If it’s News, It’s News to the President

Remember when we found out that the first President Bush had no idea how much a gallon of milk cost?

After all he got his for free, courtesy of us the taxpayers so why should he give a damn.

If he was paying for it himself, the household staff would deal with it. Even if it was $100 a gallon, no problem, he’s rich.

Alas, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in the Bush clan.

During his press conference today, the president seemed startled that some industry analysts say it’s possible we could soon be paying $4 a gallon for gas.


QUESTION: What's your advice to the average American who is hurting now — facing the prospect of $4 a gallon gasoline, a lot of people facing...

BUSH: Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4 a gallon gas?

QUESTION: A number of analysts are predicting $4 a gallon gasoline this spring when they reformulate.

BUSH: That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.

I just did a google news search for “$4 gas.” 3040 news stories, and yet the President had no clue.

Now that he knows, what advice does he have for struggling consumers?

A. Make tax cuts for billionaires permanent

B. Keep tax brakes worth $18 billion for oil companies making record profits

C. Drill for oil in ANWAR

D. All of the Above

E. There is no E


OK, he did talk about renewable sources of energy after a while, but he still lives in a bubble.

Many President suffer from this disconnect from the reality that dominates the lives of most people.

Hopefully the person who takes over from the George W. Bush will remember all the sad stories they’ve heard from people while they are campaigning do a better job of paying attention to everyday issues like how much it costs to live if you don’t have all your expenses paid as a fringe benefit of your job.

Blast from the Past: Return of the Smoke Filled Room

And you democrats, drunk with the sense of White House entitlement after the W years, thought your little vote was going to count for something.

How quaint.

Turns out about 40 percent of the delegates needed to secure the nomination are controlled by “super delegates,” elected officials like members of congress and party bigwigs. With the increasingly likely event that neither Clinton nor Obama will have the nomination locked up by convention time, these people will decide who wins.

I wonder what kind of promises you could extract in exchange? Ambassador to Italy? Want to be a federal judge? Got a lame defense project that generates a lot of jobs in your district? No problem.

Guess the masses can’t quite be trusted to decide who represents the party. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. Early money would probably have bet on Billary, but with the Ted and Caroline Kennedy backing Obama, we could be looking at a low grade civil war among democrats to decide the nominee.