Outrageously Hypocritical Quote of the Day

This kind of statement would be bothersome, if we weren't getting so used to it that we practically expect this kind of lying attitude. From Ezra Klein :

"Our dependence on foreign oil is like a foreign tax on the American dream, and that tax is growing every year." -George W. Bush

Why does he bother to say such things when we all know he has sold us all out to the oil companies and to his close personal friends like His Royal Highness, Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al Saud (in Arabic: صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير بندر بن سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود)?