Democratic elite manipulating oil prices to influence the election?

Clayton Cramer points us to an interesting account of ultra-rich Democrats meeting in secret to influence the 2004 Presidential election. It should surprise no one that Soros was included in the meeting. There has been rampant speculation that Soros has been manipulating some of the "markets" (basically, ways to make bets on who will win the election) in order to keep Kerry appearing to do well (or at least, less poorly than he should be). So oil price manipulation by these people does not surprise me in the least.

Sure, there's a war in Iraq right now and the middle east is a bit riled. But Iraq has not been a major producer of oil since the first Gulf War. Go read Clayton's analysis. If you're not seeing red by the time you're done, you may as well go back to Europe.

Can we get some antitrust action on this? Surely this is a textbook case, and that damn law has to be good for something after failing to stop Microsoft. Free speech is one thing, deliberately destroying the economic to achieve your political aims is quite another.

Posted on 2004-10-23 01:07:21.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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