Hey liberals (The walking uninformed) why is my gas $4 a gallon? 

Oh, dear…

DROP THE STUPID SHERIFF UNIFORM!

A homosexual who votes for the GOP is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.
 

 Because oil is traded in the international markets and international demand has increased.

But probably you want that horrible BIG GUBIMINT President Obama to meddle with the free market and stop the world from spinning.

Way to try to not change the subject at all. And where were you in July of 2008 when gas was averaging about 70 cents more than now? Oh that’s right, a Republican was in office.

I mean, as far as I know, the guy hasn’t really been an outspoken anti-homosexual advocate unlike a lot of the other closeted/exposed gay GOP’ers. Sure, being gay in the anti-gay party isn’t something I’d do, but that alone shouldn’t DQ him. 

I’m past the point of thinking all R gay bashers are secretly gay, & I’m almost to the point of believing all R men are secretly gay.

I don’t know any GOPers that have ever chopped up a homosexual, covered them with secret ingredients and then deep fried them…so don’t be silly porkchop. 

jan 20,2009 gas was $1.87

Yeah, and in July of 2008 it was $4.12. What is your point?

 jeffrey dahmer

The Republican Party has truly lost all touch with common sense and reality. It has become a haven fore unhinged radicals and mindless kooks. That the supposedly “establishment” campaign of Mitt Romney could ever even consider accepting the endorsement of this radical right-winger is mind boggling. THe GOP is driving itself over the cliff by appeasing the Tea Party and pandering to the most extreme elements that make up their party.  www.sunstateactivist.org

Did you just make that up?  Sounds awfully original…

 i bet you like to clean the cat

Oil is a finite resource and took millions of years to form.  As time passes,  the price will only go up as less is available.  We need to replace our dependence as the supply runs out or face the consequences.

So, you don’t deny it!  LOL

Original recipe. 11 herbs and spices. None of that grilled nonsense.

Facts aren’t good enough for the rabid right-wingers. We should also keep in mind that they all have long-term memory problems. That’s why they are so easily swayed by Limbaugh. 

I agree. I don’t know why he’d want to be in the GOP, but I haven’t seen any links to him being anti-gay. The anti-illegal immigrant thing doesn’t work either since his boyfriend was here legally. The only charge that could stick is the one about threatening deportation, but there’s no evidence yet as far as I’ve seen. 

We’re making postits up now for use on pumps this summer. Look for them. Stick them on the pump when ever you get gas.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m70/hugh_jardohn/Fillup-2.jpg

“I don’t know any GOPers that have ever chopped up a homosexual”

You never knew Sheriff Paul Babeu had an illegal immigrant boyfriend either.

Wonder if Wolf thought he was hot?

awww…trying to change the subject from the collapse of an anti-gay gay Republican.

the day president obama took office gas was $1.87 thats all

they love citing that last minute dip in price to act like gas was so much cheaper in the Boosh years, rather than admit $4+ a gallon was the norm in those years.

is he illegal or not?

Plus he’s a sheriff.  That’s hot.

I thought his comment was extra crispy.

How can this idiot keep the border secure when he can’t even keep his Twitter account secure?

That handshake at the end of the interview between him and Wolf was awfully long…and awkward.

Go ahead and ignore this, cjdohio2: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHDPd7jHjE 

As you are already aware, prices went up even more over the course of that summer. Of course, the prices fell again once the bottom fell out in the U.S. economy starting in August. That might help explain the low prices when Obama was inaugurated, no? 

That’s because some of them are either idiots or liars or both. 

Good idea. Introduce another dead-end issue to try to distract voters from the fact that the GOP candidates are hollow men. Let’s see… payroll tax cut, contraceptives, women in the military and now this. 

Most voters can remember that they paid record high prices for gas just months before the economy tanked under Bush. I don’t think they’re going to buy this one. 

Hook it up, Juan. 

The only comments that I have seen he made that are mildly disturbing at this point is when he fired a deputy in January of 2011. Some of the reasons he gave were that the deputy had “been abusive in attitude, language, behavior, or conduct” and that he “engaged in conduct, on- or off-duty, that is of such nature that it would tend to bring discredit to the county.”

