George Bush and oil

[FreedomAngel82]

Be prepared for your mind to explode.

“Well, we've got good relations with a lot of members of OPEC. If the president does his job, the president will earn capital in the Middle East, and the president should have good standing with those nations. It's important for the president to explain, in clear terms, what high energy prices will not only do to our economy, but what high energy prices will do to the world economy.”
Presidential Candidate George W. Bush
January 26, 2000


“I think the president ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say, ‘We expect you to open your spigots.’ … The president of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price.”
Presidential Candidate George W. Bush
February 2, 2000


“I would work with our friends in OPEC to convince them to open up the spigot, to increase the supply. … Use the capital that my administration will earn, with the Kuwaitis or the Saudis, and convince them to open up the spigot.”
Presidential Candidate George W. Bush
June 28, 2000


“We're dependent upon crude. … I would hope the administration would convince our friends in OPEC to open the spigots.”
Presidential Candidate George W. Bush
June 22, 2000

But yet gas is so expensive. Down the road it's $2.49.

[Fritz67]

1. Well, it's easy. In 2000...

...he was a rich Texas oil man from the North East trying to get elected President. Acting folksy, building a fake ranch, and acting like he'd help consumers were part of the con.

Now he's a rich Texas oil man from the North East who's friends are making record profits off the high oil prices.