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Well energy secretary Stephen -- about how the hell and back pedaling.
Are you saying that you no longer share the view that we need to figure out how to boost gasoline prices in America.
I no longer share that -- these prices well could have well affect.
The comeback of our economy and we're very.
Worried about that so of course.
We don't want to -- price of gasoline to go up we wanted to go down.
Are associated -- actually backed -- of what he had said back then.
But all tests -- the national legal and policy senate still says the guy's got to go and now.
You know I always -- -- writer is professor about training I mean I don't think he's ready for these type -- growing skewed view our.
But he's handled so so poorly I don't care whether you you're you're supported administration or not now he's approached in Paris.
Right well he's an academic put into a political -- wasn't prepared for and you know Neal and Rush Limbaugh famously said that he hope President Obama fails.
And and that.
They ought they ought to be taking victory laps I mean there are accomplishing what they said they wanted to do Steven she said that he wanted to see European debt prices -- that European levels.
President Obama said he wants to see how electricity necessarily skyrocket.
System suppression their Green energy should schemes.
I don't and so what visited all of this happening right before the elect cyanide and all those -- going to.
That it would be after the election so it wouldn't be detrimental to the reelection over.
Well that's that's exactly right what we're seeing now is a switch from policy ideas and and our goals to political source.
Ideals and goals and very contradict each other they've got that -- box themselves into a corner.
Triple -- is saying that you know we're not even haven't even reached this summer peak that we usually reach effort gas prices they -- may we may hit.
Ford our Ford all reported five cents of that.
That there to -- political -- they have to back away from those previous state.
You know what the worry is I think for them to provide us and and and any incumbent politician -- that matter.
The longer these prices stay at this level it's not just guess it's affected is going to affect.
The cost of food and a host of other goods because of the cost more certainty and that's when it has that reverberating effect -- goes back.
To Jimmy Carter -- that's when it gets to be bigger than what's going on to pump time.
Was we know it's the -- source energy electricity our transportation fuels are all the master resource.
And and and -- choose just he's confused on supply and demand -- president.
There policy is to obstruct the Keystone Pipeline.
It's a limit drilling in the gulf and those of the those of the activities it's not about whether it's an American source or not it's about expanding the supplies of these.
Prices will be brought down.
But you know secretary she obviously has to go.
-- It's not just about the -- gas price issue it's about the they need the whole Recovery Act scheme -- stimulus stuff that's going into the clean energy schemes.
We're seeing all kinds of corruption -- been digging into a lot of these -- these loan guarantees with.
Zoolander obviously a big one but we've got -- her name want Hillary says that's all.
That occurred so right there a body but doing what you don't -- there.
We -- now -- -- -- well but -- on the rates are the good job Pope called Sasser in.
