Commentary Anew poll publicized on Fox News reports that “Most Americans back Russian oil sanctions, even with soaring gas prices.” The incredible number is 77 percent. It means of course that many people are actually making some connection between the sanctions and the price of gas, forgetting that gas prices rose 50 percent before the sanctions. These timelines, for whatever reason, tend to elude people. Also, inflation is affecting every area of life, not just gasoline. It’s politically helpful to have a scapegoat. It also appears that the Russia/Ukraine war is helping Biden, who had faced an epic decline in job approval. The White House surely welcomes this too. The headline and trend here reminds me of many headlines from the spring of 2020 when lockdowns began. They were all promoted by Big Media. The polls showed a clear willingness of people to comply with even the most egregious lockdowns—stay-at-home orders—if health officials declared that …