EZ, we've heard from many gold bugs about manipulation. They tend to be over zealous in their conviction that the price is artificially supressed but the current gold orice sure tends to support thier theory.
How does gold take another huge hit when the USA is bleeding debt. The whole F&F rescue should have been the final signal to investors to get into gold if they aren't already in it. Huge unemployment numbers, another 5 trillion in debt on the books and gold plunges and the US dollar rises.
This whole thing has nothing to do with the election. It is more about sucking in the general public into thinking everything is going to be alright when we all know it isn't.
It will be interesting to see and read about this in 20 years if I'm still around. I would bet those in the future will be saying how could they have no seen what was going to happen.
Enough rant.
GO GARCIA!