Sure we are in an energy crisis and need to conserve. Well that is unless Bush is coming to town:

Talk about political gridlock.

Secret Service officials confirm to The Washington Post they tried to get the Virginia Department of Transportation to close down the carpool lanes on a highway leading out of Washington Wednesday so President George W. Bush could easily get to and from a fundraiser for Republican Sen. George Allen.

State experts who monitor traffic predicted a commuting nightmare, because they would have had to close down the lanes for much of the day for logistical reasons, so they denied the request.

Vehicles using Virginia’s high occupancy vehicle lanes must have three or more riders from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Some hybrid vehicles and motorcycles are exempt.

The president traveled to the fundraiser by helicopter.

Yeah drivers out there. Screw you! George Allen needs some fund raising help because he showed his racist side publicly and his old buddy, the President, is coming to his aide. so he wants the roads screwed up so you can’t get to work. Again we get another chapter of proof that the Republicans worry more about self preservation and personal favors than the American people – you know, their bosses. They just love giving everyone the big fuck you whenever they can. Hats off to Virginia for denying the idiot from the oval office.