It”s a fact that the oil industry has always favored a Republican-controlled Congress. Worried oil executives concluded in recent months that, due to numerous negative factors, Republican control may be in jeopardy come November.
To offset the negative factors, namely, the unpopular Bush war, the worldwide escalation in anti-America sentiment, the all-time budget deficit, the trade deficit, the immigration issue and many unsolved domestic problems, the oil cartel decided to influence voters by a major drop in prices at the pump.
I refuse to believe that this drop in pump prices, beginning mind you in the middle of summer, is not a Bush/Cheney coercion with the oil industry, including OPEC. It”s interesting to note the pump reductions began before barrel prices started dropping. That has to be a first.
If the oil barons” strategy is successful, by folks voting Republican, thus maintaining a Republican-controlled Congress, you will see an instant reversal of pump prices, and the sky will be the limit.
Why would they not double or triple their billions in profit?
John Ornellas
Lakeport
