"Got gas?"
 

John Kerry political cartoon.

Apr. 1, 2004...

Vice President Cheney presented the first salvo concerning rising gas prices with the exposure of Sen. John Kerry’s record and penchant for raising taxes. Cheney pointed out that Kerry voted to raise gas taxes three times and favored a 50 cent gas tax hike.

Kerry is now responding with a plan to bring down gas prices and accusing the Bush administration of achieving the goal of losing 3 million jobs and creating $3 a gallon gas prices.

The Bush campaign response is already on the way. They will air a new ad on Wednesday and that ad will feature the following line:

"Some people have wacky ideas, like taxing gasoline more so people drive less. That's John Kerry," the Bush ad will say.