Posted on 01/24/2012 3:48:50 AM PST by tobyhill
By rejecting the Keystone XL oil pipeline, President Obama did more than just pander to environmentalists. He shredded attempts by his handlers to cast him as a pragmatic and reasonable man who can appeal to independent voters.
Instead, he stands naked as an ideologue willing to sacrifice workers on the altar of special-interest politics.
Thousands of jobs were cast aside with no more thought than yesterdays socks. Demolished, too, is the promised commitment to energy independence.
The $7 billion pipeline would carry Canadian oil to Gulf Coast ports. Despite three years of study by the State Department, Obama tried to put off the decision until after the election.
But Canada offered to change the route to avoid an aquifer in Nebraska, and unions demanded to know whether he would approve a permit, so Republicans put a 60-day deadline in Decembers payroll-tax legislation.
Now we have undeniable proof of the presidents priorities. The man who insisted that making sure jobs are available is the first thing I think about when I wake up every morning was just reading empty words from a TelePrompter.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
You don’t hear obama talking about confiscating Google’s “excessive” profits. The value of its stock price is six times that of any oil company. They are giving him free campaign advertising. Everyone else pays by the click.
"It is all about the imposed deadline, not the pipeline."
And Goodwin didn't even mention Shrillary!'s role in all of this. She is just as much to blame.
I've already posted to you my speculations on that.
and Newt was the turning point, by saying that Obama’s decision was stupid.
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Who Obama really is...if only every American could read this. He wouldn’t stand a chance.
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