Here you go.....
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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Sorry, but it seems the socialist EU is where all the waste seems to be going.
As to Mad Maxine, as Rush likes to say, "words mean things." The "I swear, she didn't really mean it" explanations from her apologists were cute though. Obeymao will be the male version of Maxine Waters, sitting in the White House.
Have you noticed they’re becoming bolder about stating their agenda?
I credit this to their “lefthanded circlejerks” where they tell each other what they believe, and eventually, they get the impression that everyone thinks the same way.
And a guessing is a 50/50 probability of being correct. Those are really sh*tty odds.
People are riled up, all right - against this Clown Congress personified by idiots such as Waters and Hinchey. Approval rating at 12% and falling.
Unfortunately for the dems... Maxine is a blabbermouth.
Yep- she is a wierd collection of Fascist/Communist/Racist
comments-
By the way - after she blabbed the statement to Nationalise the Oil industry- she could have retracted the
statement- but they are JUST now distancing themselves from
her statement? I think the Demonrats are onto something-
They have essentially Nationalised schools- what the hell..
lets do it on ALL industry.
Yes. They think they have the next election in the bag and they are increasingly bold. The messianic adoration of Obama by their morons and the Mainstream Media (but, I repeat myself) makes them think they are unstoppable.
Frankly, taking into account our candidate, perhaps they are!
Here you go.....
It would be cheaper to just.....oh, nevermind.
Bad idea. Recall that Lenin and Stalin had Moscow looking like Shangri-La for all the American education establishment socialists. The Euro and American "tourists" never saw another part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
yitbos
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