Democrat Dick Says He’s Open To Offshore Drilling With ‘Pre-Conditions’
We have been over the supposed ‘leased acres’ the dems allowed the oil companies … And how there is more of a failing gamble there is ANY oil or gas on those acres … As opposed to drilling where there IS actually proven oil underground, such as offshore (where, btw, OTHER countries are currently drilling) and ANWR.
The democrat answer to this problem is to NOT answer it with any real answer. They see the current oil/gas problem for the whole of the American consumer as their way of ensnaring us into the barbwire they have held the ‘poor’ in this country in for decades with their “War on Poverty” and welfare system.
But it won’t work. By polling and MSM standards, I am hearing ‘conservative’ numbers at 60% of people in this country WANT and are demanding domestic exploration and drilling … However, I have seen the numbers more at the 70+% …
THIS could be the winning issue for the consuming/working class voter this election for the republicans … if they would just grow a pair and start using it.
NEW YORK - A top U.S. Democratic senator said in a newspaper interview published Wednesday that he would consider supporting opening up new areas for offshore oil and gas drilling.
“I’m open to drilling and responsible production,” Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin told The Wall Street Journal, adding that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could also support the move.
However, Durbin said his support for opening new areas to drilling was contingent on setting requirements that oil and gas companies begin production within a specified time frame on acreage they have leased from the government.
The spike in oil prices to record highs above $145 per barrel has prompted calls for the U.S. government to allow energy producers to explore for oil and gas off the East and West Coasts and in the eastern region of the Gulf of Mexico. Those areas are currently off limits to exploration.
Republicans say their efforts to open up new regions for exploration have been stymied by Democrats.
Democrats say energy companies are producing oil and gas from only about a quarter of the 91.5 million acres currently leased from the government.
(Reuters)
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Spewing party line about dry holes (in ocean floor; not Pelosi) does not solve problems.
How about we punch holes where the geologist say there’s a payoff versus distracting from the solution.
Who elects these idiots?
July 9th, 2008 at 1:03 pmThey must be truly scared: they get the advance intelligence reports, they see their 9% approval ratings–their most extreme members have budged off their “no new carbon” message. They are actually ahead of Obama on this one–he’s more to the left. Hahahahaha…
July 9th, 2008 at 1:08 pmAwww shit, you mean we might actually FIND something under the ground? Damn those democrats are scared!
July 9th, 2008 at 1:50 pmDickhead Durbin: ‘I know you’re hurting America. I feel your pain. The solution is for you to commit suicide.’
Their ‘big oil is the enemy’ schtick is starting to wear very thin with a large portion of America.
July 9th, 2008 at 1:51 pmOne somebody make sure that Sikh Dickless Durbin gets a picture of this?
Bonus points if you can get Senator Sikh to autograph it.
July 9th, 2008 at 2:03 pmAnother dip shit from Illinois. Somebody needs to ask the Obamination if he voted for, or against, the Jessica Law while he was a representative in the Illinois state. 42 states have passed this law to punish sex offenders, but not Illinois. I wonder what Abe would say about his state today? Durbin is an embarrassment to the human race.
July 9th, 2008 at 5:08 pmNo pre-conditions to talk to Im-a-dick-wad and his nine missles but to help out average Americans we need pre-conditions.
July 9th, 2008 at 7:49 pmThis guy is the epitome of stuck on stupid.
Feed him to Gen. Honore.