Carter: Oil Industry Will Hold Down Prices to Help Republicans

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Is there an echo in here? Nope, just another attack on oil companies in the months leading up to an election.

Former president Jimmy Carter told Harry Smith on CBS's "The Early Show" August 27 that he predicted "oil companies will hold down oil prices a little bit, you know, to try to help the Republican ticket."

Carter also said that the economy would be the most important issue, "as it was when Bill Clinton was elected the first time."

The former president also said it was "surprising and gratifying" when presumptive Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama, Ill., carried Georgia in the primary "over two attractive white candidates-Hillary Clinton and John Edwards."

Greg Hunter, a CNN correspondent for "Your $$$$$,"made the same prediction that oil prices would go down as the election nears on the June 16 broadcast. "[T]hey're going to drive that price down, they're going to pop the dollar up, they're going to drive the price down, they're going to work this, say, for the election," he said.

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The prediction is old hat if for some media personalities on CNN. Before the 2006 congressional midterm elections, CNN contributor Jack Cafferty took a shot at oil companies:

"You know, if you were a real cynic, you could also wonder if the oil companies might not be pulling the price of gas down to help the Republicans get re-elected in the midterm elections a couple of months away ... The interesting thing to watch on that story about gas prices is what happens to them right after the midterms, John," Cafferty said Aug. 30, 2006.

Carter has been giving interviews to a lot of news divisions at the convention.

On CNN's "American Morning" August 27, co-host John Roberts pointed out Carter's own objection to Obama to the former president with a clip from the Nov. 30, 2006, "Charlie Rose Show," where the former president had this to say about his would-be successor: "He's got yet to prove substance or experience to be the president."

—Paul Detrick is a research analyst at the Business & Media Institute.


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Carter... LOL.

Uhh and what is his basis for this? Thought it was a sin to say such things as fact (lying) and presents absolutely no evidence of such.

Did they have a rebutal to balance out the coverage, particularly when there is no basis for it?

"big hollywood" is holding

"big hollywood" is holding ticket prices down to help dems

same deal with "big university" on tuition

and of course the MSM will be slandering Repubs with a slew of bald-faced lies 

Journalism is the opium of the liberals

"Big Abortion" is offering

"Big Abortion" is offering Two for One specials and family discounts to help democrats.

"Big Law" is offering "First Five Frivilous Lawsuits Free" specials and Johnny Edwards is offering "Free Dead Person Channelling" on every other Wednesday, all to help democrats.

These allegations, just like Mr. Carter's, are purely conjecture. But one thing we do know for sure... "Big Media" is totally in the tank for their party commrades.

When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

I think the kindest thing

I think the kindest thing that can be said about Jimmy Carter is that he's "losing his bearings."

Carter is an idiot.  If

Carter is an idiot.  If oil companies wanted to help Republicans, the best thing to do would be to keep prices up and let the Democrats explain their refusal to allow domestic oil production to be increased.  Artificially lowering the price takes the focus off of the Dims roadblocks. 

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."  - Sir Winston Churchill

home run

Right on Hunter12. Lower prices would help Nazi Pelosi and her butt monkey Reed to convince voters that there is no problem. McLame needs higher prices. Duh!

Oh yeah...

They are really holding things down, those sneaky blasters.  I'm only paying 3.95 at the pump right now instead of 4.45.  Gosh.

And Carter says this on a day that oil rose by $2 a barrel based upon SUPPLY concerns.

Duh.

World's dumbest president.

 

<insert witty signature here>

Hey, Jimmah, do you remember?

Double digit inflation? Interest rates that were through the roof?

Hey, you freakin' Georgian peanut farmer - that happened during your pathetic administration!

the energy crisis when

the energy crisis

when big oil caused massive inflation to help the republicans! 

Journalism is the opium of the liberals

Did anybody see ...

the sattelite photo of the Gulf Coast showing the location of all the oil rigs that was on FoxNews dot com? 

It was awesome!  The whole coastline was filled with blue dots! 

 We need more dots!!  Drill NOW!!!

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Over 4000 oil and natural gas platforms operate in U.S. waters

Yep,

Over 4000 oil and natural gas platforms operate in U.S. waters with an outstanding environmental record (API)

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This is good.It would also

This is good.It would also be nice if they would hold the price of steak dinners down at Applebees.I hope the republicans hold the price of work boots down,also.I'm due.

What a shame...

...that a former President of the United States continues to take the low road time after time.

He goes to the most crooked foreign countries and observes elections, yet he says that here in America, we are worse than them.

He accepts a Nobel Peace Prize (and about a cool million bucks) and allows a diatribe against his own country. (If President Carter wanted a lesson rejecting gifts from people who trash us, check in with Mayor Giuliani when he rejected $10 million from the Saudis after 9/11)

He participates in partisan rancor at every opportunity (much like President Clinton) that, in the past, former presidents would NEVER engage do.

The man has no dignity. He was an ineffective president and he has become less respected since his decision to engage in slash-and-burn politics.

www.ArmchairEnergist...

I think you are wrong...

  about your statement that, "he has become less respected since his decision to engage in slash-and-burn politics."

  Unfortunately, anyone who has ever studied the Carter years in depth, cannot possibly lose anymore respect for the man.  His continual America bashing since his Presidential term has only reaffirmed that view in our minds.

  But did you notice how Carter was greeted at the convention?  He was given a standing ovation.

  He has gained the respect of some people.  He has gained the respect of the willfully ignorant and brazenly stupid, who by sheer coincidence (or maybe not) make up a large portion of the American left. 

There is one group with

There is one group with less respect for Carter than those who studied his administration.

Those of us who lived through it and remember it.  

444 days of America Held Hostage. Thank you Jimmy. Americas worse president.

Limited Disclosure:  I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.

of course, it's the Vastrightwingconspiracy!

