It’s the Oil, StupidJuly 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Barack Obama, Democrats, Energy, Harry Reid, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, economy
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The opinions expressed on some sites alleging that Mitt Romney is a 21st century version of Blackbeard the Pirate, searching for another company to acquire so he could throw all the employees out into the streets the week before Christmas are missing the mark.
The real pirates who apparently savor the thought of business failures, mass layoffs, bankrupt airlines, struggling consumers and enormous trade deficits are none other than the current (hopefully soon to be replaced) Democratic leadership: Obama,Pelosi and Reid.
~~John Cronin~~
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/07/11/its_the_oil,_stupid
By: Hugh Hewitt
The economic mess the country confronts can be laid at the feet of Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. The Don’t Drill Democrats are forcing deindustrialization through depression brought about by soaring energy costs. This is a man-made meltdown, and make no mistake: The Democrats could halt and reverse the skyrocketing cost of oil, but they are choosing not to.
The impact of the massive oil shock brought about by the rise of oil to more than $140 a barrel has just begun to be felt. The airline industry has gotten organized to alert everyone it can that it cannot continue to stagger along at this price. Eight airlines are completely gone that flew a year ago, and many others are on the brink. Layoffs and new charges to battle soaring costs are hardly worth noting they arrive so frequently.
Tremors continue to course through Wall Street as investors shunned mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and yesterday worried Congressmen throw questions at the Fed Chairman and the secretary of the Treasury: How bad can it get?
The answer is very bad indeed. We may be headed for another big bailout of a financial institution, a crisis that could have been avoided had the Congress acted first on energy. The hit on every individual and business at the pump has squeezed the liquidity out of the market, and scared the consumer into a caution not seen in decades. Barack Obama is standing off stage way-left with a plan to tax everything that moves and spend it on transfer payments, and the markets know that means postponing growth until the kids have had their shot at reenacting Jimmy Carter’s triple play of sky high interest rates, double digit inflation and unemployment above 7%
