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I think we've now reached Stage 3 of Sununu's relationship to environmentalism, taken directly (as always) from the emerging GOP talking points.
Stage 1 was: gas is cheap, so stop complaining about climate change. Stage 2 ? Uh-oh, gas is rising. Let's put on our kabuki costumes.
But now? Screw the environment, people are freaking out over gas prices, and I'm going to get hammered come election time for it. Drill! DRILL!!!! "China is drilling 60 miles off the coast of Florida, and the extreme, left-wing environmental groups will not allow us to do the same," Sununu said. Yes, by all means, let's imitate China's sterling record on the environment! And since when did ANWR opponent Charlie Bass become a member of the extreme left-wing?
Of course, there isn't a stage in the GOP playbook that will allow them to disrespect their Big Oil corporate taskmasters, so it was pretty telling that despite the deep electoral trouble he is in, John E. joined in on the filibuster of a bill that would have taxed windfall profits from Big Oil.
That's really not gonna look good when we're paying $4.50 a gallon in early November.
Morning Update: Priceless. JimC does some drilling himself, and discovers that the extreme left-wing environmentalists are preventing Sununu and us from making deals with Fidel Castro. Why do left-wing extremists hate Cuba America? |
