Nancy Pelosi Flips On Offshore Drilling, Peasants With Pitchforks Prevail! |
Nancy Pelosi, who symbolizes much of what is wrong with the Democratic Party, has caved on her draconian opposition to offshore drilling, which in recent weeks she called a “hoax”. The hoax has morphed into reality as Ms. Pelosi evidently sat down at her desk and started counting votes (something she has not always done in the past) and finally realized that her position was a loser for her and her Party. Welcome back to reality, Madam Speaker.
~~John Cronin~~
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080816/D92JM7NG2.html
By DINA CAPPIELLO
Tags: Domestic DrillingWASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats’ stance against offshore drilling has shifted more, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaling on Saturday her willingness to consider opening up more coastal areas to oil and gas exploration.
In her party’s weekly radio address, Pelosi said opening portions of the Outer Continental Shelf for drilling would be a part of energy legislation that House Democrats intend to put forward in the coming weeks to address oil dependence and high gasoline prices.
Lawmakers will be able to “consider opening portions of the Outer Continental Shelf for drilling, with appropriate safeguards, and without taxpayer subsidies to Big Oil,” said Pelosi, D-Calif.
Just weeks ago Pelosi seemed resolved to block any votes to allow offshore drilling, in part because Californians have opposed drilling off their coasts since an oil spill off Santa Barbara in 1969. New oil drilling is only allowed now in federal waters in the western Gulf of Mexico and off Alaska.
