Doesn't really matter....toooo meeeee!! Toooo meee!!
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday night dropped her staunch opposition to a vote on offshore oil drilling in the House.
Republicans, reacting to high gas prices, have demanded a vote on additional oil exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf, where drilling is currently blocked by a moratorium. Until now, Pelosi (D-Calif.) has resisted the idea as a “hoax.” But in an interview on CNN’s Larry King Live, she indicated that she was open to a vote.
“They have this thing that says drill offshore in the protected areas,” Pelosi said. “We can do that. We can have a vote on that.”
Yeah, ALL of a sudden, she reverses her opinion on having a vote. But wait! There's more!
She indicated such a vote would have to be part of a larger package that included other policies, like releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which she said could bring down prices in a matter of days.
“But it has to be part of something that says we want to bring immediate relief to the public and is not just a hoax on them,” Pelosi continued.
She even indicated that she might support a package that includes drilling. She said her decision on whether to support such legislation would depend on how the policies are packaged.
“It’s not excluded, let’s put it that way,” Pelosi said.
In other words, they want a "feel good, 'we're doing something" kind of bill, like another stimulus package that they've been testing the waters on, to really drive home a win in November.
Unfortunately for them, their position has been absolutely clear: They don't care about the price of gas because it doesn't effect them directly. However, with an overwhelmingly large portion of Americans supporting drilling for our own oil, in other words, "walking the walk" of energy independence, Nancy Pelosi isn't about keeping her principles as much as keeping a hold of power.
Unfortunately, that's pretty stereotypical of this woman. I think it all stems from when a house fell on her sister in the land of Oz.
Travis
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