Okay, I'll eat further crow if I must.
It was a boneheaded example.
Nope... the thread was not stupid things liberal posters say... its stupid things Barack Obama has said... back on topic
Time to bring up an oldie but goodie...
The Gas Tax Hypocrisy
This may rear its ugly head again... and it's good on so many levels...
1) it continues to show that Obama is a complete fraud, and he flip-flops to whatever position to fit the political mood he feels at the time...
Other such flops;
Obama Can't Get Anything Straight - YouTube
Obama: Two Presidents For The Price Of One - YouTube
Surge in Iraq, Gay Marriage, NAFTA, Partial Birth Abortion, Iran, -
Obama's Flip Flops: Who Is Barack Obama?? - YouTube
DC Gun Ban -
Barack Obama Flip Flops on D.C. Gun Ban - YouTube
Town Hall Meetings -
Barack Obama Flip-Flops on Town Hall Meetings - YouTube
Use of Commissions for investigating failings -
Sen. Obama Flip Flops on Commissions - YouTube
Cuban Embargo -
Obama Flip Flops on Cuban Embargo - YouTube
Mandated Healthcare -
Obama flip flops on mandatory health insurance ... MUST SEE - YouTube
Passing the Buck on Fiscal Responsibility -
Obama Passes the Buck. Fiscal Commission the "Oldest Stunt in the book" - YouTube
Invading Pakistan -
Obama Flip Flops in Minutes - YouTube
Iraq Withdrawal –
The Iraq war video Barack Obama does not want you to see!! - YouTube
On Iraq
Barack Obama Questions Petraeus in September 2007 - YouTube
Barack Obama will NOT end war. Troops must stay and fight. - YouTube
Obama Flip-Flops on Iraq Withdrawl - YouTube
Obama's Promise to withdraw troops in Iraq by 2009 - YouTube
Withdrawing Troops From Iraq - YouTube
Obama: The Flip Flop Master - YouTube
and many more…
“This is not about politics of the moment… it’s about what we can do right now!”
Both Ways Barrack Is No Flip-Flopper - YouTube
“Bothway Barack, worse than a flip-flopper”
2) it shows how out of touch with average Americans... He thinks the problem with fuel prices is just a simple MPG issue... He thinks if you change your car to a lower MPG car, then everything will be alright... I'm not sure he sees that many Americans are out of work, or working low paying jobs, and cant just afford to go switch up to a low MPG car, no matter what tax incentive he comes up with... Those low MPG cars don't suit their needs either... a low MPG car doesn't plow a field, it doesnt power factories, it doesnt heat houses in the winter, it doesn't come in pick-up variety... Things which average Americans need to rely on in the short term...
3) how poorly he is at leadership on issues... He has no short term policy for high energy prices (in fact, he wants them to go up)... This was 4 years ago... same problem, same lack of response...
4) It shows how he thinks government programs are the cure for all the problems we have in life... He thinks theres a problem with the environment so government can fix it, by causing crippling regulations on industry, and forcing Americans to have to resort to tax incentives from the government to buy into his new modern agenda... He doesn't care what expenses you or the government will have to endure to accomplish the goals of his vision of society... crippling sanctions, needless regulations, exorbitant prices, expensive costs to the government... no problem for him...
This is him advertising in 2008 that he’s gonna punish oil companies… (the ones who give us the gas)
Barack Obama 2008 ad on Gas Prices - YouTube
In other ways, he doesn't care how energy prices effect average Americans... here is a perfect example... his support for cap and trade, which he admittedly suggests that he knows will incur huge costs on companies, and then get passed back onto the consumers... he just feels its that important, that government has to do it...
Here's a good example... his stance on cap and trade of the coal industry...
Obama admits his intentions are to skyrocket oil prices - YouTube
5) He is a dreamer, and certainly not a pragmatist about this... The Volt cost $40K, in a market where most cars cost $15K, and no $7500-$10000 tax incentive is going to help them make that transformation... Most Americans can't simply afford to buy a new car... They are out of work or working low paying jobs that they need the cars they already have to get them to and from work or job interviews on a regular basis... and to help them pick up their kids and take them to activities... Even if everyone bought into his vision of the world, with the new innovations, people can't afford them... and in the meantime need a short-term solution to gas prices... Instead of government forcing people to buy new, the government could let the market regulate itself, and the new technology wouldn't be unrolled until they can find a way to make it truly affordable and competitive... when it reaches that level of efficiency, then people will buy them... Instead he just wants to mock and laugh at people who don't have the means to buy a new car, or who can't function on a tiny little box car...
Obama Fumbles with Gas Price Question - YouTube
Yeah, real funny that the guy who has lots of kids has to drive around a large vehicle, that they don't have fuel efficient alternatives for just yet... ha ha, he he, hoo hoo... real funny mr president that you don't care about the real ways in which high fuel prices hurt the economy, hurt the average Americans, and prevent people from lifting themselves out of poverty...
Instead he wants high gas prices at a gradual pace...
Obama Wanted High Gas Prices...Gradually (2008 Election Campaign) - YouTube
Steven Chu - lower gas prices not goal - YouTube
Obama Wants Gas Prices to Hit European Levels - YouTube
He wants the high fuel prices to allow him to build high speed rail for the general Chicago area...
Obama on high gas prices - YouTube
The guy is aloof to the effects people deal with from trying to have government enforce his unrealistic ideals compared with the reality of how life exists in the present state…