If the allegation of deportation does stick, then I would think that his off-duty behavior would qualify as a discredit to the county as well.

If that allegation is true, he’s a scumbag and should be replaced. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were, given how these things usually shake out, but I’m not presuming anything now. He is obviously more of a Paul supporter than a Santorum guy, given his comments, so at least he doesn’t seem to be preaching against gays while secretly dating a guy. I wouldn’t vote for him, but I really don’t care about his sexuality. 

I trolled the internet sending out photos of myself while looking for strange ,  I have been hiding my sexuality from my constituents and I play a tough guy on immigration all the while sleeping with an illegal immigrant, but on THIS part of my life I’m being upfront so you have to believe me.     

And BTW, now that I’m out and will lose the “family values” vote, anyway I will have the balls to do the right thing and support civil rights issues facing the GLBT community. Never mind that I kept my mouth shut as  the GOP haters ran down the GLBT community while I smiled and went along with the game.   

A true hero this guy.

A lesser known fact about Dahmer is that he was a close Reagan adviser. 

Self hating gay people should leave the Republican Party and stand with the party that supports them. This sheriff should be embarrassed.

 There were less demand…. People had no JOBS!!

 $4 gas has never been the norm and July ’08 was the only month we ever had it.

http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx

Looks like you won’t be borrowing your mom’s car as much.  That kind of scratch for a gallon of gas on the $25.00 a week allowance she gives you must be killer.

Christ ! republicans are such loser jackasses going on these media matters shows. They deserve what they get from them.

…..and we were also losing 700,000+ jobs/mo, and the DJIA was 50-60% less than it is now. That’s all.

I cringed when Babeu was giving his press conference because the questions he was been asked were soooooo out of line. Gay or straight no one deserves to be questioned about their life like that.  I kept expecting that a reporter was going to ask him if he was a top or bottom. 

I just want to be over. If people going to elect him elect him on his qualifications. If he is found to have abuse his power than don’t elect him. But stop asking about if he is single. It makes me uncomfortable.  I don’t even like it when they ask celebrities those dumb questions.

cjdohio2, where are you? We’d love to hear your fascinating insights about these comments. That’s all. 

The ex claims to be represented by a lawyer, where the hell are they in all of this. I guess he should have hired Gloria Allred, doesn’t she represent the scorned.

you can make excuses if you like

lol…I guess she missed that one huh..

Pablo, you can try to spread misinformation if you want, but the link you give makes it clear that gas was around $4 from May through July in 2008. That’s an average, which means it was considerably higher for many places. There is tons of evidence of this and people obviously remember. 

Then this big coincidence happened. Right around the time that the economy nearly collapsed under Bush, gas prices plummeted and were actually at their lowest before Obama took office. Another big coincidence: as the economy has improved, gas prices have slowly risen. It’s all there in your link. You should check it out. 

I totally the paid troll derailed the thread before it even started.  Now lets get back to the Gay Republican dating an undocumented alien that Romney has no problem with and pass the popcorn please…

This guy was absolutely scorched yesterday, now it sounds a lot like more politics of personal destruction. The Ds have absolutely zero chance in AZ.

He looks kind of embarrassed to me, but it also looks a lot like another vicious hit job. Doesntit? Even a little?

What excactly are the LGBT issues anyway? What are they hoping to get from Obama?

Isnt it Obamas job to keep the border secure?

pork chop: there are more people out of work now than then,so your less demand because of jobs does not float

I did not know that.

He doesnt really seem like a radical right winger..

Well down to this point the comments were mostly, almost fair. Thank you my Democrat Friends. I see porkchop is up next, let the ha te flow.

No

You need to visit his site…

_______________________________________________
Leader on Border Security

Pinal County is the number one pass through county in all of America for drug and human smuggling, ground zero in the fallout over America’s unsecured Southern border.

Pinal County contains an estimated 75 – 100 drug cartel cells and listening posts/observation posts, used to facilitate the illegal transportation of people and narcotics into the United States. There have been cartel murders on residential streets, cold blooded executions, and attacks on law enforcement.

Sheriff Babeu has acted decisively to disrupt, dismantle and destroy cartel activities. He also assisted Senator McCain and Kyl with the “10-Point Border Security Plan.”

