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Gingrich Claims Tire Inflation Lines Big Oil’s Pockets
Think Progress —
Last night on Fox News, host Sean Hannity and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) returned (as they often do) to Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) recent suggestion that Americans inflate their tires properly in order to save energy costs.
Seeming to outdo his previous false attacks on this issue, Gingrich claimed that Obama’s idea is actually encouraging Americans to “enrich Big Oil” because selling air has “a higher profit margin than selling gasoline”:
GINGRICH: Well, I got a very funny e-mail from a retired military officer in Tampa who pointed out that most tire inflation is done ...
I’m Running out of Good Names to Call These People
ArchPundit —
Gingrich:
GINGRICH: Well, I got a very funny e-mail from a retired military officer in Tampa who pointed out that most tire inflation is done at service stations and you pay for it. And it’s actually a higher profit margin than selling gasoline. So Sen. Obama was urging you to go out and enrich Big Oil by inflating your tires instead of buying gas.
Errr…I go down to the QuikTrip and they don’t charge me for air. Neither do the other places locally. I’m sure somewhere they do, but Think Progress is over analyzing the whole thing. Newt Gingrich doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking ...
Newt Gingrich’s inanity knows no bounds
Political Animal —
Believe it or not, Newt Gingrich and Sean Hannity are still, even now, laughing like school children over the notion of properly-inflated tires.
After Hannity described this nonsense as one of his “favorite” stories “of all time,” Gingrich explained, “Well, I got a very funny e-mail from a retired military officer in Tampa who pointed out that most tire inflation is done at service stations and you pay for it. And it’s actually a higher profit margin than selling gasoline. So Sen. Obama was urging you to go out and enrich Big Oil by inflating your ...
Newt Gingrich and Sean Hannity: Full of hot air
Shakesville —
GINGRICH: Well, I got a very funny e-mail from a retired military officer in Tampa who pointed out that most tire inflation is done at service stations and you pay for it. And it's actually a higher profit margin than selling gasoline. So Sen. Obama was urging you to go out and enrich Big Oil by inflating your tires instead of buying gas. Yes, Newt Gingrich just told Sean Hannity that properly inflating your tires enriches Big Oil. Gingrich knows this because he got a spam e-mail telling him so. Hannity believes him because he'll agree with anything Gingrich ...
Newt Gingrich’s inanity knows no bounds
Crooks and Liars —
Believe it or not, Newt Gingrich and Sean Hannity are still, even now, laughing like school children over the notion of properly-inflated tires.
A lot of Republicans have said a lot of stupid things about energy policy in recent weeks, but this may very well be the single most inane ...
