No Explanation Needed
According to this Newsmax article, Pelosi spokesguy Brendan Daly is telling Republicans they’ve got some ’splaining to do:
Brendan Daly, a Pelosi spokesman, told The Associated Press said Republicans “should go home to their districts and explain their record of obstructing common-sense proposals to address the pain at the pump being felt by American consumers and businesses.”
I’d suggest to Mr. Daly that Republicans don’t have to explain their votes on the Democrats’ “common sense proposals” on energy because the Democrats haven’t put together any common sense proposals. Let’s review some of the Democrats’ “common sense proposals”:
- Democrats proposed suing OPEC.
- Democrats proposed creating a massive windfall profits tax for the oil companies.
- Democrats proposed a redundant use it or lose it bill.
Which of these proposals would pass the laugh test with serious economists or financial experts? To be fair to Mr. Daly, here’s his full quote:
“The New Direction Congress led by Democrats has offered real solutions to bring down energy costs,” her spokesman, Brendan Daly, said. “But a majority of Congressional Republicans have voted no each time. They should go home to their districts and explain their record of obstructing common-sense proposals to address the pain at the pump being felt by American consumers and businesses.”
I’d pity Mr. Daly for being put into an impossible situation if he wasn’t well compensated. Mr. Daly’s job is to spin Speaker Pelosi’s disastrous ‘New Direction’ agenda. He’s paid to say that his boss’s statements make sense even when they don’t.
The Democrats haven’t proposed real longterm relief. For that matter, Democrats haven’t proposed anything that would supply short term relief, either. When the Republicans introduced the American Energy Act, they spoke directly to supplying both short- and long-term relief while transitioning to a more efficient use of our energy resources.
It isn’t just the House Democratic leadership that’s to blame on this either. Rank-and-file Democrats haven’t lifted a finger to sign any of the discharge petitions that Republican have for their various energy bills. Instead of standing up to Ms. Pelosi’s tyrannical rule, rank-and-file Democrats have stayed obedient to Ms. Pelosi.
What does it say when the American Energy Act would get upwards of 250 votes in the House if it got an up or down vote but 19 Democrats won’t sign a discharge petition to give it that vote? That’s a despicable display of cowardice by Blue Dog Democrats. Blue Dog Democrats like to portray themselves as more sensible than looney tunes liberals like Maxine Waters and Maurice Hinchey. Yet their track record on energy issues shows little difference.
When have these Blue Dog Democrats defied Ms. Pelosi on energy legislation? They haven’t that I’ve seen. Why trust these so-called moderates? Don’t the Blue Dog Democrats’ actions speak for themselves?
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
NaPe can’t make sense. If she did, the world would stop spinning on its axis and life as we know it would come to an end, even if she uttered just one thing that made a lick of sense.
As far as the “blue dog” donks go, they’re simply jackals set up to protect the leadership. When the time is right she or any of the other donk “leaders” would give any one of them up in a heartbeat, all in the name of “being good for the country (read: it advances our agenda for personal aggrandisement).