Sheriff Babeu has emerged as a national leader on border security, and an outspoken critic of the Federal government’s failure to fulfill their most solemn obligation—to keep us safe.
__________________________________________________

Try and keep up, mkay?

And here we go.

Porkchops, I am dissapointed with you. For over an hour I totally owned you on each and ever assinine question you asked, none were on topic or relevant in any way to any political campaign in the last hundred years, and at the end you wouldnt even touch my question about Obama saving GM. Here is an honest question: How old are you? (this one should be easy)

boo hoo I am a repug conservative, boo hoo, I am a victim, boo hoo, GTFO Babeu.. Hypocrite! I want to be judged by my actions and what Ive done! yeah well guess what douche bag, so do the millions of other gays, that YOUR party is oppressing! is that so hard to figure out? 

Hey now, he didnt call you out on your answers. Which I doubt would really pass the fact check but were at least somewhat legitimate.

Romney/West

Well OK, why cant Obama tell the gas companies what the price should be? He did it to the Insurance companies?

I like how the bigoted liberals think gay people can’t be sherriffs. 

Well, Jose just did an interview on AC and we still don’t know any more than we did before.  He claims he is here with a 10 year tourist visa with all kinds of priveleges, but immigration experts say that is unlikely he would be allowed these priveleges. I thought that Arizona was crawling with INS agents, can’t they spare one to find out if he is legal or not. His lawyer said about two sentences and that was it. The reporter did inform us though that more ex-lovers would probably be coming forward as it is rumored the Sheriff was an easy lay. I guess this really is a non-story.

Think Babeu tickled Wolf’s palm?

I knew it. I said yesterday this story was nonsense and that the man would be revealed NOT to be illegal but intead an angry ex. Now there is proof. BOTH the man and the sherrif say he is a legal immigrant. Also, the Sherrif has never been ‘in the closet’ about his sexuality. SO, story officially over. Another note, AZ, where I live, is not social conservative. It’s moderate. We voted for Clinton in 96′, voted down arch conservative anti abortion legislation in the 90′s and just voted for legalized marijuana. 

THIS IS WHY  http://tiny.cc/ofd35      JUST SHOCKING

 Ummm…. can you cite even one source that says “global demand is up”?  The economy ***world wide*** is down.

Non story.

 @MrPorkChops – Umm…. less people are employed now than when Obama took office.  Employment hardly explains this spike in prices.

1. stalk much?

2. GM was saved. They are now making record profits.  end of story

3. please get a girlfriend.

 The idea that $4/g was “the norm” during the Bush years is laughable.  For that to be so , you’s have to only consider a couple of months in summer ’08.

http://zfacts.com/p/35.html

Or  set Pablo’s link to “USA average”.

 ……. of course “time passing” is on the order of 100 years.

Why would Wolf ask if Babeu was in a serious relationship now?  Is the hoping to get lucky?

Actually, he didn’t tell the insurance companies what it should cost. The law defines what constitutes a health insurance plan, but does not set premiums. And he shouldn’t tell the oil companies or any companies.

You should tell them as a customer to stop jacking up the price of gasoline today in response to the price of oil 3 months from now, which is what is happening. Those crude prices are futures based on commodities trades.

The gasoline you buy today was refined last month and delivered 30 to 60 days before that at whatever the strike price was that day. However, the price per gallon today reflects the oil and gas futures today. See how this works?

The oil companies are within their rights to raise the price. They are private companies.

I do find it totally amusing that all the free market folks are now screaming that Obama isn’t interfering in the free market.

I know all these facts are tough to deal with.

Actually demand is at an 11 year low while supplies and reserves are at multi-year highs. Yet prices go up. So not supply and demand.

Immigrant sex slave rings are not non-stories.

And it dropped to that level because the economy cratered. Remember when that happened in 2008 and the price of everything plummeted.

Facts. History. Try them.

“…AZ, where I live, is not social conservative.”*

*Not intended to be a factual statement.

Oil is a finite resource, BUT no one knows what the worldwide reserves are. We also don’t know what new fields will be discovered or what new technologies, such as fracking or extraction from oil sands, will be developed. Moreover, just as steam engines and coal-fired engines were replaced by the internal combustion engine, new technologies WILL replace the internal combustion engine eventually. Perhaps, it will have to do with nano-technology. Quien sabe? 

