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# 2000-2008 Doing the Texas two-step
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/2000-2008-doing-the-texas-two-step-editor/
- Published: 2008-07-02T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:02:13.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

The GOP sees the gas crisis and offshore drilling as the road to victory in the ‘08 election. Isn’t that the icing on the cake: Bush and his Republican allies and corporate oil cronies create the gas crisis and then turn it back on Americans to gain political advantage. The Texas two-step.

Is the push for offshore drilling and its inherent deception any different than the hurry-up rush to war and will Americans once again play the victim for White House “dirty tricks"?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 2, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/070208.pdf?ref=smdp.com)