The only time President Obama says "we", "us", "our" is when he cannot say "I", "me", "my".

The President makes a perfectly reasonable point about developing alternatives to fossil fuels in order to limit the downside of price volatility. NRO points out that he doesn't drive himself, as though that rebuts his point.

Q: Are fuel prices not volatile? Are option contracts a better way to manage volatility? Will increasing the domestic supply of petroleum reduce volatility? Is it possible to reduce price volatility of a commodity like gasoline?

A: I think you'll find THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T EVEN PAY FOR GAS

i have to say, as a conservative and an NRO devotee, I don t get this post. You need to get some sleep. The fact that Barack Obama, the duly elected president of the United States, does t pay for his own gas, is--how should I put i?t-not surprising. What was the point of this? That you re outraged that Obama does t pump his own gas? Seriously? Did George Bush pump his own gas? There must be some point that I m missing...
I mean seriously, we Republicans are in the process of losing a winnable election--because of our lame candidates--and idiotic posts like, however, trivial, don't help.

The point was being made that since the President was using the term "we" it seems like he might have at least had some experience with what your average citizen goes through. I think the fact that he has driven himself twice since 2007 is being used to point out that perhaps he is a little out of touch with what the average citizen wants, needs or experiences. Unless you live in New York City, how many adults (professional types) do you know that don't own/lease a car or drive themselves around?

Let's take a look at the most recent Republican and Democratic presidents and ask which had lives that were 'out of touch' with the common man.

Obama - grew up poor/middle class.
Clinton - Grew up poor/middle class.

Bush 43 -- grew up very wealthy
Bush 41 - grew up very wealthy

This is not a winning issue for conservatives.

I suppose the point here is that Obama leads a sheltered, protected life and will never personally experience the consequences of his own bad policies. The rest of us may be forced into small, unsafe, impractical green cars by his mad power grabs, but he'll be driven around in an armor-plated motorcade at taxpayer expense the rest of his life. Still, if that was the point, it was made somewhat obliquely.

Every facet of Obama's socioeconomic beliefs and policies reveal a persona and mentality utterly divorced from any semblance of comprehension or personal relation to the economic realities that workers in the private sector (i.e., the majority of Americans) have to deal with every day. I had never spend much time pondering Obam's utter lack of private sector work experience prior to his entry into politics (consisting of a scant five minutes spent as a law professor, if that can be said to be relevant experience), but it becomes clear in retrospect that his affinity for Robin Hood-style, big-government socialism and crony capitalism properly reflects someone who has never had to work at what one would call a "real job," where merit and skills are valued more than the gift of gab and personal charisma.

The man receives free housing, free food, free lodging, free healthcare, free transportation, free security, and a pension, to boot. How can he possibly relate to the average American;s economic struggles? He has never wanted for anything since his meteoric rise in politics began. His arrogant dictates to American companies ("Hire more American workers at home") and election-year posturing on taxes (lower the corporate tax rate, but raise taxes everywhere else under the sun) similarly reveal a breathtaking naivete or outright ignorance with respect to basic notions of capitalism and economics.

Hey let's give Jim the benefit of the doubt on this "criticism" of the President. He probably heard it on Rush or saw it on Newsmax and thought it must be some great material. I mean how can someone who only last drove himself around 4-5 years ago not appreciate the cost of gas and it's impact on the average American family whose wages have been stagnant for most of the last 40 years. I mean the math is really hard.

Truly fascinating.