At the moment, oil is the primary source of energy driving technology and commerce. If you think that any developing nation is going to slow its progress by ignoring the availability of oil, think again. 

We are an energy rich nation and we are acting stupidly under the command and control administration of the Democrats. We have oil, natural gas (which we used to flare off when I was a kid), hydro-electric, coal, hydrothermal, nuclear (of course, Obama shut down the facility to dispose of nuclear waste), etc. We can supplement with “renewables” like solar and wind, but remember, it was in PRIMITIVE societies that they relied upon the sun and the wind for light and power. 

Personally, I’m not willing to go back to the era of the horse and buggy.

Deregulation in the commodities markets.  Shocking that one who seems to see himself as “The Walking Informed” would stumble so quickly over facts, economic complexity and overall reality.

Of course, the GM bondholders were given the shaft, in direct contravention of the laws of contracts.

But, hey, Obama doesn’t need to abide by the laws, now, does he?

You clearly have not looked at a 5 or 10 year gas price index if you think that the Bush era gas prices are anything to highlight.   The drop to 1.87 was  one of the very few positive byproducts of the collapse of the global economy.    Have a peek at what the gas prices were for Bush’s entire term and we won’t be hearing too much more from you about this.

i was complaining then too. republicans and democrats are all the same. the elitist use both party’s to further their agenda and fool people into thinking they have a choice. wake up sheeple.

If the coverage was about immigrant sex slave rings, then yes – we may have a story. But it was not. It was about an angry ex-lover trying to hurt a man who dumped him. And he wanted it to hurt his chances to win the Congressional seat. The Sheriff represented himself well despite the embarrassment and gave great answers to Wolf’s questions. In fact, he may have even helped himself a little politically by coming out with comportment amidst the allegations.

 It’s a non-story.

If you want to know about immigrant sex slave rings then dig up a lead and make a story about it. That is a big big problem not just here but in Africa, China, and the lower orient. Man it’s a mess.

Dan its obvious you guys don’t know the difference between losing 700,000+ jobs per month compared to the amount of people being employed.

It’s simply supply and demand. Job growth is steady even though there are less employed the economy is growing again, people are spending money again. Unlike the recession people were not sure, 700,000+ jobs were being lost per month. = Low demand for Oil.

Look at the stock market now. It should answer all your questions about the gas prices.

The more demand for fuel the higher the price gets. Which is a good and bad thing.

good thing = people are spending money.

bad thing = you can’t control fuel prices.

Fuel prices are controlled on the international market no matter where it is drilled.

I see no reason for the Sheriff to give up his political ambitions, if the allegations from “Jose” are untrue. He’s been a good spokesman for the problems associated with the open borders and illegal immigrants. He seems like a good guy and I don’t care what his sexual orientation is as long as it doesn’t impede his ability to do his job. And since his homosexuality is acknowledged, he isn’t at risk for blackmail or extortion.

Keep those blinders on as to why they were low then, and why they are raising now.  What EVER you do, don’t allow the facts to enter the bubble – they’ll kill the wingnut narrative!  So keep them out at all cost. 

 I greatly admire your optimism.  Your grasp of the facts, geological surveys, demand projections especially from China and India, and best estimates as to Peak Oil I admire somewhat less.

How is this a “wrenching” interview?

My friend told me this place.  It’s the place where you can meet millionaires, who are searching for their special someone. (@^_^@)

I see no reason for the Sheriff to give up his political ambitions, if
the allegations from “Jose” are untrue. He’s been a good spokesman for
the problems associated with the open borders and illegal immigrants. He
seems like a good guy and I don’t care what his sexual orientation is
as long as it doesn’t impede his ability to do his job. And since his
homosexuality is acknowledged, he isn’t at risk for blackmail or
extortion.

A wrenching interview huh? He was just asked it he likes the pole or the hole.

http://tucsoncitizen.com/three-sonorans/2012/02/18/paul-babeu-private-immigrant-sex-slave-operation-revealed-by-former-boyfriend-and-matt-heinz-involvement/

That’s the story. Good job Misha

If the immigrant is legal, this kind of becomes a non-story.

