by Ross Balano
Kansas City Star

Democratic candidate Jim Slattery, who is running for the United States Senate against incumbent Pat Roberts of Kansas, had a letter printed yesterday in The Kansas City Star. Slattery used a deliberately misleading tactic that has also been used by Kay Barnes in mailers against her opponent Sam Graves.

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What Slattery conveniently fails to mention is that in the fall of 2006 the price of gas was only $2.15 per gallon. But since the Democrats took control of congress 20 months ago the price has risen to over $4.00. So in 10 years of Republican Congress gas prices rise $.89 per gallon and less than two years of a Democratic Congress brings a rise of almost $2.00. Who’s really to blame Mr. Slattery & Ms. Barnes?

I believe the people of Kansas and Missouri are smart enough to know who opposes all attempts to increase supply and thereby reduce prices.

In the three days since President Bush announced he was lifting the executive ban on offshore drilling the price of oil has dropped about 10 percent.

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