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Originally Posted by fl_prn_str
But don?t blame bush totally on this one??its another group altogether???OPEC.
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Which has had ties to the Bush family for over 50 years.
"What I think the president ought to do is get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots," declared the opposition party?s standard-bearer. "One reason why the price is so high is because the price of crude oil has been driven up. OPEC has gotten its supply act together and it?s driving the price, like it did in the past. And the president must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price." Nor should domestic price-gougers consider themselves safe from presidential retaliation: "And if in fact there is collusion amongst big oil, [the president] ought to intercede there as well."
No, the foregoing words were not spoken by John Kerry in 2004, but by George W. Bush in 2000, assailing the energy policy of Bill Clinton and Al Gore.