Political puzzler: Save gas by driving to DC?

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File this one under "Campaigns designed to fail." Some group I've never heard of called the #don'tGo Movement is asking us to, um, go somewhere. To Washington, D.C. that is. To protest high gas prices. That's right.

Some things you just have to read for yourself. Here's the first two grafs of the press release:

#dontGo Movement founder Eric Odom today called upon Americans nationwide to leave their homes for Washington, D.C. to protest high gasoline prices.

"Since Congress is at home for recess, we figure that there should be some angry Americans waiting for them when they finally come back to Congress," said Odom.

To recap. If you're mad about gas prices you should go to D.C., presumably using some of your precious gas budget, to protest -- even though politicians are on vacation. Hmmm. Good luck with that.

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In case you were wondering, the oddly named "movement" appears to be just another presidential campaign website, this one with a conserva-tilt. Can't say I see a whole lot of future for a group with such a perplexing name and pointless call to action.


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