Remember Bush criticizing Clinton when gas was $20 a barrel?

[greenbriar]

god I wish it were that way again

[rusty charly]

1. can you help me

find a reference to that? i'd love to post it somewhere.

[greenbriar]

2. google his speeches from the 2000 campaign

Candidate Smirk said that it was the president's job to "jawbone OPEC until they open their spigots". He is without a doubt the most odious creature on Earth.

I wish our people would start playing some tapes pf *'s lies from Y2K

[rusty charly]

7. found it

As a presidential candidate in 2000, then-Gov. George W. Bush promised that, if elected, he would use the full weight of the White House to pressure oil-producing countries to increase production if there was a gas-price crisis. He charged, "The president of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price" and promised that as president he would "convince them to open up the spigot to increase the supply." Yet, when Saudi Arabia led the fight within OPEC last month to cut production and raise prices, the president "refused to lean on the oil cartel" and refused to even "personally lobby OPEC leaders to change their minds." Now, with esteemed journalist Bob Woodward reporting that the Bush administration and top Saudi officials agreed to manipulate oil prices in conjunction with the 2004 election, President Bush's passivity towards Saudi Arabia is raising disturbing questions. Why won't the administration exert serious pressure on the regime both on oil and terrorism policy? Why does the president continue to refer to Saudi Arabia as "our friend" when the country has potential ties to the 9/11 terrorists? Why, as author Daniel Benjamin reported, did the administration weaken efforts to scrutinize potential Saudi money-laundering schemes before 9/11? A look at the president's "deep personal ties with Saudi officials" – and his financial connections to the Saudi royal family and powerful Saudi businessmen – may provide clues.

BUSH'S PERSONAL FINANCIAL TIES TO SAUDIS RUN DEEP: According to various sources, Bush has been awash in Saudi money for years. Journalist/author Craig Unger in his new book "House of Bush, House of Saud" traced millions "in investments and contracts that went from the Saudis over the past 20 years to companies in which the Bushes and their allies have had prominent positions - Harken Energy, Halliburton, and the Carlyle Group among them." According to the Boston Herald, that includes a $1 million gift from Prince Bandar to the Bush Presidential Library in Texas.

http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=99415

[Erika]

9. W, the world corporatist and liar n/t

[greenbriar]

10. we all need to email this to all email lists and olberman and the daily

show


we must make this mainstream

[Erika]

12. Dr. Dean, John Edwards, John Kerry, etc also need it n/t

[greenbriar]

14. yes, and letters to the editor too

this more than anything will wake up most of the sheeple. Hit their pocket books and they change their tune!

[Divernan]

17. And quote it to your Senators & Congressperson!

I'll be handing a copy of Bush's "jawboning" comments to my Dem. Congressional candidate tomorrow when I campaign with her.

[NYC Liberal]

13. You can search/read the FULL text of all his speechs all the way

back to 2000 (and some before) at vote-smart.org:

http://www.vote-smart.org/speech.php?can_id=CNIP9043

[global1]

24. Remember We're Dealing With The *Co Administration Where They Say.....

one thing and mean the opposite.

[cynatnite]

25. Same thing today...US won't ask OPEC for more oil

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman on Friday said he will not ask the OPEC cartel to pump more oil even though gasoline prices are soaring and Republican congressional leaders want the White House to do more to fight rising energy costs.

High energy prices will be on the agenda this weekend at the International Energy Forum in Doha, Qatar, which will be attended by officials from 65 countries, including the United States and members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries,

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060421/pl_nm/energy_usa_opec_dc_2

[riderinthestorm]

5. Just google, candidate Bush, jawbone, Clinton

He made the comment in 2000 when oil prices were $28/barrel.

"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," declared Gov. George W. Bush. He vowed to do just that with the "Saudis" and others....

[Another Bill C.]

15. My letter to the editor

This was printed in our paper around last Labor Day.

"In 2000, when gas was selling for $1.60, presidential candidate G. W. Bush said:
'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' (The New York Times, 9/29/00; George Bush, Republican Primary Debate, Manchester, NH, 1/26/00)
"Would the president call that statement "inoperative" now?"

[greenbriar]

19. even more relevant now

everyone must write letters

[greenbriar]

29. may I use the premis of your letter

when I send my own???

[orleans]

3. i remember bushie's bullshit line

about "jawbone"ing opec and telling them to "open up the spigots"

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. I do, the question is, do the FReeptards?

Well do ya, FReeptards? :rofl:

[Democrats_win]

6. I'm tired of waiting for bush to get raptured in his muchroom cloud.

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. LOL! Me too!

[Erika]

8. W said he'd get on the phone and get the gas prices down

He was critical of Clinton for not doing so. W's such a, I can't think of a negative term bad enough to describe him.

[greenbriar]

20. someone ought to send him a phone and the number

so he can do his "job"

[borlis]

16. It was also Cheney during the Clinton years.....

I don't have the link, but I remember not long ago reading a quote from the dickhead when Clinton was Pres.that any time oil is above $20 a barrel, it's a sign of a failed presidency. Why, Oh, why won't someone have the balls to point that out to him now ???? :shrug:

[riderinthestorm]

21. I can't find a link but the quote is all over

"High gas prices are a sign of a failed presidency.", Dick Cheney, 1998.

Can anyone find a reputable link? This quote combined with Dipshit's "jawbone" quote are priceless this week!

[Neil Lisst]

18. oh for the days of Clinton and $1.25 a gallon for gasoline

[JVS]

22. Good times, good times.

[greenbriar]

28. no kidding

sheesh

[UCLA02]

23. Don't criticize...just pray for him.

Rapture be upon us all...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619182/posts

Must run to the toilet now, lest the vomit escape from between my fingers...

[napi21]

26. Isn't it odd that Shrub hasn't mentioned Saudi in a long time?

I can't remember when I heard him reference Saudi Arabia! Has there been a fallin out that we're not aware of?????

[Bluebear]

27. GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!!!!

:puke: