Comments on: Ed Henry to Jay Carney: Why did the president support tax breaks for big oil in 2005?

By: jqc1970

jqc1970 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:29:00 +0000

What do you know, here’s a glimpse of the past of the lying POS living in the white house. Must have been only one of a couple of times the liar didn’t just vote present.

By: democratsarefools

democratsarefools — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:37:45 +0000

Zero voted for the subsidies before he voted against them. Why not double down on gas prices ? They are only $4.35 here in So Cal. For the Libs outside of Hollywood, we need prices at twice that before the Jerry Brown voters get upset.

By: IlikedAUH2O

IlikedAUH2O — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:24:38 +0000

321mdl on March 29, 2012 at 11:29 PM

The press secretaries are role models for white males.

He is the sweet, dull gelding serving the patriarch and asking not to be whipped.

Reminds me of every other white male in this country.

By: IlikedAUH2O

IlikedAUH2O — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:19:03 +0000

Remember Seabiscut? We lost our way when we stopped loving the little guy who made his own breaks and used guts, invention and determination to solve problems.

Could we suspend the age requirement for POTUS?

I keep seeing some “Suzy” that is running the heck out of a lemonade company on TV.

We can get a veep with some food industry ties, like maybe pizza.

It would be so nice to hear from someone who isn’t trying to make their dreams come true with our grandkid’s money.

By: 321mdl

321mdl — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:29:35 +0000

Good gravy. Why don’t the forces of good save these silver bullets for when The One is on the podium instead of his lackey?

By: lowandslow

lowandslow — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:45:31 +0000

What Democrats can never seem to rap their minds around is that most producers are global companies. It doesn’t make one bit of difference to them if we eliminate our tax incentives, they’ll just move their equipment to a more economically viable location. Be it Finland, Canada, Iraq, etc. They don’t have any allegiance to the U.S. government but they do to their stockholders.

By: Socratease

Socratease — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:32:45 +0000

Somebody should have asked Carney: “Exactly HOW would raising taxes on the oil companies result in lower gas prices?”

I can’t decide if the answer would involve unicorns, or underwear gnomes.

By: Nutstuyu

Nutstuyu — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:13:35 +0000

Quit calling it a subsidy. Not giving money you earn to the government is not the same as the government giving you money you didn’t earn.

All money derives from transactions between producers and consumers; it is not some sort of economic manna from government heaven. We give it to the government by our consent for our purposes. The government does not give it to us out of its beneficience.

Sorry to carp but this adopting of the bass-ackward liberal talking points is self-defeating.

Mr Snuggle Bunny on March 29, 2012 at 5:57 PM

Amen and amen. +1000

By: BigWyo

BigWyo — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:04:13 +0000

Oh, and Dear President Four Putt, You SUBSIDIZED Solyndra…i.e. gave them money….

Allowing a business to keep more of what they earn isn’t a subsidy…

You lie….

By: BigWyo

BigWyo — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:59:44 +0000

tommyboy on March 29, 2012 at 6:46 PM

From what I understand, a lot of the 'subsidies' are merely allowing them, along with most other industries/business, to use accelerated depreciation methods on their capital purchases. The Horror!!!

By: rjoco1

rjoco1 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:53:27 +0000

Baghdad Jay!

By: tommyboy

tommyboy — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:50:46 +0000

Why didn’t conservatives hold Bush accountable for high gas prices in 2008? Oh, right. Crickets.
lostmotherland on March 29, 2012 at 6:36 PM

As I recall Bill O’Reilley was all over the Republicans on high gas prices for about a year. It was his “talking points” topic at least once a week.

By: tommyboy

tommyboy — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:46:24 +0000

Why wouldn’t oil exploration be a usual and necessary business expense for an oil company just like equipment, payroll, phone, etc. etc.? What they are talking about is penalizing oil companies becasue a weak dollar and inflation are sending gas prices through the roof.

By: lostmotherland

lostmotherland — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:36:28 +0000

Why didn't conservatives hold Bush accountable for high gas prices in 2008? Oh, right. Crickets.

