Hussein Takes Strong Stand Against U.S. Supplying It’s Own Oil - Update: “Change” As Hussein Caves For “Limited” Drilling
UPDATE: “UH, I DIDN’T MEAN WHAT I SAID BEFORE I REALIZED MCCAIN WOULD WHIP MY ASS OVER THIS ISSUE”:
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he would be willing to support limited additional offshore oil drilling if that’s what it takes to enact a comprehensive policy to foster fuel-efficient autos and develop alternate energy sources.
Shifting from his previous opposition to expanded offshore drilling, the Illinois senator told a Florida newspaper he could get behind a compromise with Republicans and oil companies to prevent gridlock over energy.
Republican rival John McCain, who earlier dropped his opposition to offshore drilling, has been criticizing Obama on the stump and in broadcast ads for clinging to his opposition as gasoline prices topped $4 a gallon. Polls indicate these attacks have helped McCain gain ground on Obama.
“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.”
In Congress, both parties have fought bitterly over energy policy for weeks, with Republicans pressing for more domestic oil drilling and Democrats railing about oil company profits. Despite hundreds of hours of House and Senate floor debate, lawmakers will leave Washington for their five-week summer hiatus this week with an empty tank.
“The Republicans and the oil companies have been really beating the drums on drilling,” Obama said in the Post interview. “And so we don’t want gridlock. We want to get something done.”
EARLIER “NO DRILLING” Story:
ROLLA, Mo. - Barack Obama is once again betting that his eloquence can persuade price-weary consumers—read that as voters—to take the long view and not jump at what he claims to be a short-term fix when it comes to soaring energy prices.
It worked in his presidential primary contest against New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton when she proposed a “gas tax holiday” for the summer, a pitch he opposed despite its popularity with many voters. But that was in April before gasoline shot past $4 a gallon.
Virtually all polls now show dealing with energy prices high atop the agenda of voters.
At issue for Obama’s Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, is opening up offshore drilling to boost production, a move McCain and others GOP lawmakers say would increase supply and help control soaring gasoline prices.
Opponents, including Obama and many other Democrats, say new offshore oil would be years away from reaching consumers and even then would make little difference in prices and the ongoing U.S. need for foreign oil.
Republicans clearly have targeted energy prices, looking to boost their standing with consumers. President Bush has pushed Congress to permit the offshore drilling and warned that “the American people are rightly frustrated” because Democrats won’t allow a vote on opening up offshore drilling.
For his part, McCain has his sights squarely on Obama’s opposition to offshore drilling, labeling him “Dr. No” when it comes to energy production.” The tactic is not surprising, because polls have shown that consumers—even in environmentally sensitive states like Florida—are desperate for politicians to do something about energy and favor offshore drilling by big margins.
Obama is pressed on the issue repeatedly on the campaign trail, but he refuses to budge, preferring to take pains to spell out his reasons.
“Please be in favor of offshore production,” Steve Hilton, a retired federal government worker in Lebanon, Mo., implored Obama during a tour of a diner there Wednesday.
“I’m in favor of solving problems,” Obama responded. “What I don’t want to do is say something because it sounds good politically.”
Obama seeks to turn the issue on its head, arguing that McCain and Bush are practicing the old politics of simply promising people something that’s symbolic without addressing the real problem. Discounting drilling, he proposes energy rebates, a crackdown on oil speculators who manipulate the market ( “What does that mean exactly, how would you “crackdown” and how do you prove they “manipulated the market”? Talk about “saying something because it sounds good politically.” - PD ) and a renewed focus on energy alternatives. ( In other words, everything BUT more oil because, uhm, no real reason except it’s a Democratic tradition to claim the high-ground at alleged “Environmentalism” which is as often as not Enviro-mental case-ism. - PD )
(AP)
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Stick to your guns Obama, don’t budge. The cult will get you through …. HeHeHe
August 1st, 2008 at 4:55 amby offshore drilling you remove a variable and make oil speculation less appealing
August 1st, 2008 at 4:58 amDumb as a bag of hair
August 1st, 2008 at 5:04 amNew offshore oil would be years away from reaching consumers and even then would make little difference in prices and the ongoing U.S. need for foreign oil.
