The Blame Game

In December 2008 I took a picture of the current gas prices - the lowest I'd seen in a very long time.  Keep in mind, this was a month after Barack Obama was elected President, but a month before he took office.  A certain George W. Bush was in office then, and to say he got the blame for a failing economy would be an understatement.

Shouldn't he get some credit for the $1.34 price I paid back then?  It has risen ever since he left the White House. Twice in the last 6 years, I've actually been able to purchase gas for under $3.00, and that was with the help of an 11 cent grocery store discount card.  But the economy is recovering, right?  4 more years of Obama will turn things around, right?  So the other day, gas prices rose another 20 cents, literally overnight. I took to Facebook to vent my frustration, wondering exactly where the blame would fall. I joked that maybe Hillary had decided to run for President, because it is about as ridiculous a reason as any for the price of gas to rise.  Of course I was then promptly blasted by a few closed-minded liberal democrats, who think that Hillary for President is exactly what we need. Ummm, no. Hillary thinks that a net worth of 12 million is "dead broke." Seriously? When was the last time she had to worry about having enough money to fill the tank?  And before y'all go off on me about Mitt Romney being out of touch, hey, at least he didn't deny being rich!  What we need is answers, not another 4 or, heaven forbid, 8 years of someone who refuses to take the blame. The media says Iraq is to blame.  Sorry, unrest in the Middle East can't cause the price of gas already in the pumps in the United States to rise.  And don't get me started on bacon.  I'm sure Iraq has everything to do with the price of bacon doubling in the last month.