Gas Prices Soar to $3.83 a Gallon on Labor Day – Another Obama Record
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 7:02 AM
Record high Labor Day gas prices face Democrats at Charlotte convention.
Gas prices soared 10% in August
Politico reported:
Democrats arrived in Charlotte on Monday to an ill-timed reminder of one of the issues plaguing President Barack Obama’s reelection bid: high gasoline prices.
Prices at the pump reached a national average of $3.83 Monday, according to AAA, setting a record high for a Labor Day. The previous Labor Day record of $3.69 was set in 2008, at the height of the last presidential election fight.
Gas prices have increased by 23 cents in the past month during the height of the summer driving season. But AAA predicts that Obama, who has faced sustained attacks from Republicans over gas prices, will get a respite in the coming weeks once refineries that shut down as a result of Hurricane Isaac reopen.
But high prices will probably linger. “While prices should drop in September barring any major developments, we expect gasoline to remain at or near record highs through the end of 2012,” AAA spokesman Avery Ash said in a statement.
Republicans have pummeled Obama over gas prices, hoping to appeal to undecided voters who are struggling to fill up their tanks. The GOP has used pump prices to launch broad attacks on the president’s energy policies, arguing that the administration has stood in the way of expanded domestic oil production.
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Tim in Cali commented:
U.S. Debt clock
U.S. National debt…as of this comment
$15,999 TRILLION
Coming up on sweet sixteen…thx Obozo
anti-bho commented:
Obamacare Summed Up in One Sentence – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdnY8r7_fLw
dba...vagabond trader commented:
+$4.00 in CT.
Limousine Barry commented:
Why are you looking at me?
I am just trying to bankrupt you. Then you will see the light. Get on Food Stamps, WIC or Disability! You need to become dependent on the government!
Let me be clear, I’ve kill so many energy exploration jobs I have lost count. It gives Chissy Tingles… the tingles!
I promise to kill any new job in the oil exploration sector, the coal sector, nuclear energy sector – or any sector that could provide competition to Arab oil. I owe them a huge debt for getting me through Harvard Law School! My grades sukked!
No, I will not be paying for the expensive gas my Limo guzzles or the fuel that my Jumbo jet consumes. The taxpayer will be picking up the tab! Ha-ha!
If you like the way I have sent gas prices and unemployment sky high then vote for me! And, this is important. Send me $30,000.00 before midnight. Axelrod spend all of your money. My campaign is broke!
My campaign is like and empty chair. But, Davy Axelrod has yet another scam for my Limousine Liberal Hollywood Donors. It’s a version of the Tinker Bell scam. I can’t go into details because it has not been hatched.
Besides, my Limousine Liberal Hollywood donors always vote for me. Why should that change? I say take their money and give them the pole! My campaign may reek like swamp gas but once gas prices hit $5.00 per gallon it will stink worse. Good day.
obfuscatenot commented:
Proof #1 that our Nation has been “dumbed down”. If our children were taught in school that energy is the most important segment of our economy, they would never had elected a wanna-be-dictator who openly said before the election in ’08 – “Under my plan, energy prices will necessarily skyrocket.” No matter your politics this is suicide!
Militant conservative commented:
Obama wants America to fail.
Obama is evil to the core.
Noovuss commented:
obfuscatenot commented:
Proof #1 that our Nation has been “dumbed down”. If our children were taught in school?
Really?
Sorry, you’re obfuscating!
Schools are under local control and morons have let the schools become nests of Marxists, teaching your children the wrong lessons. Why should you leave this lesson up to the teacher? Why have teachers unions been allowed to take control? Why do we have publicly funded education in the first place? The answer is simple, you are too G-damn lazy to even involve yourself in the process.
The chickens are coming home to roost………
bigkahuna commented:
Love the Obamacare explaination.
GOP/ Romney needs to simply state if you are an average family with 1 car you have increased gas costs of about $2000 / year. 20 gal x $2 extra per gal x 50 weeks= $2000 ( $4000 if 2 car family)
Then add what 20% increase in grocery budget, electric is higher, house is worth less, jobs are scarce etc etc etc.
Obama said he loves this country but wanted to fundamentally transform America….
