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We Talk to the Owner of the St. Louis Gas Station Set to Offer $1.83 Gas in Protest on Fri.

Oct. 17, 2012 2:53pm Becket Adams

The day was January 20, 2009: Barack Obama was inaugurated President of the United States, the nation’s capital was overrun by millions of well-wishers eager to witness the historic event, and the average cost of all types of gasoline was $1.84 per gallon.

Today, Barack Obama is still president, many of those well-wishers are a lot less enthusiastic, and the average price of gas has risen to $3.90 per gallon.

Americans For Prosperity Team Up With St. Louis Gas Station to Offer Gas at $1.83 Per Gallon

Now, to be fair, the president does not control the price of gas. To say he is ultimately or solely responsible for increases/decreases in the cost of gas is incorrect. It wasn’t true when George W. Bush was president and it’s not true now. There are many factors that need to be considered when discussing price increases (such as the fluctuating cost of oil) and some of these are clearly outside of the president’s sphere of influence.

However — and this is where an argument can be made — by developing a robust energy plan and by encouraging exploration and investment in all types of energy, the president can offset said outside factors and help keep fuel prices low.

But rather than unleashing America’s energy potential, the Obama administration’s record on energy has been largely defined by multiple “green” energy failures and an almost inexplicable belligerence towards the oil and coal industries.

In other words, the president’s approach to energy has done nothing to offset the rising cost of gas.

And this is precisely why Americans for Prosperity, a conservative group dedicated to promoting the principles of economic freedom, is teaming up with the Alcorn Citgo & Food Mart in St. Louis on Friday to offer Missourians pre-Obama gas prices.

“It’s a pretty simple idea,” Patrick Werner, State Director for AFP’s Missouri chapter, told TheBlaze in a phone interview. “Four years ago, the president talked about high gas prices and the last four years they’ve risen. Where’s the energy policy? What the president has pursued, we think, is a failed policy and the best way to show that is to highlight what the price of gas was when he took office.”

From 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. this Friday, the Alcorn Citgo will sell gas for $1.83 per gallon to the first 150 vehicles (with each car being limited to 10 gallons).

How will the service station be able to afford this? Simple: AFP is picking up the tab. For them, the important thing is illustrating the failures of the president’s energy policies.

“We need a comprehensive energy policy and this [promotion] is just a away to showcase that the president’s policies aren’t working,” Werner added.

TheBlaze also spoke with Harold Alcorn, the manager of the service station, to ask him about the promotion.

“I’m 78 years of age,” the independent retailer told TheBlaze in a phone interview. “I have probably two-and-a-half employees. We are very small and we’re competing against all the larger companies in the St. Louis area. My being a part of this represents a small retailer trying to make it all work.”

Alcorn was excited for the AFP promotion and predicted a large turnout.

“I think it’ll be huge,” he said. “I anticipate a line of cars well in advance of the 8:00 a.m. starting time.”

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Comments (32)

obamawatchdogs
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:58am
barry, if you would have spent the 525m you lost, the 285m lost, 35b of gm bailout that will not be paid back 35b??? where’s those funds you progressive liberal thief? and drilled the oil we requested you would not be the villian in this but you only are concerned with votes as we know and what makes you think you have investment skills for the american people you truly are a very, very unlucky man cause you choose to attempt to bring chaos when you can and you really enhance the vision of the hoodoo man[ should have your pic beside the word and spread across the u.s.a. for the real people to see who you really are true agend you wish to put on the citizens you are despicable leader soon to be forgotten for good.

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Norland
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 2:13am
Why doesn’t the RNC or some PAC jump on this idea and go nation wide with it. Instead of putting money into those “negative TV ADDS that no one watches” blackholes. Spend some of that money on $1.84 per gallon pre-Obama priced gas. Make it the last weekend in October, let each town’s Republican campaign committee organize and promote it. Using a continuous loop TV explanation at the cash register. What a great way to get the message out. What great fun.

