Say no to jobs, energy independence, new tax
revenues and lower gasoline
Evidence seems to be
building that President Obama is drifting farther and farther away from reality
with his sometimes bizarre policy actions. This time more Democrats up for re-election are
going to find it tougher thanks to another weird action by the president.
As we should all know by
now, Obama has been opposed to the Keystone natural gas pipeline ever since
Sarah Palin challenged him to "drill baby drill" in the 2008 campaign. His campaign did a reasonable job of trashing
Palin as he got about 6% more than McKain-Palin.
However, no sooner had he
become president than pressure started building for the Keystone pipeline to be
built in order to break the oil cartel stranglehold on the American energy
market.
In spite of non-stop
opposition to the energy independence movement by the Obama administration,
Sarah Palin's call to action was heard and the states started authorizing oil
production using the fracking technique.
The success was amazing and showed that a concerted energy production
policy between the US and Canada
To the embarrassment and
insult of the Canadians Obama continued to see the world through rose covered
glasses, or was it fog covered, by delaying Keystone at every turn. All the while the rest of America
When a bi-partisan Senate
vote supported it in the middle of the bitter partisanship that has paralyzed
congress since Obama took office and then his own State Department review found
no objections Obama was left standing alone in opposition. True to his strategic principles Obama again
ordered a delay until after the mid-term elections in November.
The Democrats were
shocked, the ones running for re-election were sabotaged, the ones financing
elections were appalled and the American consumer, and voter, will be outraged
as gasoline prices continue to rise because we are not energy independent and because
Obama has continued to ignore Sarah Palin and her cry to "drill baby
drill".
Since taking office Obama
has confirmed early predictions that his lack of experience in public office
would haunt him and his refusal to recruit seasoned staff with government
experience, opting instead for political cronies, would cripple his
effectiveness. Add to that his superior
attitude and cerebral facade and he was destined for trouble.
It became obvious when he
could not get a budget passed, did not adopt all the social reforms he promised
the first two years when the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the
presidency, a tragic strategic blunder and did not have a clue on how to
communicate with congress.
Such shortcomings have
been reinforced with his "line in the sand" empty threats to Iran,
Syria and now Russia, Obama foreign policy actions that have baffled our allies
around the world and cemented the perception that not only is America weak
under Obama, but we don't even have the will to back up his somewhat meager
threats to other countries.
The paper tiger, the boy
that cried wolf, call it what you like but the one thing Obama has been
consistent at is a policy as solid as quicksand with a foundation of genuine
made in the USA
The failure of Obama to
see the light on the Keystone pipeline is just another notch in the belt solidifying
his reputation, merited or not, of embracing inertia to avoid the danger of
making a mistake. In the old west that
might be called gutless, today clueless and tomorrow hopeless in terms of the
impact on our future.
By the way, have you
noticed how the news media has stopped talking about the terrible Republicans,
the liberal news media? Could it be
reality is catching up with them?
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