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Prince Bandar: Clinton Sought Secret Oil-Election Deal
Newsmax ^ | April 20, 2004 | Newsmax

Posted on 04/20/2004 11:27:47 AM PDT by callisto

Saudi ambassador to the U.S. Prince Bandar bin Sultan said Monday that ex-President Clinton sought a secret deal to keep oil prices low before the 2000 election, explaining that the request was nothing unusual.

"President Clinton asked us to keep the prices down in the year 2000," Bin Sultan told CNN's "Larry King Live," responding to a claim by Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward that the Bush administration made a similar request this year.

Bin Sultan said President Carter also made a request for lower oil prices to save his reelection bid in 1979, explaining that he did so "to avoid the [US's economic] malaise."

"We always want any president who is in office to be reelected," Bin Sultan explained, while stressing that his hope for lower oil prices was not a direct effort to influence the outcome of the U.S. election.

"This not our call. This is the American people's call," he insisted.

"We hoped that the oil prices will stay low, because that's good for America's economy, but more important, it's good for our economy and the international economy," Prince Bandar told CNN. "And this is nothing unusual."

On Monday, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry decried Bush's "secret deal" with the Saudis for low oil prices, based on a claim in Bob Woodward's new book, "Plan of Attack."

"If, as Bob Woodward reports, it is true that gas supplies and prices in America are tied to the American election, tied to a secret White House deal, that is outrageous and unacceptable," Kerry complained in Florida.

Sen. Kerry has yet to issue a similar denunciation of the secret oil price deals sought from the Saudis by Presidents Clinton and Carter.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: algore; bandar; carter; clinton; clintonfailure; clintonfailures; clintonlegacy; election2004; kerry; lurch; malaise; oil; saudi; x39; x42
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To: Arpege92
He called into LKL and he didn't say secret..he said Clinton and even Carter asked.He made it sound much less"secret".There's a transcript link that's just posted.
21 posted on 04/20/2004 11:46:23 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: McGruff
It's called the Viacom/CBS book of the month club.

Each month Viacom pays an ex-Bush employee a ton of money to sell their soul to the Democrat Devils.

And each month CBS "features" the writer of the book on one of its 60 minutes shows. Now, let me count how many conservative writers have been on 60 minutes? Zero.

22 posted on 04/20/2004 11:47:09 AM PDT by BushisTheMan
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To: mabelkitty
Looks like Kerry stepped in it again.

Yup...now Kerry needs to apologize to Bush...shall I hold my breath waiting?

23 posted on 04/20/2004 11:51:35 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: McGruff
I've got a talk radio network to sell you cheap.

Cash only sale I'm assuming!:)

24 posted on 04/20/2004 11:52:44 AM PDT by AZamericonnie (John Kerry has delusions of adequacy.)
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To: MEG33
CNN LARRY KING LIVE
Interview With Journalist Bob Woodward(April 19, 2004)
25 posted on 04/20/2004 11:56:12 AM PDT by callisto
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To: Mr. Mojo
Rush played the audio - I suspect it will be on his website tonite.
26 posted on 04/20/2004 12:03:39 PM PDT by CyberAnt (The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
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To: callisto
Clinton Sought Secret Oil-Election Deal

At first I read that as "Clinton Sought Secret Oil-Erection Deal".

27 posted on 04/20/2004 12:05:54 PM PDT by The kings dead
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To: callisto
Ahhhhhh...more slime about the Clintons. The question is will it see the light of day?

Red

28 posted on 04/20/2004 12:09:23 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (EVIL.......thy name is Hillary)
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To: callisto
A lot of fuss about nothing. If Bush DIDN'T ask the Saudis to keep oil prices low the liberals would be furious.
29 posted on 04/20/2004 12:12:14 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: callisto
INTREP - KLINTOON ALERT
30 posted on 04/20/2004 12:13:19 PM PDT by LiteKeeper
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To: callisto
"We hoped that the oil prices will stay low, because that's good for America's economy, but more important, it's good for our economy and the international economy," Prince Bandar told CNN. A highly educated man of integrity, perhaps the brains of the family!
31 posted on 04/20/2004 12:15:14 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: Cicero
It doesn't really matter what President Bush does. The left-wingers have a hissy fit regardless
32 posted on 04/20/2004 12:17:20 PM PDT by Kaslin (I will defend America everytime! President G.W. Bush I will turn America over to the UN! J.F. Kerry)
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To: bolobaby
Exactly!
Glad someone remembers that cynical Clintoon move!
We should be yelling about that also.