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BlueStarMom
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 1:20am
I would wait in line for 10 gallons of gas at $1.89. It’s $4.89 here. Plus it would be so nostalgic. Remind me of the ’70s. Gas lines. Good times, good times.

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Structure21
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 12:35am
I see a shooting and at least 6 fist fights by people waiting in line.

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Raging_Waters
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:38pm
“Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” –Steven Chu – from 2008, right before he became Obuma’s Energy secretary. Europe pays $9-$10 a gallon. Whoopsie!

Suck on that, CBROWNOSE!!!

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Raging_Waters
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:13pm
Let’s just forget about that 200 years worth of oil the Guv stashed away…..

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JIMC5499
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:03pm
I’m waiting to see if the people putting this on get charged with Creating a Public Nuisance when 500 cars show up at 3:00 AM to get in line.

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Guitar Master
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 5:15pm
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“The biggest hoax ever played on the American people.”. . . . . Clint Eastwood referring to Barack Obama.

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blackyb
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:57pm
Obama will gi you a fouuuu. He give you stuff and you don’t haffa work.

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blackyb
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:55pm
Tell him to go and vote for Obama and his snake dynasty again. Maybe next week he will make $2.00.

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rwmccrory
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:26pm
People will probably still go in and ask a $7 an hour cashier” why are your prices so high,” people don’t understand that gas stations aren’t making another $2 a gallon since ob been in office, still make maybe 10 cents a gallon at most just like in 2009 when was $1.83.

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UCSDKID
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:08pm
I love the idea but I would add a few more things to drive the point home. I would put up a television near the counter and I would have a clip of Steven Chu saying “Gas needs to be at the price level of Europe” with a caption that reads “Obama’s Energy Secretary” and “Europe price is $8 per gallon”… followed by clip of Obama saying, “Under my policies, energy prices will necessarily increase”. Show each clip for 5 seconds… then loop. Anyone standing in line will have to hear those two lines at least a dozen times while waiting to pay.

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- OneofMany
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 5:48pm
  I agree! Why doesn’t Romney’s campaign marketing guys figure this stuff out… geesh.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:26pm
Your typical Obamazombie is oblivious to the fact that gas is made from oil,they simply don’t have the capacity to understand this. If the Marxist POS heathen were to allow drilling on federal land and exploit the 1.5 trillion barrels of shale oil here in the U.S and get it to market the price of oil and gas would fall.

Since Barry has a war on fossil fuels that won’t happen at least until we fire his skinny Marxist mulatto POS fraud heathen bastard born with a steely dan in his mouth rotten SOB @ss.

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:34pm
  It is not very often that I disagree with you; however, you are in error when you say the lazy POS ever-golfing but never working Kenyan Marxist jackass has a war on fossil fuels. He has no problem with every third world country in Central and South America drilling and selling their product all over the globe. He is only opposed to drilling that will benefit the USA. As a result, MY tax dollars flow to South and Central America to support their oil industries but the Sock Monkey won’t allow any drilling here. He is anti-American, not anti-oil.
  
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- condorman65
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:54pm
  Tell us how you really feel progressiveslayer. bahahahahahaha
  
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- Tickdog
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:00pm
  Preach on!
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:04pm
  We are in agreement about Barry being anti- American and I forgot that part about him using our tax dollars to help other countries with their oil exploitation,thanks for the reminder.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:22pm
  Exhibit A your typical Obamazombie in it’s natural habitat. Let’s all enjoy the simpletons views on all things Obama.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio
  
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Chromo200
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:23pm
He must not have heard Obama last night. The fault was Bush and the Republicans in Congress. What kind of guy is the owner of the gas station. Must be an unamerican not following the the goals of the the Obama Administration’s policies.

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:17pm
Excellent, that is one way to show the difference in a stark, clear manner for all to see.

