GOP Talks Oil Prices Down

...or at least that's what they think they're doing. Apparently, no one in the Republican Party has heard of supply and demand, therefore they think that they're scaring oil prices down by their photo-op speeches to an empty House chamber. No, really.

Heading into a third day of speeches in the near-empty chamber, Republicans acknowledged that the average price of gas and oil has declined in recent weeks. But they claimed credit for part of that reduction.

“I think the market is responding to the fact that we are here talking,” said Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) at a joint press conference with other GOP lawmakers. “I think the market realizes this kind of pressure from Congress may, in fact, lead to a change in policy.”

The Republican members did not answer questions about whether they would take the blame if gas prices go up again.

So in essence, if the Republican nutjobs in the House of Representatives continued to lower oil prices just due to the fact of threatening to drill more offshore, then perhaps they can speak long enough to cause oil prices to tank, therefore eliminating the need for more offshore drilling and effectively kill John McCain's central platform of his energy policy. Keep talking, assholes.

(H/T C&L)

Speaking of assholes and energy policy, here's McThuselah himself at the Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Words cannot do justice. Just watch.