Republican Rep. John Shimkus was not bashful in his skepticism of
the Democratic presidential ticket, which visited his neck of the woods
on Saturday. Speaking to the State Journal-Register, he said the partnership of Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden was "destined to fail." Why? Their hesitancy to push offshore oil drilling, of course, which he terms "American-made energy":
“For the liberal Democrats and the leadership team that can lead their ticket, supply is not part of the equation,” he said. “For small-town, rural America — the middle class and the lower middle class — it’s almost an attack on the poor and the middle class.”
I won't belabor the point, but the insinuation that drilling off the cost will lower the price of gasoline for working Americans is completely bunk. So is the idea that Republican leaders support "American-made energy." Let's remember the loads of legislation Shimkus and his colleagues blocked that would have led to large-scale investment in renewable energy.
It's not Obama who is destined to fail -- it's the "drill now, drill forever" strategy Shimkus can't seem to shake. Read our posts here, here, and here to learn more about the GOP's dead-end ideas.
Philosophe Forum on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 13:31
Now, now, now -- Let us not forget that, smarmy though the fool may be, he is doing God's work.
At least, that is what he told Mark Reardon during his 08/13/2008 KMOX interview
(KMOX -- the STL home of Rush (Malodorous Motor Mouth) Limbaugh notwithstanding).
He also made the cover of Roll Call while pitching in the annual Congressional baseball game.
He is truly a hot ticket on The Hill these days don'tcha know (ooh!!!).
Makes me wonder what superlative syntax will spew forth from how little he has to offer in his
cognitive recesses as he mingles with the minions in Du Quion this weekend.
ALISON, MPA
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