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Pelosi Dodges Drilling Question; Blames Bush for Economic Downturn
Business & Media Institute ^ | 7/28/08 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 07/30/2008 5:02:38 AM PDT by DallasBiff

'Today' co-host Meredith Vieira doesn't press House Speaker about blocking vote on offshore oil drilling.

By Jeff Poor Business & Media Institute 7/28/2008 2:52:16 PM

When Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) took the role of Speaker of the House on January 4, 2007, the national average price of gas was $2.33 a gallon, according to the Energy Information Administration. Now the average price is hovering around $4 a gallon.

But Pelosi deserves no part of the blame, she told NBC “Today” co-anchor Meredith Vieira during an interview that aired July 28.

“But the very idea that the Republicans would say, but for offshore drilling our economy would be great – it’s really, it’s a hoax,” Pelosi said. “It’s really a hoax on the American people.”

“First of all, it will not bring down the price of the pump for 10 years and only two cents at that,” Pelosi said. “Second of all, the jobs numbers, the fragility of our financial institutions, the downturn in the capital markets – all of these things, the energy prices to reiterate. All of these things contributing to that and these are the policies, the economic policies of the Bush administration which have failed and we have to take the country in a new direction.”

Vieira didn’t ask Pelosi about the procedural tactics she has employed to prevent a vote on drilling. Roll Call newspaper reported on July 14 that Pelosi was preventing an up-or-down vote on offshore drilling. She placed the vote on the suspension calendar – a method used to block “popular-sounding bills.”

“The suspension calendar has become the Democratic leaders’ favorite weapon for jamming Republicans who either must capitulate or be blamed for blocking popular-sounding bills,” Steven T. Dennis wrote for Roll Call. “And for Democrats, it’s all done without having to deal with difficult votes on pesky amendments such as oil drilling or gun control.”

“Using the tactic on energy legislation helps Pelosi sidestep amendments on opening up land to offshore drilling — amendments that could pass as gas prices soar and public opinions polls show overwhelming support for the idea,” Dennis’s article said.

When Pelosi was asked what, if any role Congress played in the economic downturn she placed the brunt of the blame on President George W. Bush.

“Well, let’s say this – there are cycles to economies, but the fact is the president of the United States – it’s on his watch that this economy is going in this direction,” Pelosi said. “We’ve had bad fiscal policy where the president has taken us deeply into debt in terms of our budget. We have had a focus on giving tax cuts to the wealthiest people in the country instead of investing more in new technologies and the rest to grow our economy.”

Pelosi’s offshore drilling stance is the exact opposite of public sentiment. A June Zogby poll indicated 74 percent of Americans support offshore drilling in U.S. coastal waters.

Polls also recently showed that a large majority of the public is unhappy with Congress. A July Rasmussen Reports poll found a nine percent approval rating for Congress, the first time in the poll’s history that Congressional approval had fallen to single digits


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congress; democrats; drilling; economy; energy; pelosi
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To: DallasBiff

Nancy Nancy Nancy...........you ignorant, lying, Socialist b**ch.


21 posted on 07/30/2008 5:52:22 AM PDT by RightOnline
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To: randita
This is a desperate gamble with an election only a few months away. There must be a LOT of money at stake for her to stonewall this issue...


22 posted on 07/30/2008 6:01:37 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: DallasBiff

Pelosi thinks she’s a goddess, just because The New World Order made her Speaker. She said we have to save the planet. Only God can do that.


23 posted on 07/30/2008 6:12:12 AM PDT by RoadTest ( Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. But he spake of the temple of his body.)
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To: counterpunch

Somebody PLEASE push that bitch down a fkight of stairs.


24 posted on 07/30/2008 6:41:34 AM PDT by scooter2 (The greatest threat to the security of the United States is the Democratic Party.)
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To: DallasBiff
“First of all, it will not bring down the price of the pump for 10 years and only two cents at that,” Pelosi said. “Second of all, the jobs numbers, the fragility of our financial institutions, the downturn in the capital markets – all of these things, the energy prices to reiterate. All of these things contributing to that and these are the policies, the economic policies of the Bush administration which have failed and we have to take the country in a new direction.”

Wowsers!!! Economics is DEFINITELY not her strong suit. She probably hasn't noticed but, ever since Bush rescinded the offshore drilling ban enacted by his father and challenged Congress to allow domestic drilling and offshore drilling, the price of crude oil has dropped like a rock!!

