Obama Changes Mind On “Limited Drilling”
Earlier this week, “The One” was caught on tape saying that “If everyone were just filling their tires and getting regular tuneups, you could actually save just as much.” Here’s that video:
Seeing that this is a PR disaster, Obama has flip-flopped on drilling:
“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.”
We shouldn’t take him at his word. Less than a month ago, he said that it wasn’t $4 gasoline that bothered him so much; it was just that prices jumped too quickly.
Supplies didn’t suddenly tighten. Prices didn’t suddenly spike. All that happened was that Sen. Obama saw this issue standing between himself and the White House. When you analyze this, the only conclusion that can be drawn is that the biggest difference between Sen. Kerry, Vice President Gore and Sen. Obama is that Sen. OBama is a better speaker. He is their equal in terms of flip-flopping, though.
This quote is extremely telling:
“Like all compromises, it also includes steps that I haven’t always supported,” Obama conceded. “I remain skeptical that new offshore drilling will bring down gas prices in the short-term or significantly reduce our oil dependence in the long-term, though I do welcome the establishment of a process that will allow us to make future drilling decisions based on science and fact.”
Why doesn’t Sen. Obama think that increasing supplies will lower prices? The fact that he questions the principles of supply and demand tell me that he isn’t qualified to make decisions on the economy.
It’s obvious that Sen. Obama is unprincipled. It’s also obvious that he doesn’t have a list of accomplishments that tell people he’s qualified for being the leader of the free world. What he’s asking voters to do is to hope that he’s up to the task. Trusting a novice to the most important job in the world isn’t wise.
Trusting a novice prone to changing his mind with the opinion polls is too big a risk for a country at war.
Technorati Tags: Obama, Al Gore, John Kerry, Flip-Flops, Gas Crisis, Drilling, OCS, John McCain, Election 2008
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:25 am
I’m sure Obama has flip flopped on issues other than drilling, but let’s compare with the candidate with more experience.
- Torture
- Tax cuts for the very wealthy
- Campaign finance reform
- Roe v. Wade
- 21st century GI Bill
- Going after Osama bin Laden in Pakistan
- Calling for a respectful campaign
I really hope McCain goes after Obama for flip-flopping on this drilling issue so all of the times McCain changed his mind can finally come out all at once.
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:09 am
If one reads between the lines of Obamessiah’s message, what he’s really saying is, “Let’s go ahead and vote for more drilling, because we know that the envirowhackos who run the permitting process will never issue the permits necessary to get oil out of the ground (whether that ground is on dry land or under water).
In other words, we will have the perfect solution to our dilemma, being able to say we voted for it, it’s someone ele’s fault it’s not happening!