“Asked at a St. Louis town hall last week how people could contribute to the effort to conserve fuel, Obama said that steps such as inflating tires to the correct levels could make a difference.”

Thats a huge lie of omission by this author! what Obama said was:

“But we could save all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling — if everybody was just inflating their tires? And getting regular tune-ups? You’d actually save just as much!”

So Obama said that if Americans who did not maintain proper tire pressure (less than 30%) corrected that the increase in their MPG (less than 4%) would make up for all the oil in US territory (were talking Billions and Billions of barrels). Hell he is only off by a factor of Millions!

Were John McCain to have made such an error it would be quoted by media outlets day and night with headlines asking ‘is McCain out of touch on energy’.

For the McCain campaign to attempt to frame a conservation tip that Obama gave to an audience member as his one and only component of an energy plan is nonsense.

What’s even more pathetic is for McCain supporters to question the validity of how checking one’s tire pressure could actually save on gas expenses. AAA, NASCAR, enerygy experts and every automible manual supports Obama’s claim. People act as though he’s making this stuff up, when in actuality the facts are pretty easy to find.

The bottom line is Republicans are hoping that twisting the facts around to fit their narrative will work this time. But the American people are a lot smarter this election cycle.