San Francisco Chronicle: Oil erupts as issue in presidential campaign

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From the San Francisco Chronicle
Dated Tuesday April 20

Oil erupts as issue in presidential campaign
ELECTION GIFT? Kerry blasts price deal book says Bush made with Saudi prince
By Robert Collier, Chronicle Staff Writer

Accusing President Bush of having a "sweetheart relationship" with Saudi Arabia, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Monday described as "disgusting" a report that the Saudis had promised the president to lower oil prices before the November vote.
Kerry was responding to an allegation by reporter Bob Woodward that Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan had promised Bush that his country will increase oil output in the months before the election -- which would have the effect of driving down U.S. gasoline prices and giving the Bush re- election campaign a big boost.
"If ... it is true that gas supplies and prices in America are tied to the American election, tied to a secret White House deal, that is outrageous and unacceptable to the American people," Kerry said during a campaign stop in Florida.

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