Look at what has happened with gas prices with just the order that GW lifted, these mother fuckers are pandering to the environmentalists which are a major cause to the problem. Long term, short term who gives a shit. DRILL HERE and NOW, let’s stop depending on the Middle East. I bet oil would plummet and OPEC would shit itself.
August 1st, 2008 at 5:23 amWendy you are right on target with that comment about OPEC!
Stay the course bHo, please. You will lose for sure.
August 1st, 2008 at 5:31 amThat’s the kind of stupidity that will cost BHO the election. His biggest enemy is his big, stupid mouth. Keep it up you troll and McCain might win by a landslide in November. Along with Peloski and Weed, your party is beginning to wane. Little by little, you Dhimis keep shooting yourselves in the foot to spite your face. I smell a Republican comeback if they stick to the “Drill Now” mantra from now until November.
August 1st, 2008 at 6:20 amwell as of right now at least 69% of the American public is strongly against this B-HO on this issue. People will not budge on this issue because it is very important and it among many other issues could sink his ass.
August 1st, 2008 at 6:20 amWTF???? Is hussein actually trying to sabotage his campaign?
August 1st, 2008 at 6:28 am[[New offshore oil would be years away from reaching consumers and even then would make little difference in prices and the ongoing U.S. need for foreign oil.]]
But solar, wind and good vibe hippy power will reduce gas prices tomorrow?
August 1st, 2008 at 7:06 amThe oil companies have already stated that if they are allowed to drill offshore in the oil and gas fields that would be productive, they can have oil on the open US market in one year’s time. The Obamesiah is a liar…or an absolute moron.
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August 1st, 2008 at 8:43 amFunny place to say that too. The university there in Rolla cranks out a shit-load of petroleum engineers.
August 1st, 2008 at 9:50 amHe’s such an asshole–he ain’t pretty, he isn’t a good speaker and he hasn’t had a new idea since the one time his wife let him be on top.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:37 pmDipshit!
There are three places we can have access to, right now, and begin recovering as soon as one month from one of those.
We have proven assets in ANWR, already mapped out by the Navy decades ago, and that area is only around 75 miles from the existing Alaska Pipeline.
We have mapped and solid looking oil and gas off the Florida West Coast; it will take time to drill, but it’s at least mapped and known.
We have existing wells, already tapped into proven reserves, well off the coast of California. Those wells are capped and we aren’t allowed to pump.
The moment Congress lifts the ban, we can re-commission the California wells, but there’s a problem. The Natural Resources Defense Council will file lawsuits immediately. A big part of figuring a 10-year delay in every effort is fighting in court. One after another, after another, there will be lawsuits filed at every step of the way. They will fight the permit to build the dock, they will fight the permit to lay a pipe, they will fight the refinery expansion. That takes years. Now, with the Polar Bear listed as Threatened, they’ll probably use that as the biggest hammer in every suit.
An important step is the streamlining of permits; give the NRDC/Sierra Club, etc., only one shot, period. Try getting that through Congress. I’m serious, try it, because that’s what we have to do and we need to know we have to go to DefCon 1 against these people, now.
Permission from Congress brings no access, as long as it all gets tied up in court. They will fight tooth and nail. I recommend bringing your tooth and nail collecting kits to this battle.
August 1st, 2008 at 5:37 pmArticle - “…Obama said Friday he would be willing to support limited additional offshore oil drilling if that’s what it takes to enact a comprehensive policy to foster fuel-efficient autos and develop alternate energy sources.”
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BULLSHIT!!!
He’s on the phone right now with the Environmentalist Whackos explaining that he has no intention of doing that!
August 1st, 2008 at 8:18 pm