The Washington Post notes this morning that Republicans are growing worried about high gas prices, which show no sign of let-up as summer approaches. Suddenly they are calling for investigations of oil companies for price-gouging.
What a laugher. The Republican Party exists to channel money to energy corporations. Its a revolving door of money and congressional aides/lobbyists flowing back and forth.
Iraq is the biggest failure of the Bush Administration and Republican controlled Congress. Energy policy is number two. After 9/11 the President had a once in a generation opportunity to change the culture of this country in regards to our use of energy. He could have gone to the American people and said the time has come to end our addiction to oil, particularly foreign oil. He could have called for conservation and a new huge investment in alternative energy research with a President Kennedy going to the moon like challenge of 10 years to no foreign oil. With the country united behind him after the attack and our vulnerabilities clear for all to see, it would have worked and the Bush Presidency might have been a great presidency.
Instead, he told us to go shopping, and by the way we are going to Iraq, and not one word was spoken about changing our energy policy. The true colors of Bush and Cheney and their life-long cozy relationship with big oil shone brightly. These guys had their chance. They are incompetent and corrupt and after six years of all Republican rule we have seen what the country and world looks like under their leadership. It's a mess.
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