[TheRealThing]

You were the one that brought up cheap gas prices under Bush, and high prices under Obama, yet failed to mention that gas prices set a record high under Bush, and were high for a big part of his tenure. He had a 3 month decline, and that's all you tout. You are no better than all the other twisters.

Actually that decline of gasoline prices was a somewhat longer period than you claim--- "The recession caused demand for energy to shrink in late 2008, with oil prices falling from the July 2008 high of $147 a barrell to a December 2008 low of $32. Oil prices stabilized by October 2009 and established a trading range between $60 and $80." [Wiki]

The price of crude per barrell is what it is, therefore gasoline prices are driven by that number. But, there are still lots of ways to hedge against high oil prices by exploiting other resources. My complaint isn't only that the price of gas has been on the rise since Obama took office, even though that is the case. With jobs on the wane and energy prices through the roof why not exploit our own natural resources? The Obama policy has been one of buying more and more crude from OPEC rather than falling back to on shore oil production in the gulf and the Alaskan oil fields. And, of course, there is Obama's irrational veto of the Canadian Pipeline. We should be taking advantage of our own energy reserves. This would lower prices and provide jobs. I have yet to hear a plausible case made to defend current administration energy policy of simply doubling down on imports. In short, absolutely nothing has been done towards long term energy savings. Windmills, solar panels and battery powered cars have been the laughable focus of this administration. Add Obama's unexplainable war on coal to the equation and one is left scratching his head. What's he doing?

I said, in fact, that gas prices and the rest have been on the rise since the end of 2008 and they have. Call that twisting if you want, everybody knows it's true.