Anyone remember this Bush quote from 2000?

[AndyA]

"This is an administration that is hoping the issue goes away," Bush said. ..."The vice president seems to forget who's been in office for seven years," Bush said. "This is an administration that has been in charge, and the price of gasoline has risen steadily since they've been in office."

When asked what he would do as president to address the price at the pump, Bush said he would confer with oil-producing allies and ask them to pump more crude. "I would use the capital my administration will earn with the Kuwaitis or the Saudis, to convince them to open up the spigot," Bush said. "That's where we will get immediate relief."

SO WHAT'S THE EXCUSE THIS TIME, BUSH? COULD IT BE YOUR FAILED ENERGY POLICY? YOUR FAILED ADMINISTRATION? YOUR FAILED PRESIDENCY? YOUR FAILURE AS A HUMAN BEING?

Or is your energy policy doing exactly what it was intended to do!

George Bush and his Administration should be prosecuted for crimes against the people of the United States of America.

[trotsky]

1. Not a fill-up goes by...

when I don't think of the absolute holy purple cow fit the Repukes were having in 2000 when gas was what, $1.50? And they laid the blame completely at Clinton's feet. 6 years later, gas is more than twice that, and NOW it's market forces, blah blah blah. That one issue alone should make 99% of people vote AGAINST these fucking criminals, but they line up for more.

"I would use the capital my administration will earn with the Kuwaitis or the Saudis..."

You mean like capital earned by taking out their #1 military enemy? Strange how they just keep right on jobbing us, isn't it?

[ComerPerro]

2. Its risen considerable more in the last five years

than it did between 1993 and 2001.

Thats the most obscene part.

Its increased 200%

[Felix Mala]

3. Oh yes! Gas had just passed the record high amount of $30/barrel.

[snappyturtle]

4. GOOD POINT......I remember this statement & often

wonder why, once again, the MSM fails to bring it up. *'s energy policy is doing EXACTLY what they want it to do.......increase profits for the oil men. I have two theories on this: 1) Oil companies will not support the costs for more refineries because it saves them money and allows them to increase the cost of refined crude in light of supply/demand. 2)Oil companies want to get the best price for gasoline possible for as long as possible as oil supplies diminish. It's a win/win for them. This morning I heard on TV that the Prudhoe (sp?) Bay (BP) had shut down the pipeline??? because it was corroded or something??? What's with that???? Me thinks me smells a rat.....reduced supply=higher prices, or not, I don't know.

[snappyturtle]

11. Check out this site....

another DUer posted this www.theoildrum.com The second article is about Prudhoe Bay. NYT says price of oil could go up $10 a barrel.....

[AndyA]

16. Reduced supply does indeed equal higher prices.

I think the oil companies are doing whatever they can to keep prices high. Why should they exert any effort whatsoever as long as they are making record profits?

George Bush, his administration, and the GOP have slit our throats, and now they're taking a crap down the open wound.

[JNelson6563]

5. The way it was & the way it is

AT THE CLOSING BELL WHEN BUSH TOOK OFFICE on January 22, 2001

Oil - $27.69/bbl
Gold - $266.70/oz.





http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2440725&mesg_id=2440725

[Erika]

6. Did anyone doubt the cost would go up

when oil men took over our government?

[peekaloo]

7. I thought refineries were the main issue.

Another biscuit face stuffin', talkin' about shit he truly don't unnerstand moment.

[0007]

8. Clearly!

[Double T]

9. When you alienate every country with the world's largest oil reserves....

and collude with the remnants of Enron for formulation of the national energy policy, what would anyone expect????

[WinkyDink]

10. We live in a post-9/11 world now! SHEEEEESSSHHH!!!

Get with the game plan, will yas?!

[malmapus]

21. Bah! Beat me to it heh.

[Sinti]

12. Funny thing is, Clinton was talking about investigating possible gouging

then. Now, oh well, it's just the market and it will take care of itself. The president has no control over the market - even if his friends (and probably his stocks) are making record billions every year. I seriously don't think this is a failure, though, I'm sure Big Oil couldn't be any happier, short of gas being $5 or $10 a gallon.

[ItNerd4life]

13. I thought it was the refineries were the problem

Isn't that what they are saying now? It's the environmentalists fault for not allowing new refineries to be built?

Boy, I wish they would make up their minds what the real cause is.
:shrug:

[IronLionZion]

14. reality has a well-known liberal bias

when in doubt, blame the liberals or Clinton. :sarcasm:

[Virginia Dare]

15. Yes, and how about this one....

Bush in 2000: U.S. Needs 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...And the president of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price."

Well, he didn't exactly jawbone....it was more like a kissy-face. Either way, it didn't work.



Lord Chimpface, you are a joke and a failure.

[AndyA]

17. Bush must have frenched him, and he doesn't like that, so

NO SOUP OIL FOR YOU, AMERICA!

[corkhead]

18. this is another example of how Democrats could use his own words against *

But they won't because "911 changed everything"...
:eyes: :sarcasm:

[AndyA]

19. The Dems need to find their spines and confront Bush with this.

They need to ask him why he doesn't take his own advice to heart? He was highly critical of Clinton, yet now he's in a position to do something about it, what with all of his collateral and all, and he's done nothing.

They should accuse him of flip flopping, because that's certainly what this is.

[malmapus]

20. But 9/11 changed everything!

:sarcasm:

[AndyA]

22. Apparently it changed the American people as well.

Because we seem to be just taking it lying down. There aren't demonstrations in the streets like there were in the sixties. And I keep believing that something is going to happen that will be the straw that breaks the Camel's back. One thing is going to put it over the top, and the frustration and anger that's been simmering just below the surface is going to explode.

It may be the Boston Tea Party and the Civil War all over again, but it seems like that's what it's going to take to get our country back from the felons currently in charge.

[MiniMe]

23. I'm sure they will turn on the spigots, in the fall. Perhaps September

Thats what they did in 2004

[KharmaTrain]

24. Backdoor Tax Increase

Every time the price of gas rises, so do more dollars into the government's coffers to throw around to contractors, lobbyists, special interest and the like. This offset some of the tax giveaway to the rich as the nearly $2 dollar increase in the price of gas during this regime's tenure has come at a time when new tax cuts were being pushed.

I remember buying gas for .99 a gallon right before the 2000 election...seems like another century now.