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Bush is Botching $4.11, Just Like He Did 9/11

Drilling will only worsen America's addiction

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 20, 2008 1:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – If a "crisis is a terrible thing to waste," then George Bush's reactions to 9/11 and the $4.11 average gas cost make him a doubly terrible leader, writes Tom Friedman in the New York Times. Instead of using rising gas costs to... Read full story »

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Bush is Botching $4.11, Just Like He Did 9/11

Drilling will only worsen America's addiction

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