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| Pelosi to protesters: "Can we drill your brains?" |
| 2008-08-27 |
| House Democratic leaders and protesters waving McCain signs had a war of words Tuesday at a press event outside an old train station. The demonstrators interrupted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with chants of “Drill here! Drill now!” Pelosi paused and asked the group, “Right here?” Is she trying to be funny? It ain't workin'. Seeming to enjoy the back and forth, she followed with another question: “Can we drill your brains?” Another good one. She went on to refer to the protesters, who continued to chant sporadically, as “handmaidens of Big Oil.” Arguing that increased offshore drilling would reduce gas prices by only a couple of pennies a decade from now, she referred to the demonstrators as the “2-cents-in-10-years-crowd.” She's really too ignorant to be allowed out by herself. Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer swiped at the demonstrators, too, saying that “sophomoric chanting” won’t solve the energy crisis and that “all thinking Americans know” — stressing the word "thinking" and looking at the crowd — that America doesn’t have a quarter of the word’s fossil fuels yet uses a quarter of the world’s energy. Another bugwit chimes in. Hey, Steny, the Democrats policy of no new refineries, no new oil fields, and no new nuclear plants won't solve the energy crisis either. Most "thinking" americans, something like 73%, want to get off foreign oil and the quickest way to do that is open up domestic areas for drilling. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #12 I was going to make a comment about dry holes, but I don't want to be insensitive to Nancy. |
| Posted by: charger 2008-08-27 12:27 |
| #11 Pelosi wants to drill somebody's brains out? Well, it is a convention. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-27 09:28 |
| #10 Pelosi: Braaaains! |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-08-27 09:08 |
| #9 It doesn't matter what new technology is proposed to settle the energy "crisis". Some group will come along with the reason (and law suits) to stop it. Even wind farms. The enviro-Luddites must be defeated. |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2008-08-27 08:50 |
| #8 Ye Gods! Nancy Pelosi is a Night of the Living Dead zombie! Drill your brains. Braaaaains. Braaaaaiiins. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-08-27 08:17 |
| #7 Funny how trite slogans are serious and full of meaning when uttered by leftists, and crazy simple phrases when spoken by anyone else. It's like there's some sort of double standard in reporting. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-08-27 07:49 |
| #6 Seems the proposed Alaska-Canada-Midwest America pipeline should be built as soon as possible. It seems California's leaders don't believe they need oil anymore. Plus I think Pelosi shouldn't be allowed to take anymore private jet trips to CA at taxpayer expense. The 5,000 gallons saved on each trip could be donated to needy SUV drivers. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-08-27 06:15 |
| #5 "Can we drill your brains?" No, we're using them. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-08-27 04:24 |
| #4 Not only that, she is a gasbag too. |
| Posted by: Spike Uniter 2008-08-27 03:30 |
| #3 Pelosi also says natural gas isn't a fossil fuel. Nancy is the fossil fool. www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/08/021317.php |
| Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2008-08-27 01:33 |
| #2 Perhaps she is short on brains and needs to import some. Especially after several Archbishops blasted her and demonstrated that she is a lying jerk when it comes to the Catholic Church that she claims to be a member of (in spite of violating its precepts repeatedly and unabashedly). |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-27 01:10 |
| #1 A lot of her supporters are big fans of self trepanation. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-08-27 00:38 |