Prince Bandar: Clinton Sought Secret Oil-Election Deal

Newsmax ^ | April 20, 2004 | Newsmax

[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.

[MEG33]

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.

[BushisTheMan]

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.

[ravingnutter]

Looks like Kerry stepped in it again.

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

[AZamericonnie]

I've got a talk radio network to sell you cheap.

Cash only sale I'm assuming!:)

[callisto]

CNN LARRY KING LIVE
Interview With Journalist Bob Woodward(April 19, 2004)

[CyberAnt]

Rush played the audio - I suspect it will be on his website tonite.

[The kings dead]

Clinton Sought Secret Oil-Election Deal

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

[Conservative4Ever]

Ahhhhhh...more slime about the Clintons. The question is will it see the light of day?

Red

[Cicero]

A lot of fuss about nothing. If Bush DIDN'T ask the Saudis to keep oil prices low the liberals would be furious.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP - KLINTOON ALERT

[MHGinTN]

"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!

[Kaslin]

It doesn't really matter what President Bush does. The left-wingers have a hissy fit regardless

[Adder]

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.

[Redbob]

"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?

[Mudboy Slim]

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(To be sung to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's "Lucky Man")

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Mudboy Slim (9/14/2001)

[cinFLA]

I would bookmark this article but I am sure it will be on the SacBee front page tomorrow morning ...

[GretchenM]

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.

[rintense]

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.

[GOPJ]

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.

[GOPJ]

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.