Did Saudis Assure Bush on Oil Prices?

President Bush with Saudi Arabian ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas, Aug. 27, 2002.

LSB: I was watching the news this morning and the local numb nuts chatting behind the news desk were talking about the “low” price of gas and wondering how long the prices would be low. THROUGH THE ELECTION, YOU DIPSHITS! The Bushes and the Saudi royal family have long had many connections, so is it any wonder they are helping to influence this election season? It’s happened before, so no doubt it is happening again.

MSNBC April 2004:

The White House Monday declined to comment on a report in a new book by journalist Bob Woodward that a Saudi Arabian ambassador had promised the Bush administration that it would lower oil prices to help boost the U.S. economy in time for the November presidential election.

In an interview that aired Sunday on CBS, Woodward, a Washington Post editor, said that Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, had promised President Bush that the Saudis would cut oil prices before November to ensure the U.S. economy was strong on Election Day. Woodward is the author of the new book "Plan of Attack" on Bush's preparations for the Iraq war.

The Saudi royal family has close ties to both the first Bush administration and to
political allies of the current Bush White House, according to Craig Ungar, author of "House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties."

"It is a relationship that goes back generations," said Ungar, who says he's tallied some "$1.4 billion worth of contracts from the House of Saud to companies in which the Bush's and their allies have had big positions."

Bob Cesca at HuffingtonPost.com, states my fears the best:

What if the Democrats overcome the vote drifting and the machine hacking and the nonexistent paper trails? Whether they succeed or not, fuel prices will spike again before Thanksgiving. The winter home-heating crunch will be the excuse.

But if the Democrats win, it'll be their fault. It'll be the economy reacting negatively to a Democratic Congress. That's what the Republicans will say and it's a foregone conclusion that the pundits will back them on that score.

But if the Republicans win and gas prices creep back towards $3/gallon, everyone will privately say, "Yeah. I thought so. Oh well. Hey -- isn't American Idol coming
back soon?"