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Date Posted: 13:49:43 05/05/07 Sat In reply to: sci guy 's message, "I know! I know!!!" on 03:03:29 05/05/07 Sat Hypocricy's a bitch >Dan Bartlett Caught In A Lie: ‘No One Ever Said The >War Would Result In Cheaper Gas Prices’ >Appearing this afternoon on MSNBC’s Hardball, White >House Counselor Dan Barlett adamantly denied that >anyone in the administration claimed that the Iraq war >would lead to lower gas prices. The transcript: > >MATTHEWS: [W]e’ve been struck by higher gas prices. >That was another promise made, that this war would >help us get cheaper gas — > >BARTLETT: I don’t think — > >MATTHEWS: None of these promises come through. > >BARTLETT: That’s not correct, Chris. The president or >no one else ever said that this war was going to >result in cheaper gas prices… > >MATTHEWS: Ok, so just to make it official, Dan, no one >in the administration has ever said that we would have >cheaper gas because of war in Iraq, just to make it >official? > >BARTLETT: I don’t recall anybody ever saying that, >Chris. > >As Matthews noted later in the broadcast, Laurence >Lindsey – President Bush’s senior economic advisor at >the time — argued in 2002 that the Iraq war would >increase oil supplies and lower prices. From the >Washington Times, 9/19/02: > >As for the impact of a war with Iraq, “It depends how >the war goes.” But he quickly adds that that “Under >every plausible scenario, the negative effect will be >quite small relative to the economic benefits that >would come from a successful prosecution of the war.” > >“The key issue is oil, and a regime change in Iraq >would facilitate an increase in world oil,” which >would drive down oil prices, giving the U.S. economy >an added boost. > >Bartlett is a talented spinmeister but facts are >stubborn things. > > > >href="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/19/bartlett-caug >ht-in-lie/">http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/19/bartlet >t-caught-in-lie/ > > >>>Democrat campaign promise: "We will lower your >>>gasoline prices." >>Either show were this was the official position of the >>DEMOCRATIC campaign or apologize for another of your >>witless distortions. >> >>>Turns out to be just another Dumocrat lie to get >>>elected. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: I know! I know!!! | Oorpan | 09:13:31 05/07/07 Mon |
| and you don't think the price of oil affects teh price of gasoline? | sci guy | 15:15:26 05/07/07 Mon |