Bush on $4 gas: ‘I’ve heard of it now.’ (Updated)
Bush on $4 gas: ‘I’ve heard of it now.’ (Updated)
In February, when President Bush was asked what his “advice” would be to the average American who is “facing the prospect of $4 a gallon gasoline,” he replied, “That’s interesting, I hadn’t heard that.” At a press conference this morning, a reporter followed up and asked the president about his previous comments in light of nationwide average gas prices hovering well above $4/gallon. Bush responded, “I’ve heard of it now.” Watch it:
UDPATE: The title of this post has been changed. An early close-caption transcript reported Bush’s remark as “Where are they now?” A later transcript clarified that Bush said, “I’ve heard of it now.” We apologize for the mix-up.
UPDATE II: Also in today’s briefing, Bush acknowledged that offshore oil drilling won’t produce more barrels of oil anytime soon, but he added, “It is going to change the psychology.” Watch it:
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Somehow, I get the feeling that this guy is out of touch with reality.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:02 amDid you see the devilish little grin after he said “Whare are they now?”
He knows what gas prices are. He just really enjoys flipping the American people the bird.
Nice.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:05 amIt’s more than a feeling, Walt. He never has been even close to reality.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:05 amThe reporters sitting there should all be forced to share a cell along with the anti-American piece of garbage and worst president in US history…………I’ve heard the retarded , lying sack of crap lie over 100 times already………
July 15th, 2008 at 11:06 amHe was joking. Although, i dont think he really knows whats going on.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:06 amTo Bush, high gas prices means more money to him and his friends. The American people really don’t matter to this man.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:06 amBushitler, by his own admission, lives in a bubble, and said he’s absolutely comfortable in it.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:09 amI heard some of Bush’s press conference this morning. Summing up, the economy is not that bad, we can drill our way out of high gas prices and anything that really is a problem is due to the Democratic Congress. Never mind that the Democrats have accomplished nothing so far, except capitulate to Bush.
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July 15th, 2008 at 11:10 amShrub , of course , blamed Congress for the high price of gas ……………………And Clinton , later on.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:11 amRemember the Moron’s comment about gas prices in September 2005?
“Don’t buy gas if you don’t need it!” - President Dinkledork
Who does?
July 15th, 2008 at 11:12 amThe President is a child of privilege and power. He’s Never had to pay for a mistake he’s ever made, no matter How badly he’s screwed up. Unfortunately for him, there’s nobody who can clean up his mess now. He’s smirking because he’s always gotten away with everything. Howerver he will go down in history as the Worst President Ever. Here’s hoping for investigations, charges and serious prison time for All those who so richly deserve it, post 1/20/09.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:12 amImpeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
That was a “mission accomplished” smirk if I ever saw one. The people are just a flock of sheep to be fleeced to this sorry excuse for a leader and his enablers.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:14 amI don’t know how anyone can watch GDumbya’s pressers and still believe that the moron quit drinking and drugging. He may be hiding his consumption in public but there should be no doubt that he is active in his alcoholism and/or addiction.
What an absolute embarrassment this pant-load is to our entire country . . . and himself, for that matter.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:15 amI know that windows on presidential limousines are tinted, but even so, passengers can still see out. Driving by any gas station would clue one in as to current gas prices — most gas stations still advertised their prices in fairly high-visibility signage.
I suspect that Bush’s windows have been tinted so heavily as to be opaque — and I speak not only literally, but metaphorically.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:17 amBush knows what the price is but doesn’t care. McCain knew but just not right now. From arrogance to senior moments.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:17 amA clueless buffoon. And this is the guy the jelly-spined dems are afraid to stand up to.
Just saying . . .
July 15th, 2008 at 11:19 am“our financial markets are sound.”
as i write this the dja is down over 70 pts.
wall street is not getting the message.
worst.
president.
ever.
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good luck.
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July 15th, 2008 at 11:19 amApparently unaware of current gas prices, Bush blurted out, “Where are they now?”
You aware yet of where history is going to rank you on the totem pole of all US presidents , you grinning , braying , lying , stupid jackass ?
Your space is reserved for somewhere underneath the pole itself……
July 15th, 2008 at 11:22 amTwenty dollars to a glass of warm pee says that the lying SOB knows exactly to the penny what his crooked Daddy got for the last barrel of stolen oil he sold.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:23 amLeader of the free world…
July 15th, 2008 at 11:24 amBush acknowledged that offshore oil drilling won’t produce more barrels of oil anytime soon, but he added, “It is going to change the psychology.”
