Why am I not surprised?!
Bush Says Dems to Blame for High Gas Prices
Reverses Policy, Along With McCain, on Off-Shore Drilling
By Jennifer Duck
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2008
As the presidential election revs into high gear, President Bush drilled the "Democratic-controlled Congress" for opposing White House energy policies, which he said has resulted in the rise of "gas prices to record levels."
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, left, joins President Bush as he makes a statement on energy, Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)"If Congressional leaders leave for the Fourth of July recess without taking action, they will need to explain why $4-a-gallon gasoline is not enough incentive for them to act. And Americans will rightly ask how high oil -- how high gas prices have to rise before the Democratic-controlled Congress will do something about it," Bush said in the Rose Garden.
Bush also inserted himself in the middle of the heated presidential race by reversing a long-held executive position on offshore oil drilling. The president proposed lifting a ban that he has signed annually and was strengthened by his father, former President George H.W. Bush, and extended by former President Clinton until 2012.
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