The truth about Kerry is everyday he grabs a rumor! He is like the Arab people who live off rumors , untruths. Yet, Kerry passes on rumors as if fact at public campaign stops. Our cable 24 hour news and nytimes etc pass on his comments unedited.
Kerry attacks alleged Bush oil deal
Saudi prince's alleged promise to cut prices 'outrageous'
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Democratic challenger John Kerry said Monday that an alleged promise from a Saudi prince to President Bush to lower oil prices ahead of the November presidential election is "outrageous" and "unacceptable."
"If, as (Washington Post journalist) Bob Woodward reports, it is true, that gas supplies and prices in America are tied to the American election, then tied to a secret White House deal, that is outrageous and unacceptable," Kerry said at a campaign speech in Florida.
Woodward, in a book released Monday, alleges that Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who serves as his nation's ambassador to the United States, promised Bush that his country would increase oil production, thus lowering prices, in the months leading up to Nov. 2.
"It is my prayer that Americans are not being held hostage to a secret deal between the White House and a Saudi prince, but unlike George Bush and his friends at the big oil companies, I'm going to work for a real energy policy for this country that decreases America's dependence on foreign oil," Kerry said.
In the book, "Plan of Attack," Woodward writes: "According to Prince Bandar, the Saudis hoped to fine-tune oil prices over 10 months to prime the economy for 2004. What was key, Bandar knew, were the economic conditions before a presidential election, not at the moment of the election."
Saudi Arabia denied the charge, saying that it does "not use oil for political purposes."
Woodward looked shook up last night on larry king show as powell denied his printed book quotes. Then Larry king called Saudi Prince and he said we always try to keep prices down. Clinton asked, even Carter asked. It is in our best interest to try to keep prices down. |
