Why does bush keep blaming the democratic congress forthe high oil prices?

he says they wont let oil companies drill in anwar and other places here in the but what he doesnt tell you is what his energy dept told him if they do drill for example in anwar the price will go down maybe 1 penny in the next 20 years and thats the dems telling him that its his own energy dept so this guy to me has become an even bigger joke than he already isWhy does bush keep blaming the democratic congress forthe high oil prices?
He doesn't want to admit the truth: he is doing the bidding for Big Oil. They have to love their record profits while the rest of us suffer under the void of leadership in the White House.Why does bush keep blaming the democratic congress forthe high oil prices?
He has a pattern of blaming everything for the last seven years on Democrats. If things had gone well he would have taken the credit, instead, due to his own management failings, hes needed to take cover.


Alaska and Florida both with oil reserves, have continuously fought not to have more drilling, both are hugely red states.


Congress for six years did not push though more drilling, more refineries, more anything...they sat on their hands despite a clear majority in the executive and legislative branches.


Its not the Democrats that missed the opportunity to shove it through, its the Republicans who didn't want their state worrying about oil spills in the wilderness and offshore accidents.





In those six years, had they been serious, they could have rewritten those environmental regulations, they didn't.


In those six years they could have allowed darn near anything, but they didn't.


The notion that in eighteen months the Democrats with their one vote majority could have overcome a sure veto, is so off the wall that I don't know how anyone can seriously be expected to believe that.


Not to mention the Iran war, which took their oil off the market, and now its back at a considerably lower output.


Don't you think that has something to do with the price of oil?


Or the declining value of the dollar due to our excessive debt due again to the Iraqi war?
The democrats also shut down every effort to develop oil resources in the lower 48 and off shore. We could have had the Anwr oil now if the previous president had signed the bill in the 90s. The president is correct, the Democrats promised they had a plan to lower gas prices and instead the prices have nearly doubled since they took control of congress. What is the ';plan,'; to once again lie to the American people and hope we don't notice.
Because blaming and coming up with simplistic solutions is what he does best.





Anwar is all about making sure the oil companies squeeze every penny they can while there is still oil to be drilled for.





I say leave the caribou alone. It's not their fault and the average consumer won't profit from the destruction of their habitat.
Because the democrats (in general, not this particualr congress) ARE to blame.





Environmental regulations brought about by democrats have made exploration impossible (ANWR, continental shelf drilling), and made building new refineries prohibitively expensive.





As for drilling in ANWR, its more to me about becoming independent and not relying on the mideast, Venezuela, etc, than about the price.
Democrats keep blaming Bush for almost anything that happens in the United States, so it really goes around in a circle. Also, oil prices have significantly risen since the Democrats took control of Congress, so Bush may have a valid point there.
He isn't doing it for the nation, he is doing his bidding for the oil companies.





';to me has become an even bigger joke than he already is'; agreed
Republicans can't think. They are told something %26amp; then they defend that with out thinking so he %26amp; his followers are being told to blame the dems for everything.
Because he always needs a scapegoat and is unwilling to assume responsibility for anything ,he does, just blame others
He knows more about it than I do, so I guess it IS their fault,


didn't happen until Pelosi became House Majority leader...


good thinking George...you figured it OUT!
Republicans had six years of total control.





They could have drilled in anwar then.





They are now playing the Washington blame game.
Because the dems will not allow any oil to be drilled in our country and we are not allowed any new nuclear reactors.
Why have oil prices doubled since Democrats took control?
Because like most other people, he has some real problems with personal accountability.