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Gingrich: I still agree with Pelosi commercial
http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/26/gingrich-regrets-his-2008-climate-ad-with-pelosi-conservatives-still-not-amused/
Monday, January 24, 2011
The Charleston Post and Courier's assistant editor, Frank Wooten, talks about Newt Gingrich's recent visit to the newspaper — when the conversation veered to Newt's famous, environmentally-themed commercial with Nancy Pelosi.
Gingrich told us Friday: “I meant exactly what I said in that commercial.”
The narrative for the commercial is as follows:
PELOSI: Hi! I’m Nancy Pelosi, life-long Democrat and Speaker of the House.
GINGRICH: And I’m Newt Gingrich, life-long Republican and I used to be Speaker of the House.
PELOSI: We don’t always see eye to eye, do we Newt?
GINGRICH: No, but we do agree: our country must take action to address climate change.
PELOSI: We need cleaner forms of energy, and we need them fast.
GINGRICH: If enough of us demand action from our leaders, we can spark the innovation we need.
PELOSI: Go to WeCanSolveIt.org. Together, we can do this.
I don't mind that he wants clean energy...so do I. However, he has pointed out elsewhere that cap-and-trade, bans on drilling, and other Dem-backed plans are not the right way to go. I agree with him on that.