Thats kinda like saying I reallly love Moochelle
But:
1. She is fat
2. She is ugly
3. She is ignorant
4. She is bossy
5. She is lazy
6. She is a biotch
7. She has no talent
8. She is a mooch
9. She has no taste
10. She wears ugly clothes
11. She is out of touch.
12. She never really earned her job
13. She is a know it all
14. She doesnt know how to clean an empty suit
15. She expects everyone else to clean up after her
16. She needs 18 person staff to keep her up to speed.
17. She always telling me what to eat
18. She wastes money she didnt earn
19. She has one big ass carbon footprint and butt print
20. She wont let me smoke.
But Moochelle I love you so much !
JenBee commented:
We’ve been paying $4.09 here in Michigan (just north of Detroit) for MONTHS now. I cannot remember the last time it was below $4 a gallon!
And hey remember, if we want to fix the energy crisis, all we need to do is put air in our tires!
SoLongSong commented:
I’m sure obama LOVES this particular record and hopes he can double it soon. If you can’t make it a LAW for people to conserve, “Ve haff ozzer vays…”
rasqual commented:
I never understand where people are finding these great bargains on gas that get reported as the “national average.” Here in Chicago it’s always 50 cents worse. Always.
In fact, what’s weird is that when the “highest” national prices are reported, they’re usually 20 cents below what we’re actually paying.
I don’t know how on earth a city like Chicago doesn’t show up on the radar of such reports.
kato commented:
Criticize Obama’s reckless energy policies by all means. But it’s ridiculous for Republicans to try to make a big deal over a temporary spike in oil prices, especially since the proximate cause of the spike — Isaac — is known.
bigkahuna commented:
Kato, I would agree with you if Obama had not blamed GW Bush for everything under the sun and still does taking no responsibility for everything buit then also taking credit for increased domestic production he had nothing to do with, and in fact has tried to stop. The increased production has come from the private lands not federal ones.
He killed Gulf drilling yet encourages it in deeper waters in Brazil saying we will be a great customer.
He killed Keystone Pipeline
He killed coal mining permits already granted and his regulations have shut many electric plants now putting thousands out of work and less electric when we need more.
He blames Bush for deficits and debt when most of it started under the Liberal control of congress in 2006 and has skyrocketed.
He says Bush tax cuts cause these debts which is false since revenues increased. He still extended those tax cuts and still blames Bush. He pushed for lawsuits and forcing banks to make subprime loans ( That really caused our mess) and was part of those who refused to reign in Freddie and Fannie when Buish tried 12 times to do so. Google Freddie and Fannie hearings and seee who said home loans were safest investment ever( Hint it wasnt Bush) Maybe Barney Fwank and the dems.
He had all 3 branches for 2 years and did nothing but bribe people to shove a 2700 page BS bill down our throats taking over healthcare and increasing costs and red tape by huge amounts. He has not passed ONE budget and when he actually proposed one..HE GOT 0 VOTES…ZERO nadda, none, zip not even from Natzi Pelosi or Harry Bleid the country dry.
So when you get a president who rarely meets his own staff for real meetings, golfs more than Tiger Woods, Has concerts weekly, vacations and campaigns more than he shows up for work and ignores his own jobs council and then blames GOP congress for not caving to his every demand. This twit is an embarrassment.
He called Bujsh unpatriotic for his debt/ deficit but he has quadrupled it and made things much worse.
When are liberals going to wake up and simply admit this clown was never ready for this job, never did anything to really even get his old jobs but beat up his opponents with trash and thug politics of Chicago. When do you look at his massive failures on most every level and say You are right Obama is a Clusterf*ck
jony101 commented:
3.83 that is a bargain, California its 4.09 at its cheapest. Time to drill baby drill. When the israelis hit the iranians all hell is going to break loose. Even the people on foodstamps are having trouble filling up the escalade here in california, as obama likes to say “it hits the poor people the hardest”.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
…California its 4.09 at its cheapest. Time to drill baby drill.
A while back, I was filling up the tank in my 4Runner when I noticed the sticker on the pump detailing the taxes. 18¢ a gallon for the feds, 35¢ a gallon for the state of California, and 8.25% sales tax.
Quite a chunk of change.
el polacko commented:
$3.83 ? i wish ! i just paid $4.89 here in oakland, ca. of course, not a peep about these prices on the local news…but plenty of glowing stories about how exciting michelle and barack are going to be at the dem convention. yippeee !
mg4us commented:
Not in NYC. .already OVER $4/gal
And with another round of Quantitative Easing (QE3), dollar values fall so expect gas to be $5+/gal
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