It has absolutely *nothing* to do with the threat and possibility of producing more oil supply, nor the Chinese demanding less oil over the Olympics as a million cars and who knows how many factories were shut down to reduce pollution?

Methinks this is yet another case of Liberal "projection". It's what they would do, so they accuse the other side of doing it. Cue past references to "the draft" and "attack politics".

 

"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is the same as calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".

"You spend your money anyway you want and respect other's rights to do the same"

Olympics lowered Chinese demand for oil

UC,

I was wondering if I was the only one who thought the Chinese forcing cars off the road during the Olympics was the big cause in the drop in demand for oil over the last month.

When do you think demand will go back up?  After the end of the paralympics and when Beijing starts to break down the temporary Olympic facilities?

 

What Really Caused Gas Prices to Go Down

This is exactly what I have been saying

China cut it's oil subsidies, Saudi Arabia increase oil production by 700,000 bbl a day and China took over 1.7 million cars off the road for the Olympics.

However since the Saudi's increased production and the chinese removed some of the subsidies prices will not go back to pre-olympic levels but they should start to go up once 1.7 million drivers go back on the road and that demand hits the market.

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Carter's a communist. I

Carter's a communist.

I posted about him this morning on another thread...and brought up oil/gas prices there adn his involvement from way back....not repeating it again.

The dictator loving POS isn't worth another word.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

His undercutting of the

His undercutting of the Shah and propping up of Khomeni really worked out well for America and civilized Iranians.

He should be exiled to live w/ Hugo or Fidel and all his words and images of him should be removed from public record.

I would'nt pi$$ on carter if he were on fire.

Oil Price Machine

Is the Oil Price Machine in the White House basement next to the Weather Machine?  I hope Cheney has enough time to destroy them all when they leave office.

no more weather machine

Due to budgetary constraints the VP had to have the weather machine canabalized for parts for the oil price machine. That's why this current storm will just be an ordinary one. The VP is chagrinned. If he had just waited a couple weeks...

95% of oil reserves are controlled by national oil companies

Carter seems to not know this simple fact, thus making it impossible for private companies to control the price of oil.

95% of the world's known oil and gas reserves are controlled by national oil companies (Forbes)

Cheney's magical powers never cease to amaze me though.

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Just curious

Why is it Dems always bring up race?

The former president also said it was "surprising and gratifying" when presumptive Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama, Ill., carried Georgia in the primary "over two attractive white candidates-Hillary Clinton and John Edwards."

It is funny how the msm always talks about repubs yet the Dems and the msm seem obsessed with it.

Unless there are extenuating circumstances...

gasoline and oil prices usually drop in the Fall.

If the oil companies controlled prices and they wanted to help the Republicans then PRICES WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE UP IN THE FIRST PLACE!

Got that Jimmah?

Obama=Carter

Who's worse, Obama or Carter? They both point to America's "failures" every chance they get. They both claim to be "citizens of the world", equating the rest of the world with the greatest nation on earth. They both want taxes raised. They both bash the oil companies and want the government to take earned profits. Neither one wants America to drill. The both love Hammas. They are both afraid to fight the terrorists; they want to "talk" to them. Neither one is truly on Isreal's side. Neither one supported the surge. They both want America to surrender and leave Iraq. The both beat their breasts in shame about America's history. They both love to tell foreign dictators how bad America is. "God Damn America" is their mantra. Who's worse? It's a tossup.

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

Try as he might, Jimmy Carter will be unable...

Try as he might, Jimmy Carter will be unable to reinvent his sordid life or ineffectual presidency. As bigtimer and others have suggested here, he is a bitter, spiteful man who has no legacy of any value to resurrect. His comments about the United States are tainted because of his allegiance to Arabia.

Predictable comments

Predictable comments from Carter. Any bets on how long before Bill Moyers predicably opines that Obama's election will lead to a Republican coup d'etat? Or before the moonbats start howling about voter fraud and hacked computers fixing the vote in key states? I'm sure Greg Palast is already writing his piece for the Guardian about how the Election of 2008 Was Stolen.

already been done

On another site moonbats were already stating that the voting machines are rigged for a McLame victory. I suppose that's why the Demoncrats took so many seats in the last two elections? What a bunch of maroons, as Bugsy would say.

Dumbest Prseient Ever!

This guy was so stupid as a president he's was an emabarassment.  now he's turned into the dumbest SOB on the Planet.  Too bad he's one of the smartest Democrats ever!

Take this moron out to pasture and lose him there please!!!

 

Hey Barack, You going to give us the 2nd Term or a carter Presidency?  No thanks A$$hole!

Once again the Democrats

Once again the Democrats trot out a lie dressed up as the truth.  Did Jimmeh ever cite any sources for these accusations or is it all just speculative? Does he have any contacts in the wretched oil industry that tipped him off? Or does it have more to do with the fact that most liberals are desperate for bad news, skyrocketing gasoline prices and a failing economy to have any hope of winning an election?

 Carter's nuttier than

 Carter's nuttier than squirrel poop. And he's getting nuttier as the election goes.  These are the same numbskulls that said we are only in Iraq for the oil.  I know that the media has to report the crazy things these liberals spout but man-o-man this is getting bad.

This just in--

Scientists have discovered that peanut pollen may cause serious brain damage. First it makes you secretly "lust" then it just f***s up your thinking processes. Then you get verborrhea and say naything at anytime to anybody about anybody. Your friends won't tell but you usually sh** your pants during Sunday morning services.

Some have been known to have delusions that rabbits are man eaters. Some fly to foreign countries with delusions  that they are the lead ambassadors of America. It also results in long life, but with little good for the community.

carter is clearly out of his

carter is clearly out of his mind!!!!!..oil companes are not going to give up profits for anyone!