Nancy Pelosi thinks you're stupid! Not only does Nancy Pelosi think you're stupid but the entire Democrat Leadership thinks you're stupid!
Today Pelosi Asks Bush to Draw From Petroleum Reserve to Combat Surge in Oil Prices. This ridiculous smoke screen sent up to distract you from the fact that the Democrats are once again on the wrong side of the American People on the energy issue and have absolutely no plan nor the will to do what needs to be done.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked President Bush on Tuesday to draw down a portion of the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a way to reduce crude prices and help motorists who are suffering from the rising cost of gasoline.The House Republican leadership responded to Pelosi's proposal by noting that she was supporting a supply increase — something the Republicans have rallied behind in the form of increased offshore drilling, which the Democrats oppose.
Pelosi's proposal, contained in a letter to President Bush, comes as Americans continue to face average unleaded gas prices over $4 a gallon. The increases have followed a surge in the price of crude oil on world markets, though crude eased $5 on Tuesday to close at $136 a barrel for the day.
"The severe energy price crisis facing millions of Americans compels strong presidential action to assist consumers and strengthen the economy," Pelosi said in her letter, which asked Bush to "draw down a small portion" of the country's oil reserve.
Did you catch that? "draw down a small portion"!!! Sorry Nan, not only will that not make a dent in oil prices it's exactly what the Republicans have been calling for and the Democrats have been obfuscating though this whole process.
More production and an "all of the above" approach to energy relief and reform.
Our friend Michel Steel from John Boehner's office put it this way:
as many you following the energy debate know, Republicans believe that more supply – more American energy – is needed to help lower skyrocketing gas prices. Democrats have tried to obfuscate this simple fact by scapegoating a never-ending series of boogeymen. But now even Democrats concede the truth. Talking points prepared by the House Democratic Caucus and distributed today include the magic phrase.“Deploying some oil from the SPR would increase the supply of oil and help bring down the cost of gasoline.”
Now, Democrats don’t say how much oil they want to release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (another sure sign that this proposal is political cover rather than a serious policy). The Speaker said, “a small drawdown,” but the entire SPR holds only 706 million barrels of oil, for use in the event of national security emergency.
If Democrats believe that increasing supply by a “small” portion of that would lower prices at the pump, just think how much we could save the American people using the 86 billion barrels that the U.S. is estimated to have in deepwater energy reserves, or the 10 billion barrels beneath the Arctic coastal plain, or the 2 trillion barrels of oil from oil shale in the Western United States!
The Democrats’ talking points also repeat the discredited claim, “Democrats have a comprehensive energy strategy to lower energy costs.” They don’t. And saying they do just doesn’t make it true. - steel
Don't let the Democrats scam their way out of this issue by playing games. Call your representatives today and let them know you support the GOP's "all of the above" energy reform proposal!
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