What is it with the Republicans and the whole psychology thing that they keep bringing up? Are they trying to convince Americans that all the crap that’s happening is all in our minds?
Is this the core of Republican thinking nowadays?
July 15th, 2008 at 11:26 amI don’t want this guy thinkin’ nothin’ about psychology.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:26 amAlso in today’s briefing, Bush acknowledged that offshore oil drilling won’t produce more barrels of oil anytime soon, but he added, “It is going to change the psychology.”
Chimpy has already decided upon his new career when his godawful presidency mercifully ends in Jan ; apparently , it is to be the new , more popular DR Phil………
Be nice if the world court put a kibosh on those dreams with a ‘better’ job more suited to his talents ; producing license plates…..
July 15th, 2008 at 11:27 amThe **FIRST** time Bush got caught on the price of gas, it was being clueless. But after being caught on this and still not bothering to find out - sheer stupidity. And they label Obama as an elitist ?
I’d like to add to 11. Abu : a Toast to Molly Iving (Bushwhacked). She pegged it 10 years ago. Shrub has taken over a line of profitable businesses and run them into the ground. He was in the process of doing that in Texas. And now he’s doing it nationally. Only difference is that this time, there is no sugar daddy to bail him out.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:27 amThat’s it! These high gas prices are all Bill Clinton’s fault!
sarc
July 15th, 2008 at 11:27 amOff with his head!
(In honor of Bastille Day –one day late)
July 15th, 2008 at 11:28 amI liked the part where he said that the enemy in Afganistan has ” no disregard” for innocent lives…
July 15th, 2008 at 11:29 amZooey is right on. Just as Boy George gave the finger to the world at the G8 meeting, “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter”, he is giving us the finger. “Fck you Americans, you don’t like me and I don’t like you. I will be remembered as a War President like I wanted to, my family’s fortune has never been more secure, and the Rapture is one step closer.”
What are you going to do about it? heh, heh, heh.
Evil. Pure unadulterated evil bastard.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:30 am“It is going to change the psychology.”
Nice to see Chimpy and McSame viewing themselves as the modern-day equivalents of Freud and Nietzsche ; a pair of the most stupid loads on 2 feet ever in human history , trying to infer particulars about a subject they know even less than they do about governing , being honest , and speaking correctly……..
July 15th, 2008 at 11:34 amSo this is what it’s like to live in mid-18th century France.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:34 amHe looks so proud of himself after belting out a big ol’ four syllable word like “psychology”. This hopefully is as close as we get to our own Nero. Hopefully he doesn’t get to burn everything before staggering off the stage.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:34 amI can’t believe how naive we’re all painted to be. You just feel the economy is bad, you’re clearly in a poor mental state. Drilling won’t do anything, but it will improve your mental state.
They use this same “psychological” argument from both sides of the fence. It’s really amazing that they can get away with it to this extent. It’s funny they’ll only acknowledge that when it comes to making more money for their friends.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:34 amBUSH=NAZI+EVIL (and the whole damn Krime Family)
July 15th, 2008 at 11:36 amnanlichi Says:
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What are you going to do about it? heh, heh, heh.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Revenge is a dish that is best served cold……………
July 15th, 2008 at 11:37 amIt continues to astound that ANYONE (worldwide) believes this guy - about anything! He is beyond scary stupid and into the realm of believing mass self-delusion is the order of the day.
I sure am glad 1) that he goes away soon, 2) texas gets him back so the rest of the country can isolate him even more, 3) his handlers get to arrange a non-stop pipe direct to his brain of the cartoon channel so he can continue to exist in his fog…
WHAT A MORON!
July 15th, 2008 at 11:37 amJuan C. Says: Leader of the free world…
After Bush’s second term, I think that title went to Tony Blair. Unfortunately, he couldn’t handle it, so Putin, Merkel and Sarkozy are up for the honors. But I wouldn’t count out the Chinese. They do own us now.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:39 amThis is going to crimp Bush’s drilling agenda:
VIENNA, Austria - Oil prices are tumbling as traders dump the commodity amid concerns about the economy that are also driving the stock market sharply.
Prices dropped more than $10 a barrel from highs earlier in the day, and are now down more than $6 from Monday’s closing price. Light, sweet crude is trading at $139.03, down $6.15.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:42 amHe is such a big dick!
July 15th, 2008 at 11:42 amYou’d think at least one of the handlers/puppet string controllers would have at least told him what the average Joe Schmoe is paying for gas.
The Evil Nazi Chimp looks like the image in “1984″ : just the face of the state.
