Reply #12: Here's a grenade

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In 2000, Bush claimed he knew how to handle OPEC. He said President Clinton had to "jawbone" OPEC members. "What I think the president ought to do is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots. 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 of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the prices," he said.

Gas was around $1.50 a gallon at the time.