Long Before

Demanding
A gallon of gas had dropped to $1.89 when Mr. Obama took office in 2009, in large part because of the fall in oil demand caused by the financial crisis, and has almost doubled since. (NYT, 2/18/2012)


So, let's make sure we have this correct. Yes, gas has almost doubled under Obama. But that is only because it was low when he took office. And why was it so low? Because of the financial crisis. And who caused the financial crisis? Why it was George Bush! Ergo, the reason that gas is now so expensive compared to when Obama took office is...Bush's fault! Do you follow?


Act Out
An intensifying conservative legal assault on the Voting Rights Act could precipitate what many civil rights advocates regard as the nuclear option: a court ruling striking down one of the core elements of the landmark 1965 law guaranteeing African Americans and other minorities access to the ballot box.


Voting Rights Act Under Siege screams the headline. It seems that those racist Republicans want to go back to the days when blacks were denied the right to vote. How do they want to do it? The Politico article is not entirely clear, but it might be by requiring voters to show a photo ID. The bastards! Then again they might choose another approach.....


If the key provision were removed, he (Dan Tokaji, professor of election law at Ohio State) said, “I don’t think we would go back to the days of Jim Crow. We wouldn’t have literacy tests or other of the most blatant disenfranchising devices used in 1965. On the other hand, it would be easier for states to enact more subtle measures that make voting more difficult and that dilute the vote. … The impact will probably be most significant at the local level [where] a lot of things might slip by without anyone noticing it.” (Politico.com, 2/19/2012)


Oh, no! Those evil Republicans could be even more devious, using "subtle measures" that no one would notice. This is tyranny!