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Bush on $4 Gas: "I Hadn't Heard That"
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In addition to being incoherent at a White House press briefing yesterday, George Bush also proved that he is out of touch:
The "liberal media" will let Bush off the hook on this one, just as they always do, because his being out of touch is simply par for the course.
Q: 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 -
THE PRESIDENT: Wait, what did you just say? You're predicting $4 a gallon gasoline?
Q: A number of analysts are predicting -
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, yeah?
Q:-- $4 a gallon gasoline this spring when they reformulate.
THE PRESIDENT: That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.A normal president would be severely criticizes for exhibiting this level of cluelessness about what regular Americans are going through -- just as Bush's father was excoriated toward the end of his term for appearing to be unfamiliar with an optical scanner at a supermarket check-out.
And since this Bush is in the pocket of oil companies, he ought to be held to an even higher standard for awareness of what his corporate masters are up to, especially since their price gouging is a major factor in inflationary trends.
But the "liberal media" will let Bush off the hook on this one, just as they always do, because his being out of touch is simply par for the course.
On the bright side, maybe his approval rating will drop even lower than 19 percent. These record lows will become a part of his legacy that even all the revising of history by Karl Rove, Tony Snow and the hair pieces at Fox won't be ever be able to erase.
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