[TomGuy]

I happened to have the TV on Cavuto yesterday.

Dagan McDowell was doing commentary. She complained that the suggested boycott of Citgo would hurt small station owners. In the next breath, she advocated that the way to hurt Chavez was to stop buying Venezualan oil. [She repeated this advocation again during her commentary.]

Neal didn't ask her about the contradiction in her statements.

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Many of these daily commentators ramble out words to fill up time, without realizing what they are actually saying.

[monday]

"In the next breath, she advocated that the way to hurt Chavez was to stop buying Venezualan oil. [She repeated this advocation again during her commentary.]

Neal didn't ask her about the contradiction in her statements."

Thats because there is no contradiction in her statements. The gasoline you buy at Citgo stations may or may not come from Venezuela just as the gasoline you buy at other stations may or may not come from Venezuela.

All gasoline sold in a particular area all comes from a central distribution terminal. These terminals buy gasoline from various refiners who in turn get their oil from various producers.

The Citgo stations only direct connection to Venezuelan oil is a marketing agreement saying they will buy their gasoline from Citgo distributors. Citgo, just like every other oil company, simply loads their trucks at the regional terminal and then adds a few quarts of additives per thousand gallons and wallah, you have Citgo, or Texaco, or whatever gasoline.

If we were serious about putting the squeeze on Chavez we could ban the purchase of Venezuelan oil, but it would likely hurt us, in the form of higher gas prices, as much as it would hurt him.