Heh. This is funny even by Fox News standards.
Apparently, the network featured a caption which read:
“Gas Prices up 39% Since Dems Pick Nancy Pelosi”
(Screen shot here.)
Good, this provides me another opportunity to run this:
I wonder if–being “fair and balanced”–FNC has run a similar graphic which read:
“Gas Prices UP 114% Since Bush Entered White House”
I’m guessing the hardworking FNC research department has never got around to doing that kind of heavy-duty homework.
On a more serious note, I wouldn’t be surprised if energy becomes a an even more important 2008 election issue than we’re seeing now. Prices could be higher in a year, helping push the economy into a recession.
Unfortunately, there aren’t many viable short-term remedies to this problem. And the steps we should be taking aren’t getting much play by the candidates. America’s political leadership is way behind the curve on energy.