George Bush: Dumber Than A Barrel of Oil

George Bush explained on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Why gasoline prices are going up:

"...there's increasing demand. At this time of year people are beginning to drive more, getting out on the highways, taking a little time off, and they're moving around. And that increasing demand is also part of the reason the price of gasoline is going up."

Mr President, it happens every spring and summer, as regular as the seasons. The refineries and oil producers know this; they own calendars. In past years we didn't have this problem.

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"...we're switching fuel mixes. The summer fuel mix is different from state to state, and is different from what is being used in the winter. And, therefore, the combination of these creates higher gasoline prices..."

Mr President, it happens every spring and summer, as regular as the seasons. The refineries and oil producers know this; they own calendars. In past years we didn't have this problem.

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....And let me remind people that these high gasoline prices are caused by primarily three reasons: One, the increase in the price of crude oil. It's one of the reasons I stood up in front of the Congress and said, we've got to have strong and active research and development to get us to diversify away from crude oil. It's tight supply worldwide, and we've got increasing demand from countries like India and China, which means that any disruption of supply or perceived disruption of supply is going to cause the price of crude to go up. And that affects the price of gasoline.

WTF?  Thats it?

Funny, I thought the war in Iraq had something to do with it. Well, if Iraq is not a factor, I suppose the record price gouging and susequent record profits for the oil cartel has nothing to do with it.  And I suppose your coziness with Haliburton, oh, that's Dick Cheney's master..nevermind.

Not one word on Iraq, not one. China he mentioned. India he mentioned. Not one mention of Iraq. Not one. Some people might think he was trying to fool us. I don't think so. He is real stupid.