It is also not only disingenuous, but an outright lie to say that we won't see any change at the pump for 10 years!!! Most oil industry experts speculate that crude from ANWR could be flowing in 4 - 6 years and offshore wells could be producing in 3 - 5 years.

But, I guess Nance is too busy pushing her book titled "Me, Me, Me and Me: A Memoir About the Most Influential Person in MY Life" to bother with what's happening in America that affects her job!!!

(Note to Nance - CONGRESS spends the money and sets the budget - the President makes suggestions, submits his wish list and signs the budget if he agrees with it - the current economic downturn belongs to you, Harry Reid and the entire liberal establishment! But, don't let facts get in the way of a good lie, Nance).

25 posted on 07/30/2008 6:43:35 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: All

I would imagine there are a lot of her Democrat underlings in the House feeling the pinch this idiot creates everytime she opens her mouth. Wonder if the Dems could pull a coup and replace this stupid slunt?


26 posted on 07/30/2008 6:47:23 AM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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To: DallasBiff
Nitwits like Nancy Pelosi never seem to grasp the reality that they are not merely part of the problem--but they are a problem in itself--and certainly no solution.

If she were capable of comprehending this, she would have gotten out of the way long ago and devoted her life to knitting or croquet or stamp collecting--something she's qualified for. Maybe floor mopping. Something like that.

Maybe somebody could get Nancy interested in ballroom dancing. Or making those little cloth covers that go on toilet seats and toilet paper--no not that; those things are health hazards.

Do you think making fruit cakes would be beyond her? There would be a certain humor in it that the intelligent might find amusing, especially as they would quickly realize it was keeping her out of trouble--and out of the way of everybody else. Unless, of course, she managed to screw that up and wound up poisoning some people--not an unlikely possibility--and something to worry about that must be weighed against the benefits of getting her out of the way.

Somebody send Nancy a fruitcake recipe. Tell her it's her true calling. Don't worry. She won't get the irony.

And as for concerns about it--better that she screw up a fruitcake recipe than what's she's doing now!

27 posted on 07/30/2008 7:37:20 AM PDT by Savage Beast ("Some people are born knowing, and some people will die searching." -Antonio Banderas)
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To: yankeedame
Here's the storyline: Pelosi stalls all energy production through the election. The media dutifully slants stories blaming President Bush for the catastrophic prices. Obama wins the election, as the people are upset about rising costs. The Dems switch tactics, get the media to say how wonderful things are, oil prices drop due to measures beyond the Dems control as markets settle, and the Democrats maintain a stranglehold on America.

Remember when Bill Clinton was impeached and disbarred and fined for criminal activity? The media told us he had a 80% approval rating! What a lie. Unchallenged by a colluding, corrupt media, that controlled America from 1993-2001. Not Mr. Clinton, but the Media. The media is angry they lost control of the White House, when President Bush took over.

28 posted on 07/30/2008 9:07:53 AM PDT by mallardx
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To: DallasBiff
I just called Pelosi's office (202-225-4965) to chide her for not allowing a vote in the House on drilling. Part way through, the guy who answered the phone interrupted me and transferred me to the "comment line," or whatever he called it. I then left a message at that number.

Come on, Freepers, swamp her phones! Unless we put the pressure on our Congress critters, they won't budge. Make it politically miserable for them.

29 posted on 07/30/2008 9:49:34 AM PDT by Glenmerle
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To: JLS
"credit Mr. Bush"

I'm sure all the Dems were screaming and shouting at Clinton when the Nasdaq tanked, the Dow started a downturn, and we had a real recession in 2000. It's all politics. While there are natural downturns the oil and credit problems can be laid squarely at the feet of the Dems. Without their meddling we would not be having near the problems we're having. Even given that, we've still not in a recession. Thanks to Bush's tax cuts.

30 posted on 07/30/2008 12:44:25 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: DallasBiff
“First of all, it will not bring down the price of the pump for 10 years and only two cents at that,” Pelosi said.

Actually, drilling for domestic oil will not affect the price at the pump for seventy-five years, and it will really cause gasoline to go to $15 a gallon.

Hey, Nan - if you're going to make sh*t up, go big. "And domestic drilling will cause an asteroid to hit the Earth, exterminating all life, except for Republicans and their wage slaves."

Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket!

31 posted on 07/30/2008 8:22:36 PM PDT by an amused spectator (Wikipedia: The Truth Was Out There, but it was reverted...)
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