results in the 50/50 area. After all, NJ is a blue state and at least half our residents are still in love with modern history's most failed president. Needless to say, I was surprised by the results (clipped the morning after at 8:00 AM):
It should be noted that this, of course, is an unscientific poll. It's also extremely important to note that one was allowed to vote more than once, and that non-NJ residents were able to vote. So, for all I know, someone who really dislikes Obama and doesn't even live in the Garden State hit the top choice several times. But ... the callers to last night's show were primarily NJ residents and critics of Obama outnumbered supporters by about 2-1.
What do you think?
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