# Obama on gas prices

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-on-gas-prices/453905>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 23, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-on-gas-prices/453905 "2008-06-23T13:06:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-on-gas-prices/453905/61 "2008-06-25T17:35:29Z")

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[QUOTE=What the … !!!]  
Can I change a handle if it isn’t an insult.  
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It’s done in a friendly, offhand way all the time. People calling **elucidator** “'luci” comes to mind.

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> Is geek an insult? Tell that to Bill Gates.

Spare me. Are you going to tell me with a straight face that you were being complimentary rather than derisive.

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> BTW … he referred to me as a turtle of some sort first.

No, actually, he didn’t. He said the meaning of Obama’s comment would have been clear to a “mentally deficient turtle,” meaning you were not presenting an honest interpretation of those comments. I admit I also questioned how forthright you were being, but I think a fair reading of his comments show he was not comparing your intelligence to that of a turtle.

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**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-on-gas-prices/453905/62 "2008-06-25T18:00:37Z")

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[QUOTE=What the … !!!]  
**Brainy G** (hopefully that isn’t an insult… I use it only in its most endearing sense)… I don’t think it is in the least bit dishonest to suggest that Obama is content, happy, satisfied (whatever you want to call it) with gas prices at this level or higher in order to further his energy/environmental goals. He had a chance to say it wasn’t “helping” and he didn’t.  
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If that’s true then it appears your bias has superseded your desire for a reasonable analysis of facts.

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**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-on-gas-prices/453905/63 "2008-06-25T18:26:09Z")

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OK I give up… time to turn my attention to child rapists and the judges who don’t think they deserve to be put to death no matter what manner.

BTW I’m not referring to any of my doper brethren.

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**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-on-gas-prices/453905/64 "2008-06-25T19:52:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Marley23]

No, actually, he didn’t. He said the meaning of Obama’s comment would have been clear to a “mentally deficient turtle,” meaning you were not presenting an honest interpretation of those comments. I admit I also questioned how forthright you were being, but I think a fair reading of his comments show he was not comparing your intelligence to that of a turtle.  
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Well, this thread has shown that reading for comprehension isn’t one of his strong points.

I like turtles, too!

-Joe

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