Not only that. Why rig them NOW when rigging them in 2004 would of resulted in such a landslide to render the Democrat Party politically irreverent for a decade.
Exactly right. 2004 was the time to rig them to so blow the DEmocrats and Kerry out of the water that they had no hope of doing anything this year. But no one wants to mention that, and like you said, the fact is, gas never really dropped before the '04 election, it was up and down all October and November.
It's getting close to time that this would be a great time to totally stock up the National Reserves, or as soon as it appears to bottom out. If I was Bush, I'd order new secure facilities to be built to get a few billion extra barrels in fact if it gets close to $50 per barrel. :)