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Going a Short Way to Make a Point [about Gas Prices]
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| Contributor | PragCon 3.0 |
| Last Edited | PragCon 3.0 Apr 27, 2006 01:50pm |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, April 27, 2006 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Since George Bush and Dick Cheney took over as president and vice president, gas prices have doubled!" charged Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), standing at an Exxon station on Capitol Hill where regular unleaded hit $3.10. "They are too cozy with the oil industry."
She then hopped in a waiting Chrysler LHS (18 mpg) -- even though her Senate office was only a block away.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) used a Hyundai Elantra to take the one-block journey to and from the gas-station news conference. He posed in front of the fuel prices and gave them a thumbs-down. "Get tough on big oil!" he demanded of the Bush administration.
By comparison, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) was a model of conservation. She told a staffer idling in a Jetta to leave without her, then ducked into a sushi restaurant for lunch before making the journey back to work.
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