I’d suggest that’s an awful generous assumption . . . few thousand, maybe.

Many centrists like myself left the Democratic Party because of people like Pelosi…essentially, we just gave up. When ideology trumps commons sense, there is no hope.

Pelosi will do anything she can to stop Free Trade Agreements, taking orders from organized labor. She opposes drill/drill/drill, as she will not do anything to upset the greenies.

In the process, she is looking unreasonable, and obstructionist, and that will be her downfall. As she looks more and more imperial, people will begin to dislike her more than they already do, and that’s saying something.

I thought “concentrated stupid” would be fun to watch, but I was proven wrong.

But ran out of patience with her stammering around the seven minute mark. Not only is this woman an unapologetic no-growth environut. And a socialist. And an obstructionist.

My favorite part was the look of disbelief on Stephanopolous’s face, as if to say “I can’t believe she’s Speaker either.”

THIS is the leader of a leading American political party? I wouldn’t trust her to lead a kindergarten class.

What an idiot.

I am profoundly amazed that San Fran Nan found the time to appear on Stephie’s show to defend her moronic, indefensible position on drilling and show the entire nation what a buffoon she is, interrupting her five week paid vacation to do so.

…but couldn’t allow an “up-down” vote.

Some things just make you go “Hmmmmm…”

It’s so clear that they are trying to have everything both ways (as usual) that everyone is starting to notice. These Dem talking points are getting real old while they block all voting. the American people may get lost among all the talking points, but they do understand Congress taking a month off without allowing any voting.

…”the war dance of the handmaidens of the oil companies”?

Sheesh…

…was how she virtually stamped her little foot demanding that the oil in the SPR be released to help lower prices (which would last how many days? 5?) but that drilling is such a short-term solution.

Sheesh. What a complete moron. America needs to see much, much more of her!

for anyone considering voting for a Democratic Congressional candidate in November.

How did this woman rise to a position two heartbeats away from the Presidency? It is astonishing that the MSM still attach the ‘stupid’ label to so many Republican politicians. Nancy, currently the most powerful Democrat, could be the poster-girl.

1. She admits her policy’s goal is to force people to use oil less. The way you make people use oil less is to keep prices up. That’s her goal.

2. She admits this is an ego issue. “I won’t give the gavel.” She’s putting her pride over the country’s needs.

You think that Nancy controls the economy and that Congress controls the world-wide price of oil.

Now that’s hilarious. Paranoid and grasping at straws, but still hilarious.

You think that Nancy controls the economy and that Congress controls the world-wide price of oil.

Now that’s hilarious. Paranoid and grasping at straws, but still hilarious.

What bothers me is the shallow thinking that allows xenophobic and unbalanced reasoning to take hold. What bothers me is the trance that causes conservatives to avoid seeing the factors over the past 7 years that have increased the size of government, increased entitlement obligations, increased the deficit, increased the need for future reconciliation (more taxes), increased the dependence on foreign oil, decreased our standing in the world economy, decreased our ability to project the value of democracy, and decreased our moral authority.

Instead, conservatives grasp onto the latest story from FoxNews that tells them to be afraid. Fear is the greatest motivator. You need to ask yourself, “Who is doing the motivating and why am I afraid?”

Bothered? Yeah. Bothered that others are not.

Again, the challenge is to think deeper.

Pelosi, Obama, and others in Congress causing the world oil prices to hit the ceiling?

…without considering the Cheney led ‘National Energy Policy’ that was crafted with Oil company execs in the spring of 2001…

…or Iran threatening to close the Straits of Hormuz and blocking 40% of the world’s oil output…

…or speaking to the governmental subsidies in emerging markets that maintain consumer oil consumption even as prices rise…

…or factoring in the increased cost of exploration, drilling, materials, and skilled labor in the oil industry…

…or the growth of oil and gas consumers in the developing world…

Now with considering all of these other aspects, of which there are many more, how should we move forward with a lasting solution?