So THAT’S why gas prices are so high

McCain’s campaign has unveiled a new attack ad. Here’s a wonderful excerpt:
"Gas prices, $4, $5, no end in sight. Because some in Washington are still saying no to independence from foreign oil. Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump?" "Obama, Obama" chants are then heard in the commercial. "One man knows we must now drill more in America and rescue our family budgets. Don't hope for more energy. Vote for it. McCain."

Gosh, where to begin? Let’s start with the basics. First, neither Barack Obama nor the Democratic Party have had their energy policies in place for the past 7 years, which has brought us to our current state – that would be the Republican energy policy, which McCain has always been a strong advocate of, and always voted in favor of. Second, unlike McCain, Obama does not advocate the Bush doctrine of war for oil (besides being immoral, creating instability in the Middle East has, exactly as experts predicted, increased gas prices, not decreased them). Third, Obama has long advocated getting America independent from foreign oil, and McCain only started talking about switching from the Bush doctrine once his Presidential run geared up. Fourth, drilling now will produce results in 10 years – which is expected to be a 2% price decline – and will do nothing to get us off of oil. Lastly, “one man knows”? Well, I can think of a few other men that are extremely strong advocates of drilling for more oil as an energy “solution”: George Bush, Dick Cheney, King Abdullah, Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad all come to mind.

So, standard Republican game plan – identify something that people don’t like and blame it on the other side. Ignore the fact that you caused the problem and/or ignored the problem as it mounted and fact that the other side is trying to truly fix the disaster. Just attack, attack, attack, and assume that people are stupid enough to believe you, despite facts.