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smokeysmoke
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:12pm
i like how obama and his FACT CHECKERS argue that the president cannot set the price of oil and gas, but then argues that SPECULATION IS DRIVING UP THE PRICE OF GAS… its patheticilly stupid… if the president is doing what he can to limit production on our own land and increase the costs of findiing oil and getting oil to our production facilities, increasing regulation, and threatening new taxes, at the same time they say they cannot affect the price of oil… but at the same time THERE IS A PARADOX OF THIS PREMISE…..

lets say the govt was not intervening in the drilling of oil, and the market decided HOW MUCH TO DRILL!! this means that the price per barrel could be dictated by how many barrels of oil get taken out of the ground, VS how low the price falls… when the price falls too far and it becomes unprofitable, no one will keep drilling for oil that they can only SELL FOR LESS THAN IT COSTS TO TAKE FROM THE GROUND, the price will bounce and rise, based on the conditions of the market.. when we allow MANY DIFFERENT COMPANIES TO COMPETE FOR THE SAME RESOURCES AND SELL ON THE MARKET, the PRICE WILL COME DOWN TO A LEVEL THAT SHOWS THE ABILITY OF AMERICA TO PRODUCE OUR OWN ENERGY… it will not be endless drilling in the wilderness like O zombies fearmonger… this is because the free market dictates that if you cannot get the product effectively, WITH OUT HANDOUTS, you dont… so the govt SHOULDENT be able to effect gas prices/ but does in todays USA

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- smokeysmoke
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:18pm
  i wanted to add….. that prices oscialte…. it is not going to be a steady price that gas will be at, but i think with what mitt is talking about 1.50$ gas would be cheep and 2.75 would be when times are tough… the RANGE THAT THE PRICES FLUCTUATE WILL BE LESS and we will be buying a product from people that work, employ and buy goods in the united states…
  
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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:29pm
  The Kenyan sock monkey’s policy is to send MY tax money to South and Central America so they can drill and sell their product. The POS in charge is not anti-oil, he is anti-American. He is more than willing to support oil drilling all over the globe as long as the result is the crippling of the USA.
  
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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:12pm
“Now, to be fair, the president does not control the price of gas.” However, to suggest that the president does not have a tremendous effect on the price of gas is absolute naivety. The anti-American policies of the Kenyan POS have had a drastic effect on the price of gas and many, many other products.

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- cbrown
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:39pm
  Average gas price is lower under Obama administration than under Bush administration. Any guess why under the “Patriotic Texas Oil man” Bush prices were higher? ?
  
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- III_percenter
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 3:42am
  CBROWN
  
  Gas prices necessarily increase (along with everything else) during economic expansion. If actual unemployment wasn’t +14% and my disposable income hadn’t vanished along with everyone else’s then $3-4 a gallon wouldn’t be so bad. That doesn’t make $4/gallon *good* but there is no reason–let me say that again–there is NO REASON AT ALL that the price of anything should be going up during an economic recession. That is one of the reasons recessions are necessary in a free market system: price stabilizing.
  
  The price of gas can be offset simply by supporting AMERICAN energy (which BO refuses to do); by not flooding the American market with worthless paper currency rolling off the press with no economic growth to back it (which BO does like he’s gonna smoke it) and by getting the government out of people’s lives so they can find new and better ways of producing energy FOR THEMSELVES (a concept with BO is incapable of understanding).
  
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HotFixIt
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:10pm
Really… I need gas and can’t afford it!

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woodyee
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:10pm
Now, to be fair, the president does not control the price of gas. However, by developing a robust energy plan and by encouraging exploration and investment in all types of energy, the president can offset said outside factors and help keep fuel prices low.

Duh…duh…uh…duh…

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:15pm
  You took the words right out of my mouth (or off my keyboard, as the case may be).
  
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:03pm
Daaaaannnng! Why can’t they do this in MY neighborhood? Dang Darn Dang Darn Darn Dang!!

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- 4xeverything
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:40pm
  I suspect they are doing it in neighborhoods that trend towards the blue. They did it here in Cincy but mostly on the eastside (aka Demcentral).
  
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