God I hate this man
July 15th, 2008 at 11:42 amBush says; “The enemy has no regard for innocent lives.”
Oh, the irony.
Pot, meet kettle.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:45 amKettle, meet pot.
Chalk this one up as the worst presser ever.
The entire Planet winched as Bush played the ’stupid card’ again.
One can actually become ’socially retarded’ through drugs & alcohol.
Bush is a prime example of the fried egg that’s your brain on drugs.
Let’s all get behind an intervention on our CD Pres: Impeachment.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:45 amAnd when informed that the average price per gallon is approx $4.10/gal, dumbass responded – “So? Quit your whining!”
July 15th, 2008 at 11:46 amAnd when informed that the average price per gallon is approx $4.10/gal, dumbass responded by pumping his fist in the air and shouting “YES!”.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:47 amLOL…oh, actually, the price of Oil from the Grand Oil Party?
Right where Osama bin Laden wants them. Over or near $140/barrel.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:48 amUncle Ho Says:
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Bush says; “The enemy has no regard for innocent lives.”
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July 15th, 2008 at 11:50 amDid I “mishear”? I could have sworn he said “no disregard”.
It’s all in your heads you bunch of whiners.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:51 amUncle Ho Says: Oh, the irony.
Indeed. I wasn’t able to watch his last SOTU speech (psychologically), but in the ones prior that I did see, it always amazed me how he was really speaking of himself in his pontifications, and how he was so blinded by his presumed divine right that he couldn’t see the glaring parallels between himself and the “terrorists” he criticized and condemned.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:51 amBush acknowledged that offshore oil drilling won’t produce more barrels of oil anytime soon, but he added, “It is going to change the psychology.”
No Chimperor, it only improves the mind f_ck.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:52 amUmmmm, guys?
He said, “heard of it now”.
He’s still a clown, but lets try real hard not to join him.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:52 amApparently unaware of current gas prices, Bush blurted out, “Where are they now?”
Bush, “Cha-ching!!”
misshusseinmolly Says:
“I suspect that Bush’s windows have been tinted so heavily as to be opaque — and I speak not only literally, but metaphorically.”
I think they are rose-tinted windows.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:56 amI’ll post it again, and see if it sinks in this time:
VIENNA, Austria - Oil prices are tumbling as traders dump the commodity amid concerns about the economy that are also driving the stock market sharply.
Prices dropped more than $10 a barrel from highs earlier in the day, and are now down more than $6 from Monday’s closing price. Light, sweet crude is trading at $139.03, down $6.15.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:56 amYou know what would help the psychology of this Nation? George and the Dick shackled and held in stockades in front of the Lincoln Memorial! An endless supply of rotten vegetables and rotten eggs would go a long way in the healing process as well!
July 15th, 2008 at 11:59 ambarfly Says: Prices dropped more than $10 a barrel from highs earlier in the day, and are now down more than $6 from Monday’s closing price. Light, sweet crude is trading at $139.03, down $6.15.
I’d get excited about this if I weren’t certain that Israel will threaten to bomb Iran again tomorrow or some similar sh*t and it’ll go back up by another $10.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:00 pmThe Republicans and the press continually paint Democratic candidates as part of the elite or unable to relate to the working and middle class. Here we have a very clear demonstration of the truth.
1. Reagan was an actor. He came across well with the working and middle class as in tune with their problems. In point of fact, he started deregulation and tax cuts weighted towards the wealthy that would initiate a great redistribution of wealth. He undercut the unions resulting in the destruction of the labor union in US culture.
2. George III was able to defeat Al Gore and John Kerry because King George was the kind you would like to drink a beer with. Gore and Kerry actually had less wealth and came from far less advantageous backgrounds. Same with John Edwards who was from humble roots.
3. Now we see John McCain with a very well connected military family and far greater personal wealth through his wife than Obama being painted as the “common man.” But we all know the truth. It is Obama who came from humble origins. He got ahead because of programs to help the disadvantaged that allowed him to get an education. However, he worked his ass off to get the kinds of grades that got him into the Ivy league where he excelled. Like most working and middle class, he appreciated the value of hard work to achieve the American dream. McCain got by with extremely mediocre experience at the Naval academy and with a flying record in the service that would have had most washed out during training school.
