Another political advertisement:
1910’s-quality black and white film played at fast speed. Goofy silent-film era background music.
SUV driver fills up tank. Checks price on pump display. Wipes eyes with both hands. Checks price again. Strikes forehead with palm. Pulls out handkerchief and wipes sweat from face. Opens up back of truck and pulls wheelbarrow. Loads wheelbarrow with cash and heads toward cashier (1920s German style).
Text slide:
“Some people have wacky ideas like taxing gasoline more so oil companies make more money. That’s Dick Cheney.”
Dick Cheney voice-over (or actual footage, if available):
“Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States”
Text slide:
Bush/Cheney:
Wrong for Drivers
Wrong for America
New Slide:
The End.
Once again, include nothing which puts the quote in context.
Greetings,
Actually, Cheney did, in fact advocate a gas tax, back when he was a congressman from Wyoming. So, in context, he did in fact want higher oil prices because it would bring more revenue into Wyoming. Remember this when they slime Kerry for advocating a similar thing, only a few short years later.
see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/06/politics/06CHEN.html
–jeff-perado