Originally Posted by sltr

the Democrats have not passed one single piece of legislation in the past 18 months that has caused the price of crude oil to rise. (That?s the time they have been in control of Congress during the Bush administration.) Thus, about the only thing Phillips and others can say about that is that prices have risen simply ?because Democrats have controlled Congress?. Naturally, they could not produce any evidence of support, but they could say it without fear of anyone producing evidence to the contrary. But there is one fact they can not deny; oil prices have risen 600% over the past 7 years. And guess who?s been in the White House for those 7 years; Republican George Bush. And that party also controlled Congress for almost 6 of those 7 years.