“Wait, what did you just say? You're predicting $4 a gallon gasoline? … That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.”

— George W. Bush

Whitehouse Press Conference http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080228-2.html, after being asked about the prospect of Americans facing $4 for a gallon of gasoline (February 28, 2008) <br class="br">2000s, 2008

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