WHERE'S THE PEEP?

A few months back when gas prices were climbing, robbing working folks of buying power for necessities, GOP candidates were popping up like peeping chicks on news channels blaming the whole price rise on President Obama. They were not the least bit embarrassed when responsible journalists played clips showing these same candidates exonerating former President Bush when gas prices spiked under his leadership. Now that gas prices are dropping fast and furious, they are suddenly mute; from their mouths, not a single peep.

Also published in the Kane County Chronicle, July 10, 2012