I'm so sick of these dumblecrat liars! I just want to scream STFU!! everytime any of them opens their lying lee-yups.
33 posted on 04/20/2004 12:20:40 PM PDT by Adder (Can we bring back stoning now? Please?)
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To: Young Rhino
"Well, Carter and Clinton were doing it for the children. Bush was doing it for Dick Cheney's Halliburton."

Tell the truth:
You got this from a MoveOn.org talking-points fax, didn't you?

34 posted on 04/20/2004 12:21:16 PM PDT by Redbob
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To: callisto
"Lucky Man"
(To be sung to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's "Lucky Man")

He had the zealots, and harems by the score...
Osama bin Laden...the Islamic WHORE!!
Ooooooh, what a Lucky Man he was!!
Ooooooh, what a Lucky Man he was!!

"bin" had no conscience...to confuse his head.
No soul, no character. "So What?!" the Left said.
Ooooooh, what a Lucky Man he was!!
Ooooooh, what a Lucky Man he was!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...!!

He was itchin' fer War, bombed our Country, thought we'd blink!!
Of his Brav'ry, and his Principle...Leftist Med'yuh would sing!!
Ooooooh, what a Lucky Man he was!!
Ooooooh, what a Lucky Man he was!!

But Dubyuh soon found "bin", found his patrons, BOTH ENTWINED!!
His zealots couldn't save him, so WE BOMBED "bin", and HE DIED!!!!
Ooooooh, what a Lucky Man he was!!
Ooooooh, what a Lucky Man he was!!

Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh...Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!

Mudboy Slim (9/14/2001)
35 posted on 04/20/2004 12:58:53 PM PDT by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
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To: callisto
I would bookmark this article but I am sure it will be on the SacBee front page tomorrow morning ...
36 posted on 04/20/2004 1:00:44 PM PDT by cinFLA
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To: callisto
Well, which is it?

1. "We always want any president who is in office to be reelected," Bin Sultan explained ...

OR

2. "This not our call. This is the American people's call," he insisted.
37 posted on 04/20/2004 1:15:25 PM PDT by GretchenM (The FReeper formerly known as GretchenEE)
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To: rhombus
Now wasn't it Kerry who just a while back was saying that we should be putting "pressure" on OPEC to reduce the price of oil?

Yes, he just realized his was missing a flop for his flip.

38 posted on 04/20/2004 1:18:02 PM PDT by rintense (Now I know why liberals hate guns... they keep shooting themselves in the foot!)
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To: callisto
It's not big unless it hurts Republicans.

Example: Clinton uses cocaine with 400 drug dealers on the steps of the New York Times. ( not a story - everyone does it, let's move on)

Bush drives a car on a back road after having two beers. ( BIG story, no one does that, stay on this story until the cows come home...)

"President Clinton asked us to keep the prices down in the year 2000," Bin Sultan told CNN's "Larry King Live," responding to a claim by Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward that the Bush administration made a similar request this year.

39 posted on 04/20/2004 1:44:01 PM PDT by GOPJ (NFL Owners: Grown men don't watch hollywood peep shows with wives and children.)
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To: callisto
It's not big unless it hurts Republicans.

Example: Clinton uses cocaine with 400 drug dealers on the steps of the New York Times. ( not a story - everyone does it, let's move on)

Bush drives a car on a back road after having two beers. ( BIG story, no one does that, stay on this story until the cows come home...)

"President Clinton asked us to keep the prices down in the year 2000," Bin Sultan told CNN's "Larry King Live," responding to a claim by Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward that the Bush administration made a similar request this year.

40 posted on 04/20/2004 1:45:09 PM PDT by GOPJ (NFL Owners: Grown men don't watch hollywood peep shows with wives and children.)
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