Romney delivers anti-Obama ads at the gas pump
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Thomas Fitzgerald covers politics and political animals under the big tent.
Romney delivers anti-Obama ads at the gas pump
Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer Politics Writer
Mitt Romney’s campaign has found the perfect way to remind voters right at the gas pump how much a gallon of fuel has increased under President Obama.
An ad created for those flat screen TVs atop pumps, is set to begin airing at up to 60 gasoline stations in the greater Philadelphia area, including a few in the Lehigh Valley, campaign officials say.
In the 40-second spot, a gas pump displays 2009’s regional average price of $1.85 a gallon. As audio excerpts of Obama speeches play, the counter ticks higher, pausing at $3.69 a gallon, roughly today’s price.
After a pause, the register spins higher and higher, and the ad concludes with a snippet of Obama saying, in 2008, “This country can’t take four more years of the same failed politics and the same failed policies – it’s time to try something new.”
The campaign is also using the ads at filling stations in Washington, San Francisco, Sacremento, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Dallas, Chicago, Boston and Atlanta.
Everyone knows that the price of gas is not controllable by the President unless he releases the Strategic Oil Reserve, and it would be foolish to do so now, when there is no crisis. BTW, gas prices have come down $.25 over the past 2 weeks and are expected to go down another $.50 this month. Oh, there is one other way for a President to bring down gas prices---let the economy collapse as Bush did. Then we can see $1.80 gas again. It ain't worth it.— Palestra Jon
It is a GAS station!- Palestra Jon thinks Obama's policies have no effect on the price of gas. Can you say low information voter?— teardownthisfishwrap
- Ouch - damned by his own words....and policies.— rudytbone
- yea PJ is a real economic genuis! and so is sharkmeat! and they are so informed on bush! they must forget how everyone in the media and on the liberal side how bush was not only blamed for the price of $4.12 a gallon, but everything else in the world! includind the last 4 years of odonothing the messiah! and if the libs and their fear and blame mongering know so much what happened to the 1991 war with iraq when all the libs were touting that we went in just for the oil! where is all that oil? another lie you dopes believe? and where is all the oil from the last gulf war? huh? and why don't you ask more questions about a real problem. the one being covered up by the media concerning what and when the messiah knew anything and why didn't he save those americans? i'll tell you why. because he's hiding something vastly more terrible than any of us can conceive. god help us if he's re elected.
- Meanwhile, over with Obama,according to NY Mayor Rudi Juliani, no planes are landing at JFK filled with water,food and generators to keep 2 million,largely minority, freezing,starving,thirsty American Citizens.living 10-20 miles away by car,on nearby Staten Island and the Rockaways,alive.
Obama got his photo opportunity and press conference Saturday afternoon with Chris Christie, and his so-called revamped FEMA, and nobody has seen hide nor hair of either Obama or his FEMA since!
Juliani had yelled,screamed and gotten full generators and several outside search and rescue teams to the 9/11 site and was personally all over it, all day and night,every day and night,until Rudi dropped!Just another example of what a miserable piece of work we elected in 2008.
I'm sure President Mitt Romney would be doing,today, what Rudi Juliani did;not what this clown is doing,even today, when his own main voters are freezing and starving.— penllynjohn - MITT LOST BIG TIME. SUCK IT UP AND TUCK YOUR TAIL AND KISS YOUR A.. GOODBYE.— etbarksdale
- Just came across this article... Snicker. Guess it did Romney a lot of good. :)— PotteryPete
- Wow,how many times did gas prices rise,when George W. Bush was prsident?We need to ask Romney's "hating" attitude,that question.— knicknasty
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