As long as we're being subject to the stupid "Which candidate would you rather have a drink/bbq with?" questions, can we please add "Which candidate would you rather fill up a tank of gas with?"
Q You must be the most excellent expert on oil business.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes. (Laughter.) Look where our price is. (Laughter.)
Q Well, actually, I'm suffering high gas prices.
THE PRESIDENT: You are?
My vote still goes for the press giving McCain a free ride.
Senate Democrats are calling the White House's bluff on a threatened veto of an energy bill by refusing to take out language that would remove tax breaks for big oil and gas companies.Bush isn't bluffing - he will veto the bill because it's not exactly what he wants. But it's better for Congress to put a bill in front of him that is supported by a majority of not only Congresscritters but also Americans. Even if the result is the same as it would be if Congress just gave up and didn't put a bill in front of him that he wouldn't sign, now when he vetoes it, the blame will rest squarely on Bush's shoulders and nobody else's. We like it when our leaders have spines and go down fighting, not when they roll over and play dead.The Senate's version of the bill, which modifies energy legislation passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives, is scheduled to be voted on Thursday. It would repeal about $13 billion in tax breaks for mostly big oil companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp.
The White House has said the bill unfairly targets the oil industry and that President George W. Bush would veto the legislation in its current form.
The federal government is getting hosed by oil and gas companies.
How could that happen when Exxon-Mobil wrote our energy policy???
