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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SiouxPal who wrote (28184)	6/3/2004 6:58:46 PM
From: zonkie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Bob Woodard was right! It looks like the Saudi's are starting to uphold part of their deal with junior. They are trying to get the amount of oil available for the world market increased before the election so the price of gas in the US will come down and perhaps not make junior look as bad as he otherwise would. This reminds me of the allegations from during the first Reagan election when it was claimed that junior's daddy made a deal with the Iranians to keep the hostages prisoner until after the election so it would hurt Carter. It was said the Iranians received military items for doing this. ------------------ WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States stood firm that his country made no secret deals with the White House to try to drive down gas prices to help re-elect President Bush and sought to reassure Democratic contender Sen. John Kerry. "Unless somebody would like to see the oil prices stay high, then nobody should complain." In his new book, "Plan of Attack," journalist Bob Woodward reports that Bandar assured Bush administration officials the Saudis would increase production to reduce oil prices to help the U.S. economy in the months before the election. "I really don't see what is the big deal," Prince Bandar bin Sultan told reporters Wednesday Bandar said Wednesday his consultations with the Bush White House on oil prices were similar to those he has had with other U.S. leaders since President Carter and are part of a long-standing Saudi policy of promising to step up production when tight oil supplies threaten the world economy