Specific: WASHINGTON — The bulletin reached President Bush toward the end of his news conference Thursday.
Peter Maer of CBS News Radio asked: "What's your advice to the average American who is hurting now, facing the prospect of $4-a-gallon gasoline, a lot of people facing ... "
"Wait, what did you just say?" the president interrupted. "You're predicting $4-a-gallon gasoline?"
Maer responded: "A number of analysts are predicting $4-a-gallon gasoline."
Bush's rejoinder: "Oh, yeah? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that."
Commentary: I am a 48 year old married man with 2 daughters. One finished college and the other is starting to think about college. I work for a living. I commute an hour each way each day. I started working with my current company on 9/11. The price of gas was between 1-2 dollars a gallon. We went to the President's war and the price of gas remained stable. Katrina hits and now, between the increases in gas, tolls and food, after 6+ years, I'm not making more than when I started.
I've gotten cost of living raises, but they have not kept pace.
I am old enough to remember the gas crunch of the 1970's – first hand. I accepted the increase then without liking it..
Over the years, I ignored the increase in the size of cars and gas and the fact that the world never ran out of gas! It was good for the country!
Ok, now Katrina hits – and gas again spikes – and 2 years later, prices are spiking again for little to no apparent reason.
Why is this kind of ignorance by the "War President" good for national security?
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