Joey--Yes, really. No where in the first two posts is there any indication that the two posters are Democrats, or that they speak at all for Democrats. It's simply two people venting their frustration. It has nothing to do with party politics--pulling that into the discussion IS making false accusations and twisting people's words. As I said, if it were a Democrat in office right now, we'd likely have the same situation with the gas prices, and there would be people from all political parties blaming him/her for those prices.