Ed Morrissey writes, “Obama’s 2008 campaign fueled by rising gas prices”:
Andrew Kaczynski must be Barack Obama’s worst nightmare. While he and Nancy Pelosi try to find scapegoats for rapidly-rising gas prices, the BuzzFeed researcher is making Obama eat his own words … from 2008. When Obama ran for President, he attacked George Bush and John McCain for increased fuel costs and promised an end to reliance on foreign oil in order to bring prices back down.
While Ed has some additional examples of Obama’s 2008 ads that Kaczynski is highlighting, I’ll discuss the two favorites of my own in a moment. But first, with Tim Geithner now suggesting it’s time to tap America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves, from August of 2008, here’s a round-up of then-Senator Obama’s many “forgainst it” viewpoints on the pros and cons of this decision:
In August 2005, Obama agreed with George Bush’s decision to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in order to buffer the economy from the effects of Hurricane Katrina. However, Obama warned that such actions should only take place in times of real emergency (emphases mine):
- Charlie Benson
- GDM
- Walter
- http://www.survivingurbancrisis.com/ Silas Longshot


