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Pelosi's Ploy
IBD Editorials ^ | August 12, 2008

Posted on 08/12/2008 5:05:31 PM PDT by Kaslin

Energy Policy: After calling plans to drill for more oil a "hoax," Speaker Nancy Pelosi now says she'll allow a vote on drilling for more crude to reach the floor of the House. We'll believe it when we see it.


It's not that we think Pelosi won't let something with the word "drilling" in it come up for a vote. It's just that it's likely to be stuck in one of those big omnibus bills with all sorts of pork-barrel spending, new taxes, restrictions on oil use, new economy-damaging limits on global warming gases or plans to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower prices — a silly idea most sensible centrist Democrats are walking away from.

"They have this thing that says drill offshore in the protected areas," she told CNN's Larry King Live. "We can do that. We can have a vote on that."

Why Pelosi's sudden change of heart?

It isn't likely she was struck by a bolt of common sense. Too many of her stances in the past argue against that. Rather, it's likely that when she closed Congress for its August recess, House members went home and got an earful.

They discovered their constituents in fact want more oil — a Rasmussen Poll this week said 64% now support offshore drilling — and are angry Congress has done nothing.

Moreover, many Democrats likely heard that Pelosi isn't very popular — and having her as the point person for the Democrats' energy policies is a big political mistake. No surprise here. Under her leadership, Congress' approval rating has sunk to all-time lows.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: congress; drill; drillhere; drilling; drillnow; energy; houseenergyheroes; pelosi; speaker

1 posted on 08/12/2008 5:05:31 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Nails it, again.


2 posted on 08/12/2008 5:10:27 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: Kaslin

Lou Dobbs did a report tonight on her flip-flop. Wonder wht is behind the switch.


3 posted on 08/12/2008 5:11:29 PM PDT by devane617 (we are so screwed)
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To: Kaslin

She’s simply BS’ing and arranging words to take heat off the dems.

You can be sure that any bills up for consideration that contain drilling will also include windfall profit taxes and ploys to further their global warming agenda.


4 posted on 08/12/2008 5:17:26 PM PDT by vietvet67
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To: Kaslin

Someone probably sat this communist witch down in a chair, and explained how important this issue is to America. Then, and probably to more avail, they told her how many votes the DemoRats would lose, and probably will lose the November election with, when the DemoRat position is well understood by even the most stupid in the voting base.....

Either that, or some plastic surgeon offered her a free face lift if she would decrease our dependence on foreign oil sources -—


5 posted on 08/12/2008 5:17:42 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Kaslin

Agreed. Either that, or Pelosi has some internal polling that caused her to panic. Given what a total idiot she’s proven to be so far, this might not be a trap.


6 posted on 08/12/2008 5:19:12 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: devane617
She needed 2 1/2 weeks for her staff to come up with enough BS to pack into the bloated bill from hell - and “omniverse” sized package of excrement with the word “drill” in it somewhere.
7 posted on 08/12/2008 5:25:03 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: Kaslin

So WTF is this? How did we get into the position of having this clueless San Francisco liberal 60+ year old grandmother decide this country’s energy policy?

Man, are we ever screwed.


8 posted on 08/12/2008 5:25:37 PM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: Kaslin

Do Nothing Nancy is a Hoax!
If you like $4/gal, Thank Congress.

Pray for W and Our Troops


9 posted on 08/12/2008 5:31:16 PM PDT by bray (Drill Congress!!)
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To: vietvet67
will also include windfall profit taxes

Economics 101:

If you want more of something, subsidize it.
If you want less of something, tax it.

Do we want more or less gasoline?

10 posted on 08/12/2008 5:33:51 PM PDT by Free State Four
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To: xcamel

You are correct. She and her evil minions will pack enough pork to gag a muzzie into some sort of ‘omnibus’ energy bill. Including suing the OPEC’ers, and every lunatic energy alternate and then shove it in front of the GOP.

GOP will barf and refuse to support such a trash bill and SanFran Nan will go running to the cameras saying..”See!! The MEAN GOP really doesn’t want to save America and bring new energy...”

Filthy piece o’....


11 posted on 08/12/2008 5:45:28 PM PDT by GRRRRR (2008- A Year That Will Live in Infamy...)
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12 posted on 08/12/2008 5:47:53 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: Kaslin

Hopefully this issue has attracted enough attention that Pelosi won’t be able to bury it in a bill full of garbage.

I heard the Republican protest in the House reported by a couple of news sources other than FR today.


13 posted on 08/12/2008 5:52:13 PM PDT by Need4Truth
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To: xcamel

Pelosi is a Lying Rat

it is a stalling tactic

Call her scumbag den of iniquity...I mean Her office.
and bitch untill the paint peals!!!


14 posted on 08/13/2008 1:00:35 AM PDT by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: Kaslin

Sadly, there is a gang of five Republcians in the Senate trying to give Nancy what she wants......


15 posted on 08/13/2008 5:41:34 AM PDT by bestintxas (It's great in Texas)
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