wave this

"I firmly believe that, you know, if there was a magic wand to wave, I'd
be waving it, of course. To your question on the Saudis, look, I have
made the case that, you know, the high price of oil injures economies.
But I think we better understand that there's not a lot of excess
capacity in this world right now."

GWB 4/29/08

"What I think the president ought to do is get on the phone with the
OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots. One reason why
the price is so high is because the price of crude oil has been driven
up. OPEC has gotten its supply act together and it's driving the
price, like it did in the past. And the president must jawbone OPEC
members to lower the price."

GWB 1/26/00