Bush BS from 2000: "I will convince [OPEC] to open up the spigot" LIAR!!!

[jackstraw45]

“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.” - George Bush, June 2000

Average price of a gallon of gas in June 2000? $1.63 per gallon

Average price of a gallon of gas today? $2.60 per gallon

LIAR or COMPLETE FAILURE?

Impeach Me, please. I can't stop lying.

[Clark2008]

1. Both!

[jackstraw45]

3. Bingo...we have a winner! n/t

n/t

[kerryin2004]

2. The man is a joke..

and the joke is on us..

[TheDebbieDee]

4. Actually, it doesn't matter if Venezuela opens up the spigot.......

US refineries are already operating at capacity, they won't be able to process crude oil any faster without building more refineries.

When the oil companies decided to shut down several refineries in the 80s, they planned to create the situation in which we currently find ourselves.

Those greedy, UnAmerican, blood-sucking bastards!

Whew! I feel a little better now.

[jackstraw45]

7. Let me ask...are you buying twice as much gas as in 2000?

My demand for gas has stayed steady and I know NO ONE who is suddenly driving a lot MORE than just 5 years ago. If there's MORE supply, prices should go DOWN unless the government is willfully participating in a lie about higher demand.

The oil companies are experiencing RECORD profits.

Bush---->rich oil friends.

There's NO reason for this price gauging to be so supported by this administration with not even an effort to do ANYTHING constructive.

[CatWoman]

8. you falling for that argument too, huh?

[Hobarticus]

12. Facts never kept Georgie from opening his piehole...

Not in 2000, and not now...

[Democrats_win]

5. NYTimes Magazine: May be physically impossible to open spigot

If they try to force an oil field to overproduce, the pressure in the underground reservoir my decrease so much that oil production actually decreases. It happened to Oman: "in 2001, its daily production reached more than 960,000 barrels, but then suddenly declined, despite the use of advanced technologies. Today, Oman produces 785,000 barrels of oil a day."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/magazine/21OIL.html?pagewanted=all

[jackstraw45]

6. Interesting...Bush implies that he cares about prices in 2000

Today? Silence.

He has done NOTHING to address the problem of gas prices today. NOTHING.

I guess, if OPEC isn't holding back, it's just raw greed under the guise of "production problems" and "high demand."

BS I say.

[CatWoman]

9. and that "eagerly -anticipated" engergy bill

does nothing, absolutely NOTHING to address the problem.

I heard that Tom Delay snuck in the huge subsidies for the oil companies in the middle of the night, aided by Hastert.

I think Randi Rhodes talked about this last week.

[jackstraw45]

10. Oil closes above $67 a barrel...can't wait for Labor Day weekend!

Do I hear 3.40 a gallon?

I know *I'm* not using any more gas than in the past...how about you?

[gatorboy]

11. Here's an oldie but a goodie:

Plus the link is still good!

http://www.evote.com/index.asp?Page=/news_section/2000-03/03132000Bush.asp

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PLANT CITY, Fla., Mar 12, 2000 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- George W. Bush said Sunday he is considering calling for the suspension of a 4.3 cents-per-gallon ``Clinton-Gore'' gas tax hike to combat high fuel prices.

The Texas governor and presumptive Republican presidential nominee also said the administration should be blamed for prices that are approaching $2 per gallon because it has squandered the goodwill built by his father in the Persian Gulf War and has no overall energy policy.

As president, Bush said he would urge Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Mexico to ``open the spigots,'' and remind them of the U.S. role in the 1991 Gulf War and of its economic bailout of Mexico.

``These are countries with which we should have an enormous amount of capital,'' Bush said after visiting the Florida Strawberry Festival. ``These are countries where it wasn't all that long ago that a President Bush helped Kuwait, or a United States helped Mexico, and I think the fundamental question is 'Why not, why can't the administration get anything done in the diplomatic scene?''

He later answered the question, saying of President Clinton: ``I guess because his diplomatic policy is not that strong, his standing in the world is not such that he can call upon our friends when we need them.''

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When he gets back from vacation, I'm sure he's going to get right to work telling his oil buddies to give us that Texas Tea! :eyes: