Quote Originally Posted by Kralizec
Well, I wouldn't call it a "lie", since the administration itself corrects her own words.

The other day in the newspaper I read bit about how Nixon and Carter both vowed roughly the same, cutting down the economy's dependence on foreign oil, promises wich were never heard off again later on.
The original statement was heard by many more people. The retraction will be ignored or not even heard by most of the public. The purpose of the original statement was to raise Bush's image. This tool served its purpose on false pretenses.

Under Ford and Carter, any auto maker who wanted to sell motor vehicles in the US was regulated by a high CAFE standard. This standard set the average fuel mileage rating for all of a corporation's motor vehicles. The standard was intended to rise periodically and eventually reach over 40 MPG. Under Carter, the standard reached its zenith. The companies were able to comply up to the point it reached, but complained like mad, and the administrations after Carter have lowered the standard so that SUVs could be marketed freely.