So, what do we do to turn the issue around? Advertising is the key with stark contrasts drawn between McCain and Obama. Obama needs to relate to the needs of the working class. He knows the price of a gallon of gas. He probably knows the price of milk and a lot of other problem goods. He ought to sprinkle these in every speech. This could be used as ammunition for ads showing Obama speaking to the issue with a cut to McCain saying, for example, how its been a long time since he bought gas but that he hears about it from advisers and town hall meetings. This is the way to shift the image.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:02 pmA Patriot Acting Says:
“You know what would help the psychology of this Nation? George and the Dick shackled and held in stockades in front of the Lincoln Memorial! An endless supply of rotten vegetables and rotten eggs would go a long way in the healing process as well!”
You’re too kind.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:03 pmI’m thinking something more Mussoliniesque in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
Cindy charges $750,000 in ONE month on her cards and Obama is painted as the elitist?
The biggest problem we have, and I don’t know if it is surmountable, is the ignorant throwbacks that respond to the propoganda. How many clingers still think Obama is a Muslim? They are real, not caricatures, they are easily manipulated by Faux News and hate radio, they are proud of their ignorance and they vote.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:13 pmThis privledged little rich boy has no concept of the impact that $4 gallon gas has on a working family. Like casulties in Iraq- it’s just a number to him.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:19 pm4$ gas is sooooo last week. Some parts of the country are experiencing 5$.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:24 pmOnly a reich-winger would want to have a beer with an alcoholic.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:25 pmAlso in today’s briefing, Bush acknowledged that offshore oil drilling won’t produce more barrels of oil anytime soon, but he added, “It is going to change the psychology.”
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What is this, the Mandrake-the-Magician method of governing? Hypnotize us all into a reality that doesn’t exist?
McCain also wants to drill offshore because it will give us all a psychological boost.
What is with these people? What they don’t seem to “get” is that all the drilling in the world isn’t going to affect our “psychology” nearly as much as seeing the price of gas go down on the Citgo sign in our neighborhood.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:33 pmWhen the boy Bush took office, gas was $1.46.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:36 pmI don’t care what the transcript says, my ears hear “where are they now” and so did the reporter.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:36 pm“It is going to change the psychology.”
I really wish these people would stop trying to fu(k with my head. It hurts already! Leave it alone!
July 15th, 2008 at 12:39 pmI gotta wonder how many gallons of gas Bush could hold if a gas hose were shoved up his butt.
If its good enough for frogs, just sayin…
July 15th, 2008 at 12:45 pmOh please…if I hear that George W. “is the guy everyone wants to drink a beer with”, I’m gonna puke. This is a myth perpetuated to make the privileged SOB look like the regular guy…nothing about George W. is average. He comes from a family of privilege, was a smart-ass in school, bankrupt his business ventures (bailed out by papa Bush cronies) and only at 40 y/o did the frat-boy decide to grow up!
JAN. 20, 2009 - Texas can have its tranplanted village-idiot back. (sorry Texas)
July 15th, 2008 at 12:46 pmI heard him use the dufus wand crap today.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:46 pmAm waiting for him to actually pull one out of his rectum, wave it about, sniff it, and lick it clean.
Get out the Prozac… it’s all about the psychology. Whatever they are putting in the water to make all this economic pain seem “mental” isn’t working. I’m still feeling the pain everytime I put gas in my car.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:48 pmAll he has to do is look out his window where he can see that gas is about $4.30/gallon for regular in DC.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:51 pmBush on offshore oil drilling:“It is going to change the psychology.”
Can’t wait for this clown to leave on January 20. The man is just nauseating.
July 15th, 2008 at 1:19 pmThe smirk.
The lies.
The blame game.
I’m glad I did not watch this- I would have blown a hole through the flat screen.
Who from the MSM was there? I would love to know. Really hard hitting journalism, huh?
July 15th, 2008 at 1:30 pm“Bush on $4 gas: ‘I’ve heard of it now.’ (Updated)”
Heard that humming sound too? It’s the Democratic landslide coming in November. Kiss the Oval Office goodbye.
July 15th, 2008 at 1:33 pmI’m surprised he didn’t resort to his stock ‘magic wand’ speech
July 15th, 2008 at 1:36 pmOh, how the bushman relishes his role as royal baboon - oops, i mean buffoon.
July 15th, 2008 at 2:45 pmSmug, smarmy, self-satisfied and, hands down, the Worst President Ever.
July 15th, 2008 at 4:44 pmImpeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
Anything can be spun–perception is their reality.
July 15th, 2008 at 9:16 pmYep, ‘It is going to change the psychology’, which is exactly the game that his oil buddies are playing with America. They get what they want, or they take the country down until they get it. These high oil prices are like an economic ransom. The oil companies are in their Cheney backed win-win situation, and the American populace is in the usual position of lose-lose.
August 9th, 2008 at 5:33 pm