Monday, April 24, 2006

Who's your demagogue?

The Detroit News, sometime this morning-



One thing you can always count on, as soon as the price of a gallon of gasoline nears $3, Democrats will start demagoguing.


Democratic senators are tramping all over the country demanding that President George W. Bush do something -- price controls, profit taxes, etc. -- about the sharp increase in oil prices, which have sent gasoline costs soaring. As always, the implication is that because the president was once in the oil business, he is in cahoots with his old buddies.


Gov. Jennifer Granholm joined the chorus by urging Michigan residents to sign an online petition against price gouging and profiteering.


Reuters, this afternoon-


Republican congressional leaders on Monday urged the Bush administration to investigate whether oil companies are overcharging consumers at the gasoline pump and if speculators are pushing up fuel prices.


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Republicans fear they could lose the Senate and House of Representatives in this November's congressional elections if voters retaliate against them for the high fuel prices.


Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert wrote President George W. Bush and asked him to direct the U.S. Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on any potential profiteering.


Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.