Posted on 07/01/2010 10:12:03 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
On one hand the administration and its cohorts in the Democrat majority want to use the BP oil spill as an excuse to wildly raise taxes on energy, to instill cap and trade, and to excuse more regulations in order to take control of as much of our national economy as possible, yet on the other hand when he called leaders of both parties together to talk energy Obama forbade any discussion of the BP oil disaster.
Obama obviously wants his cake and wants to eat it, too. He wants to be able to use this "good crisis" -- in Chief of Staff Rham Emanuel's words -- to excuse all his attempts to grab more power and raise taxes to further hamper our economic recovery, yet when it's time to discuss energy he doesn't want to be bothered with questions about why his administration has failed so miserably to find solutions to the BP spill. Obama contends that the oil spill has nothing to do with energy policy, except when it does, apparently...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
God
Basically, holding both securing the borders and cleaning up oil as hostage and bargaining chips. Sick
Sick, yes... but it’s Chicago politics.
Everything is a deal or a “hostage” trade.
Whether it’s a Senate seat or your vote on upopular legislation.
These people wouldn’t know the truth or the good of the country if it slapped them across the face.
If it can’t get me votes, appeal to my base for votes, or fit into my ideological agenda.... the Chicago crowd is not interested.
What is it 42% think he’s doing a great job... guess that’s his base.
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