McAuliffe Blames Bush for Kerry's Failed Tax Increase

Jet-setting Democrat limousine lefties and other self-styled "environmentalists" are always wanting to raise energy taxes to encourage poorer people to conserve ... except during an election year, when they'll try to blame others for their own Big Government greed.

Party boss Terry McAuliffe says in remarks prepared for delivery today to the Democratic National Committee: "The price of gas is up about 50 cents a gallon since George Bush took office. Already that translates to an extra $499 a year for the average American household."

Note to McAuliffe: Be sure to remind your fellow eco-elitists of fuel-guzzling Sen. John Kerry's failed effort to jack up the huge federal gasoline tax by 50 cents a gallon, along with his dozen other votes to make gasoline less affordable for the average American household.

McAuliffe is "living in a glass house because Kerry has advocated gas tax increases throughout his career," Bush spokesman Terry Holt noted. "If Kerry had his way, gas would cost 50 cents more per gallon than it does."

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