David Duke: No difference between any candidates

Remember David Duke? The former Ku Klux Klan member was also elected as a state Representative from Louisiana and almost elected Governor there. Yes, he has back in the news thanks to the folks at the New Republic. He calls himself a white nationalist. We call him a racist.
The New Republic quotes him as saying,

I “don’t see much difference in Barack Obama than Hillary Clinton–or, for that matter, John McCain.”

Duke adds this later in the piece:

“I don’t think Obama will be any more negative for the United States than Hillary or John McCain, In fact, we probably have less preference for a European like a John McCain or a Hillary who has betrayed our interests, our heritage, our rights.”

So honestly, who really cares what David Duke’s political analysis is? The man in completely irrelevant, but this is how much coverage this election is getting. McCain might not be the best candidate in the world for conservatives, but he is a far cry from both Clinton and Obama.

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Gas Prices on the way up again

From The International Herald Tribune:

Gasoline prices, which for months lagged the big run-up in the price of oil, are suddenly rising quickly, with some experts fearing they could hit $4 a gallon by spring. Diesel is hitting new records daily and oil closed at an all-time high on Tuesday of $100.88 a barrel.

Some politicians want to tax us more at the pump too. Isn’t that something. For the record, you already pay 18.4 cents per gallon to the Feds and another 18 cents per gallon to the state. The IHT continues,

The increases could not come at a worse time for the economy. With growth slowing, high energy prices that were once easily absorbed by consumers are now more likely to act as a drag on household budgets, leaving people with less money to spend elsewhere. These costs could exacerbate the nation’s economic woes, piling a fresh energy shock on top of the turmoil in credit and housing.

If I had a dollar for every time a news organization tried to scare me about the economy.

Then you have Steve Zell, chairman of Equity Investments Group and owner of the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times. He said this on CNBC:

“Obviously what we have going on is an attempt to create a self-fulfilling prophecy, We have two Democratic candidates who are vying with each other to describe the economic situation worse.”

So which is it?