Daring Fireball juxtaposes two pieces of information so succinctly that I’d be remiss to alter it in any way, so here goes, straight from DF:
Today:
Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush’s request to immediately pump more oil to lower record prices, saying it does not see enough demand to increase production.
Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing nations that they would increase their supply of crude.
“I would work with our friends in OPEC to convince them to open up the spigot, to increase the supply,” Mr. Bush, the presumptive Republican candidate for president, told reporters here today. “Use the capital that my administration will earn, with the Kuwaitis or the Saudis, and convince them to open up the spigot.”
3 responses so far ↓
Michael Grant Smith // May 20, 2008 at 11:18 pm
How’s that working out so far?
Jeff Ventura // May 21, 2008 at 10:00 am
How’s what working out?
Michael Grant Smith // May 21, 2008 at 6:18 pm
The part where President Bush “would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing nations that they would increase their supply of crude.”
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