Flashback: Bush to "jawbone" OPEC about high oil prices

Bush's 2000 campaign pledge that if elected president, he would "jawbone" OPEC members by calling them and saying "we expect you to open your spigots." - Reuters

This comment came four years ago when oil was around $28 per barrel. What the hell has Bush been doing since then? Is this payback time for his Saudi friends who let Bush operate out of their country for the invasion of Iraq? Why doesn't Bush focus on helping Americans struggling to afford rising oil and gas prices instead of his oil buddies in Saudi Arabia?