Posted on 10/24/2020 10:18:59 AM PDT by John Semmens
In Thursday's debate President Trump accused Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of threatening to ban fracking. Eager to demonstrate that he is not the demented shell of a man that some have feared, Biden referred to the IPOD concealed beneath his yellow note pad, read the words sent by his staff, and flatly denied that he said any such thing and dared Trump to "show the video."
Trump promised to post the video on his campaign web page after the debate. Encouraged by this tepid rebuttal, Biden proceeded to clarify his position on fracking by pointing out "it is my intention to totally phase out all fossil fuels by 2025. The clean energy sources that I will mandate—wind and solar—will make fossil fuels unnecessary. There'll be no need for fracking, drilling, refining, and transporting oil or gas."
"My opponent says this will be bad for the economy," Biden recalled. "What he is hiding from voters is the fact that by making fossil fuels illegal a great demand will be created for replacement energy sources and the machines that use them. Your gasoline-powered automobile will be obsolete and need replacing. Gas and oil heated homes will need overhauls to shift to solar and wind power. This will massively stimulate the economy and demonstrate the superiority of greater government regulation and control as the path to prosperity."
"That's a strong statement," Trump replied. "I doubt that forcing a transition to the highly expensive and unreliable so-called clean energy of wind and solar will be the economic dynamo you envision. The wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't always shine. In states like California where your ideas have already been tested there are frequent power outages. Imagine how much worse this will get without the possible rescue by outlawed fossil-fueled power. Maybe you look forward to the day when cars are fitted with masts and sails, but I don't think the American people will feel themselves well-served by such lunacy."
In later related debate exchange, Biden rebutted Trump's contention that millions lost their health insurance under Obamacare by pointing out that "they didn't lose their health insurance. They were transitioned to new plans with higher premiums and deductibles and denied the privilege of choosing scaled down plans that failed to cover services like abortion and sex-changes that government determined were essential. Trump spent four years trying to undo these crucial augmentations. I will be building on Obamacare so that no one will be denied the medical treatments that the government decides they need."
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Nails Trump? No, I think Trump nailed Biden!
Satire
I know :) But you know, I don’t put it past Biden to act in this manner.
satire? are you sure?
Trump nailed the hell out of Biden. Even the anti fossil fuels Nazi that is the gov of cali admits we can not run our nation without fossil fuels.
Step back and take a good long look at everything Biden. Individually every program he demands mandates more tax dollars to be collected. Add all of his insane issues together and the tax base would have to be at least quadrupled in the first year alone with that number doubling again at least every third year.
Joe Biden was a disaster as VP. Nothing that Obama put him in charge of succeeded. The only thing Biden accomplished as VP was to make his family rich by allowing, encouraging them, to put a “For Sale” sign on his office door.
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