a) No effect. The deposits would have been far less than the daily amount of gasoline purchased by consumers.
b) Very little effect. At best it is only for propaganda and only starts a round of meaningless observations by winger pundits and Fox News hosts, that Bush is ‘doing something’ about the high prices, ’showing leadership in helping the American people.’

frame,
Clenis tells everyone the same thing. He keeps posting here, but he doesn’t care what anyone else thinks or believes. I guess that means he doesn’t waste much time reading your post either.

When you’re willing to live in an alternate reality of your own creation, ya, it’s pretty obvious you wouldn’t care what I or anyone else believe.

I will tell you that the SPR is not involved in what Bush has suggested. That oil remains comfortably esconced in its salt-dome, and that is the point.

“The Strategic Reserve is an insurance policy meant for a sudden disruption of our energy supply or for war. Strategic Reserve should not be used as an attempt to drive down oil prices right before an election. It should not be used for short-term political gain at the cost of long-term national security.”

Now if you want to argue that Bush wasn’t precluding the certain uses of the reserve to drive down prices, then fine. That seems to be what you’re implying but you haven’t simply come out and said it. For the sake of clarity just come out and say: “There are acceptable ways and unacceptable ways to use the Strategic Reserve to drive down the price of oil before an election.”

Say that and then I won’t believe you’re an idiot hack.

Are you telling me now that you support using the SPR to manipulate oil prices if the right method is used? Is that it?

Because whether you “dump” product on the market or you stop taking oil off the market the aim is the same: to reduce oil prices.

Tell me, seriously, what the intended difference in policies is.

Here is the ignored part of the Bush quote that puts the rest of his idea into perspective

“Today my opponent, in response to public outcry, proposed that our nation tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That s bad public policy” (emphasis mine)

Clearly Paul can’t see the difference between dumping a product on a market, and decreasing the demand for a product. That is his problem (one of many…)

hehehehe& ..Duros must be schizophrenic& .
Duros:  This battle of semantic punditry grows tiresome.
the previous two posts are his own!
ROFLMAO

HA HAHAHAHAHAHA
Bite it.

It’s hard to imagine, then again, some of them seem pretty dumb.

“Our strategic reserve is sufficiently large enough to guard against any major supply disruption over the next few months,” Mr. Bush said. “So by deferring deposits until the fall, we’ll leave a little more oil on the market.”

Okay, so tell me. How is this not using the reserve to manipulate prices before an election?

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/washington/26bush.html

Just a reminder that at one point late in the Clinton presidency, gasoline prices were averaging 90c/gallon.

Thank you oil president!

Do you really think these people even believe their own spew? Maybe that’s why they post on message boards, to convince each other that the sow’s ear of con policy is in fact a silk purse.

If you guys want to argue that Bush’s use of the reserve to manipulate oil prices is better than Clinton’s fine. Have at it. But don’t sit there and pretend that Bush isn’t doing exactly what he said he wouldn’t, do which is using the reserve to manipulate oil prices.

This is just classic because this is EXACTLY what Bush is doing. When we cease filling the reserve, that is reducing government demand, that puts more oil back on the market. He is, in other words, increasing the supply. Now I don’t know what you mean by “adversely” but Bush is definitely trying to affect the supply of oil because with more oil on the market prices will drop. How is all of this NOT manipulating both supply and demand?

Put your dictonaries away boys and just answer this one question: Is Bush using the Strategic Oil Reserve to manipulate oil prices? Yes or no.

Stupider and stupider. Read this again pedro:

“The Strategic Reserve is an insurance policy meant for a sudden disruption of our energy supply or for war. Strategic Reserve should not be used as an attempt to drive down oil prices right before an election. It should not be used for short-term political gain at the cost of long-term national security.”

That’s what Bush said. Now to me, that doesn’t sound like he’s making any disctinction about HOW the reserve is used to manipulate prices. He’s just saying no president should use the reserve to manipulate prices, period. You know, the strong resolute thing. Now along comes a 32 percent approval ratings 7 months before an election and Bush does what? He stops puuting oil in the reserve “to make more oil available for consumer needs and relieve pressure on pump prices, a senior administration official said Tuesday.”

Now are you saying that Bush isn’t using the Strategic petroleum reserve to manipulate the market? Because simply ceasing to fill the damn thing manipulates the market, you idiot. AND THAT’S WHY HE’S DOING IT. He even states that he’s doing it to manipulate the market! Or do have a different interpretation of “relieving pressure at the pump” than I do?

Bottom line, Bush is using the reserve to manipulate prices. God, you guys are so brainwashed. It’s simply astonishing.

There is a tremendous difference between “tapping into” the strategic reserve (which is what Bush SAID) and not having the government adversely affect the “supply” side of supply and demand.

Please see JayT’s brilliant english language lesson a few posts above here for your defination of “tapping”….

Um, if Bush isn’t attempting to manipulate the market what is he trying to do?