BUSH: Yes, I talked to him about it.
QUESTION: What did he say?
BUSH: He said he recognizes that we don’t need to be -- he doesn’t need to be causing conditions such that it hurts consuming nations. He’s wise about that.
But we’ve got a lot of countries beginning to use more energy and we haven’t done a good job of increasing supply.
QUESTION: Just one more thing along that line. Are you concerned that the price of energy could become a campaign issue here of larger proportions than it already is?
BUSH: I think the people know that we have -- this administration has been asking for Congress to pass a comprehensive energy plan for over two years.
We recognized this problem two years ago and spoke out clearly and urged the members of Congress to pass the bill, and it’s stuck. So I -- people know we’ve been proactive on the issue.
Last question -- hold up.
QUESTION: How’s work coming...
BUSH: You’ve got your earphones on so you’re speaking very loudly.
(LAUGHTER)
QUESTION: Sorry. Didn’t mean to do that.
(LAUGHTER)
How’s work coming on your convention speech? What should we expect from it? And are you worried about violent protests at the convention?
BUSH: You know, people are allowed to express themselves in democracies and hopefully they do so in a peaceful way.
In terms of the speech, I’m working on it.
BUSH: But I don’t want to give you any tidbits.
QUESTION: Just a little bit?
