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.