The fact that he’s a gay Republican is his choice and it’s not for anyone to condemn him for that. I know that the GOP has been overtly hostile to legislation granting full equality to gays, but ultimately, it’s this guy’s choice and he’s the one who has to live with it.

Conservative heterosexuals get the Maria di Toros of the world, conservative homosexuals get the Joses- same sort of song, different verse. 

If you run for office as a Republican, expect the scorched earth policy to be directed at you. The left will use napalm just for fun.

Because it’s Mediaite.

KeevaS,

you can bring all the facts you like. I think i’m gonna stick with conspiracy theories .

@cj: Let me begin by saying that I don’t think W or Obama have had any real impact on gas prices (high or low). I am curious, though, if you are arguing from the pro-Obama perspective on gas prices by pointing out the price of gas on the day of his inauguration, what point are you trying to prove now that they are nearing $4/gal?

OPEC = corrupt cartel

Yes it does.

Link, please.

Being an openly gay Republican is an exercise in self-flagellation.

 you don’t want to wake the sheeple
http://xkcd.com/1013/

Here’s a photo of the two of them together: 
http://abcnews.go.com/meta/search/imageDetail?format=plain&source=http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/ht_ronald_reagan_newt_gingrich_ll_120125

Headline reads, “Babeu: awful position…to be in”. Wolf, your so naughty. LOL.

Projecting a little there Titzy?

And when did Jose accuse Babeu of rape?

Your toughguy rightwing glamor boy is in a public spat with his gay Hispanic lover. Sucks to be an Arizona Republican.

The tough guy rising star of the Arizona Republican Party is in a public spat with his gay Hispanic lover and somehow it’s the progressive’s fault. For the party of self-reliance these people sure do whine a lot about being victimized. Forgive me if I have trouble finding sympathy for Sheriff Babeu and his ‘wrenching’ ordeal.

After doing all these interviews in front of cameras,this Sheriff had better hope his boyfriend was legal or he’ll be kicking himself in his pleasure zone for not exercising his Rights.You know the one that starts ” You have the right to remain silent,anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law”.

 Instead of the big tent, it’s a big closet.

I do not have any Idea for the statement of Paul.
http://acaiburnextremefacts.net/?p=12

Good on him for being forthcoming and seemingly genuine. One hopes for the day when gays didn’t have to be closeted and thus subject to blackmail.

Good for him also that he had a chance and was able to afford to accumulate history of performance to be judged on. He as a closeted gay person was able to. Blacks don’t get to have that luxury, thus the fallacy of equating gays struggles with the history of civil rights movements in this country. False equivalency and one that some consider insulting to one’s intelligence.

The party you say supports them only supports them when they shut up and fall-in-line.

Once a homosexual leaves the confines of Democrat Party Groupthink- they are the enemy and any insult is ok to use on them.  If you really care about homosexuals and not just a voting block, posts like ExRepublican’s above are the embarrassment. 

This post and all the Likes are typical of Democrats.  They are very in favor of gay rights.  To the point where calling anyone “Gay” as an insult or a joke is an affront and the offender has to go on an apology tour.  That is unless you call a Republican “Gay” as an insult.  Then it is all high-fives and good humor.

 It’s like you have a new Toy and you want to show it to everyone.

Hey, Cold and Dead, why was it even higher in 2008 under GWB?

 the correct question is “what’s you’re nonsense talking point this time?”

Fox and the conservative blogs have decided to go this route and those who believe and repeat without thinking follow suit.

 So you weren’t making any point at all, just throwing out random facts?

 No it wasn’t the norm. It got that high temporarily, but that doesn’t make it the norm.

Or a black man voting for a Democrat.

November will tell the tale.  If he wins, which I think he will, then it IS a big tent.

Sheriff Babeu is very impressive, hopefully he’s elected. No one should have to endure the personal questions the sheriff has to answer.  Exes should never be given a national platform for attacking their ex without solid proof of any allegations.   

It’s hard not to give this articulate plain spoken sheriff the benefit of the doubt until more negative information comes to light.

I may totally disagree with his politics, but he comes across as defending himself well.