Drill No, Not Ever, unless…Maybe…Not So Ridgid
Barack was very clear on June 20th, drilling will not lower gas prices, in fact it would:
only worsen our addiction to oil
Here is the tape. - see how resolute he was in this position. He is very concerned that we:
tell the truth to the American people.
So now, here it is August 2nd, less than 90 days to the election. All the polls show that the Democrats are losing the drilling debate badly, because in General Americans have a lot of common sense and know that less supply equals higher prices. Nancy Pelosi tried to squash debate on energy by shutting out the lights and turning off the cameras. Son in the morning on August 2nd, Obama declares he is against drilling. Four hours later, he says this:
“My interest is in making sure we’ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices,” Obama said in an interview with The Palm Beach Post.If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage - I don’t want to be so rigid that we can’t get something done.
So, did he flip here? Not really, look at the highlighted words. He is trying to convey to those of you who know intuitively that adding supply will lower prices, that he knows he is losing, but that he thinks you are ignorant so he will try to convey an open mind on this, but the code words “careful” and “carefully” are meant to let his radical left-wing base be assured that he is not going to let this happen, but that he needed to make it look as if he is on the right side of drilling because he cannot win the argument when he treats us as if we are stupid.
You and I know that drilling in and of itself will not lower prices tomorrow. In may not lower prices 3 years from now. But one thing that you and I know very clearly is this:
Drilling will NOT, I repeat NOT raise prices now, or any time in the future.
All that aside, the point of drilling here, drilling now, nuclear here, nuclear now, wind here, wind now, solar here, solar now, natural gas here, natural gas here now, geothermal here, geothermal here now ……. is not to lower prices. It is to stop the wholesale transfer of ownership of the American economy and the degradation of our national security to interests that despise us and would welcome our destruction…even foolishly.
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