Michele Bachmann says she’ll bring back $2/gal gas. I believe her. CNN snickeringly informs us that she’s all wet, but it’s CNN that doesn’t understand how marginal effects and market confidence work. But enough of that. I’m here to pick a different fight.
If Michele Bachmann were to be elected, and then try to wriggle off of the hook using GOP tactics as gas went through $5, it would sound like this:
Well, when I made that promise, gas was $3.79, and a reduction to $2 gas would be a $1.79 savings. If it were not for the measures I have implemented, gas would already have risen past $8, so $5 gas is a $3 savings; you people are just ingrateful, and your criticism is unwelcome.
Anybody can do this. It’s Obama’s pet accounting trick for inventing savings. His ridiculous January (?) budget submission was so outlandish that not even a single Democrat voted for it when push came to shove at the Senate. That’s right, 97-0. But now he gets to call it a baseline against which all of his ruinous spending increases look like cuts. We expect this from the Commiecrats, but we will not accept it from the GOP.
By the way, we certainly do not expect this sort of thing from Michele Bachmann, which is why I use her achievable, verifiable example of a campaign promise to make this point. She has enough integrity that Tim Pawlenty’s attack on her ended his campaign.
