Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011 | 2:01 a.m.
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I have been reading articles in which some economic forecasters are predicting the price of gasoline might soar to $4 a gallon in 2011 and $5 a gallon in 2012.
If these forecasts are anywhere near accurate, our economy would be torn to shreds. Unemployment would skyrocket, inflation would be unbearable, etc. Such a situation would almost certainly doom President Barack Obama’s chances for re-election in 2012.
As much as I dislike Obama’s ultraleft political agenda, I have a suggestion for him that I believe would almost assure his 2012 election. He’d only have to tell environmentalists that our nation’s future, as it has been for 230-plus years, is at stake. And, therefore, their demand for not drilling for oil and gas in key areas should be immediately pre-empted.
This simple maneuver, in my opinion, would assure Obama an immediate economic upturn and his re-election in 2012.
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