By: TX-96

TX-96 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:32:18 +0000

Carney: I haven’t examined the vote,

Ya dork, he voted for it! You can’t EXAMINE a vote. It’s either yes or no.

MORE Proof Zero is a hypocrite and wants it both ways.

By: BlaxPac

BlaxPac — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:31:06 +0000

Ed Henry to Jay Carney: Why did the president support tax breaks for big oil in 2005?

The follow-up should be “Did he actually vote for it, or just voted [PRESENT], which seems to be his modus-operandi”?

Even then, it’s hard for anyone to expect ANY follow up on this story, regardless of what happened in Florida.

Will there be jokes on Conan or Leno? Will the NYT publish an op-ed zinger?

*If* this story lasts past TONITE, let alone the FNDD, I will be shocked.

By: BigAlSouth

BigAlSouth — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:28:56 +0000

Carney wanted to say:

“Well, Ed, as you know, back in 2005 it was more politically expedient to give big oil some breaks, After all, what was their average per gallon price? $1.85? Now that energy prices have skyrocketed, necessarily, it is time to end the subsidies for Big Oil. For the sake of political expedience.”

By: jdkchem

jdkchem — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:25:26 +0000

I’m more surprised golf-pants didn’t vote present.

By: msupertas

msupertas — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:22:36 +0000

Ed Henry !!!!!!!!!!!
Blossoming at FOX News
Who knew?

FlaMurph on March 29, 2012 at 5:41 PM

Agreed. Ed has been unleashed at FOX. Good stuff.

By: SouthernGent

SouthernGent — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:20:45 +0000

I wonder who the 2 RINOS were that voted to end “subsidies” today. I’ll take a stab and say the Maine twins…perhaps Lugar.

By: rayra

rayra — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:17:54 +0000

As Rush often says, “a random act of journalism”. Notable because it has become so exceedingly rare.
And because ‘rebellion’ against the status quo is so easy, we can expect more of it for that reason alone. Ambitious journalists will do it more often, because it is now the easiest way for them to stand out from the herd of Democrat stenographers.

By: BuckeyeSam

BuckeyeSam — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:15:34 +0000

Aren’t these “subsidies” actually income tax deductions for legitimate business expenses? That is, the oil companies are paying money for legitimate purposes and deducting those expenses as business deductions. At best–AT BEST–the only argument is that they are being able to deduct when they ought to capitalize the expense and then depreciate that amount over a number of years and the period over which they can depreciate might be shorter than they might be. In short, we’re talking about timing differences.

The point is that Obama gives boneheaded supporters the impression that Congress is writing checks to the oil companies (that is, subsidies), and that’s just false.

By: TouchdownBuddha

TouchdownBuddha — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:12:42 +0000

Political silliness. Gas prices will moderate over the Summer and drop next Fall, just like they always do.

By: The Schaef

The Schaef — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:10:17 +0000

Don’t listen to this nonsense, that’s their answer for everything: I’ll take it to the people. It’s the same thing he said during the debt ceiling debate: “don’t call my bluff, Eric, I’ll take it to the people”.

That’s his answer for grabbing all the power he wants: the people want him to do all this crap. The people want him to take ownership in the auto industry, the banking industry, the mortgage industry, the student loan industry, the health care industry, raise the debt all you want, borrow ad nauseum, pass bogus stimuli that do nothing to move us into prosperity. Rush was right: when the polls favor him, it’s a mandate for unlimited power; when the polls are against him, the people answer polls stupidly. There is no scenario in his mind where every rational American does not completely agree with his political agenda.

Same thing with the jobs bill: he made a joint session address saying “pass my bill RIGHT NOW” but didn’t submit it to Congress until a week later. Meanwhile, he’s going around the country saying “they need to pass my bill now” “they need to pass my bill now” “they need to pass my bill now” while Republicans passed 15 different jobs bills, most of which already did the things he proposed, and Reid was in no hurry to bring any of those bills, nor the president’s bill, to the Senate floor.

By: Tim_CA

Tim_CA — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:07:36 +0000

Doh!