Posted on 06/23/2008 3:19:02 AM PDT by Man50D
Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) have said in recent weeks that U.S. oil refineries should be "socialized" -- that is, nationalized and run by the federal government. But Waters apparently is now backing away from those comments.
In speaking to oil company executives at a May 22 hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Waters tried to hold her tongue but nonetheless said: "This liberal will be all about socializing, uh, uh ... would be about basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."
At a June 18 press conference, Rep. Hinchey said he supported Waters' view. "Should the people of the United States own refineries?" he said. "Maybe so. Frankly, I think that's a good idea. Then we could control the amount of refined product much more capably that gets out on the market."
But Michael Levin, communications director for Waters, told Cybercast News Service on Friday that Waters did not mean what she said.
"It was one comment in a long hearing, and it has continued to have a life of its own in the blogosphere," he said. "It was not her intention to announce a big policy proposal. It's not a developed policy proposal. It was not an intentional statement."
Thomas Fiery, a policy analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute, told Cybercast News Service that he doubts whether Waters, Hinchey or any Democrats truly support the nationalization ("socializing") of U.S. oil refineries.
"The Democrats in general do no support this idea," he said. "My guess is that neither Waters nor Hinchey really support this idea. They are ducking and covering and saying anything that might get people riled up."
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Isn’t Maxine Waters the idiot who wanted the Mars lander camera to look for the American flag that was planted during the Apollo mission???? She thought that the United States had already accomplished a manned mission to Mars.
Maxine Waters said, meant with extreme sincerity.....SOCIALISM. No ifs, ands or buts. These people are running our government...
Can’t you see oil execs spending $$ on exploration, new refineries, drilling equipment with that threat hanging over their head??
Maxine said what she meant.. twice.
“She didn’t mean to be so obvious by spilling the beans.”
Exactly.
think it was Carol Mosley something or other.
Maxine is unaware that rockets exist.
Didn’t poll well, huh?
You nailed it!!!
Too late for the Democrats to back out of this one. The statements were made on camera and need to be shouted and showed from the highest mountain.
The Nationalist Socialist Party got exposed. If you like $5/gal, Thank Congress.
Pray for W and Our Troops
That is why I am all for vouchers. A solid voucher system can wrest the NEA control of the public schools.
Looks like she got her +i+ stuck in the wringer and now has to eat crow.
That’s scary, considering that these morons demonstrated how little they know about the oil business last week. Some of their statements were terribly naive, and demonstrated a complete lack of understanding.
On the other hand, what should scare me more is that these same people currently have direct input into setting the destiny of our great country.
"The Democrats in general do no support this idea,"
"In general"?
Translation: We've got the i's dotted, the t's crossed. Just waiting to get our Marxist Puppet into the WH.
That cat ain't going back into the bag...and it's up to us to not let this slip into oblivion - or WE will.
Got a link we can cache???
These plans weren’t to be announced until after November, but some people get excited and can’t keep their mouths shut.
Please disregard what they say until after the elections.
I guess for the first time in their adult lives they REALLY don't support this idea.
Aptly put... and BTTT.
BS. She started to say socialize, then she started to say nationalize then she finally said "basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."
When you say it three different ways in the same sentence, but correct yourself twice because you know those words shouldn't be used in public yet, you really, really meant what you said.
I still haven’t had a reply from Rep Boucher asking him if he favors nationalization of the coal industry. The congressman also didn’t comment on the party’s desire to nationalize oil.
here’s the thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033874/posts
Windfall profits tax is nationalization!!
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