Obama Ad On Energy Policy And His Comments About Inflated Tires

In the Barack Obama ad the narrator says to the images of windmills that Obama will "fast-track alternatives so we stop spending billions on oil from hostile nations. What Barack Obama has proposed is not a "fast-track" at all, but rather spending $150 billion over 10 years for research into alternative energy. How could a decade long program be considered a "fast-track"? Mere research does not in and of itself gaurantee breakthroughs. Drilling at home needs to be a key aspect of any energy plan and Barack Obama and the Anti-Drilling Democrats in Congress oppose all new drilling. Just thought that was worth pointing out.

Just to give a sense of Obama's position on energy, here is a comment he made in a speech today that is extremely stupid. He says that everyone should inflate their tires and that would be just as useful as drilling:

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Meanwhile CNN reportst that "President Bush on Wednesday continued the Republicans' full-court press on congressional Democrats to force a vote to lift a ban on offshore drilling. 'American drivers are counting on Congress to lift the ban, and so are American workers,' he said at a meeting with his cabinet." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has proposed tapping into the strategic petroleum reserve. But as Bush countered, "If you agree that we need more oil, it makes no sense to say you're for draining our nation's limited strategic reserve but against tapping into the vast resources of the outer continental shelf." The president further argues that offshore drilling could produce up to 18 million barrels of oil. More than two-thirds of Americans say they favor increasing drilling efforts off America's coasts, but the Obamas and Pelosis of the House and Senate are blocking it tooth and nail. In fact, today Nancy Pelosi ridiculed the President's drilling proposals as a "hoax."


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