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Article: Oklahoma GOP: Tulsa Senator Happy With High Gas Prices
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- July 10, 2008
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The Oklahoma Republican Party issued the following news release:
Who said the following? "Thank goodness for high gas prices." If you guessed Exxon Mobil CEO Lee Raymond or Chevron CEO David O'Reilly or any other big oil executive, you are incorrect. If you guessed Tulsa State Senator Nancy Riley you move to the head of the class.
In an interview with the Broken Arrow Ledger last week, Senator Riley expressed her thanks for high fuel prices, and the perceived benefits those prices provide to state coffers. "Yep, she said it," said Randy Swanson, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Republican Senatorial Committee. "These sound more like the words of a candidate running for Congress from ...