Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Democrats leave town...

And left the water running, the iron on, and the gas to the stove on, to boot.

Imagine that your boss gave you a job to do, and told you to make it your top priority. . .and instead of making it your top priority, you faked it for a few weeks, then skipped town on a month-long vacation, leaving the job undone. That's essentially what the Democratic "Drill-Nothing" Congress did today as the American people continued suffering through a summer of sky-high gas prices. Instead of holding a vote on the energy reforms the American people need and want, Democrats in Congress voted today to take the month of August off.

On July 23, more than 100 House Republicans gathered on the West Front steps of the U.S. Capitol to unveil the American Energy Act, a comprehensive energy reform bill that calls for more conservation, more innovation (including alternative and renewable fuels), and more production of American-made energy (including an end to the federal ban on new oil and gas drilling in deepwater ocean zones and Alaska's North Slope). Republicans urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to allow the bill, which would likely pass the House with bipartisan support, to come to a vote before Congress' August break.

Instead of scheduling a vote, however, the Speaker did the bidding of radical special-interest groups that favor high gas prices and refused to put it on the floor, explaining that she was "trying to save the planet."
You can take your "saving the planet" and shove it up where the sun doesn't shine, Ms. Pelosi. You and your socialist cohorts are fiddling while the United States economy burns. You can try to hide behind the Sierra Club's coattails if you wish, but that won't keep voters from voting with their wallets come November.

Take my word for it. If you keep this up, Ms. Pelosi, the days of your party's leadership in the hallowed halls of Congress are numbered.

***UPDATE***

They sat on their collective thumbs up to the third knuckle when it came to relieving the financial stress of Americans, but by God, anytime's a good time to bash Bush now, isn't it?