Video: Let’s go over it again — why can’t we have a vote on drilling?
posted at 9:50 pm on August 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
Answer: Because drilling won’t help solve our problems immediately. Or maybe it’s because the GOP hasn’t used the right parliamentary procedure to bring the issue to the floor. Or is it because drilling proposals have to be part of a comprehensive energy package? Ah well. Via Freedom’s Watch, enjoy as Pelosi comes perilously close to turning Stephanopoulos into an unwitting partner in a “Who’s on First?” routine, leaving the audience “feeling bewildered as a seabird fouled by an oil spill.” Exit quotation: “But if you feel you have the better arguments, why not give a straight up-or-down vote for drilling?”
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Her Majesty is not amused with such chicanery. Off with their heads!
MB007 on August 4, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Exit Answer: We have a Planet to save!
Oh, um and Capitalism to kill. Maybe we can pin all this pain we are causing on Bush and win an election.
Ordinary1 on August 4, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Ever since she went to Syria, I’ve been imagining her going back and staying.
I’d sooner vote for Lindsey Lohan for the senate.
Merovign on August 4, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Polosie in a never will happen honest moment: Because we must create dependence and desperation in all americans so they will accept the us socialists as their dictators. Don’t you remember the old saying: desperate people do desperate things, how else will a freeperson give up freedom and accept socialism???
allrsn on August 4, 2008 at 9:55 PM
It’s because drilling is simply racist.
benrand on August 4, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Ewwwww…. Stephanopolus givin her grief?
The tide has turned, he’s such a Dem wonk that if he is asking these questions… she’s lost…
Romeo13 on August 4, 2008 at 9:57 PM
WTF?!?! So Republicans can get an imaginary vote? Or they can have a real vote on an imaginary bill? What the hell does she mean by “They’ll have to use their imaginations”?!
Otherwise, kudos to Stephi. He pressed her much harder than I thought he would and tried to hold onto the slippery eel she kept handing him.
aero on August 4, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Because she invested in a tire air pump company?
Limerick on August 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Epic Fail
What a moron. Really, who votes for this woman?
dentalque on August 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM
I think they went too deep on those Botox injections.
Over30 on August 4, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Saint Pelosi is not going to let those evil oil men rape mother earth. It is just that simple.
If we complain that we have no gasoline for our automobile, Ms Pelosi’s suggestion is we exercise more, by walking or riding a bicycle, because we’re all over weight anyway.
rockhauler on August 4, 2008 at 10:00 PM
As a woman I am completely disgusted to see the first female Speaker of the House be such a tight ass twit.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:01 PM
She means they’ll have to come up with some clever way to force a vote.
CP on August 4, 2008 at 10:01 PM
How many milimeters of goo does she have on her face?
Entelechy on August 4, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Her blank stare was riveting! So much white and so little iris with that womans eyes…deers caught in headlights look far more intelligent that she does in that clip.
AUINSC on August 4, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Terrye, +1
Entelechy on August 4, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Here is an ad for Republicans: Want to get rid of Pelosi? Vote Republican.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:03 PM
The most honest, most open, most ethical Congress ever!
Yeah….
JetBoy on August 4, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Even Mary Landrieu slammed her royalness on H/C tonight. Sweet!
SouthernGent on August 4, 2008 at 10:04 PM
She is a complete loon.
TheSitRep on August 4, 2008 at 10:06 PM
So Pelosi’s big plan is to tap the Strategic Reserves? Those reserves are there for a very important reason. What a partisan hack she is.
JetBoy on August 4, 2008 at 10:06 PM
People lower on the moron ladder. They seem to mostly be concentrated on the coasts and in urban areas.
jdkchem on August 4, 2008 at 10:06 PM
I was wondering that as well. Especially after the graphic that showed her broken promise.
Maybe the republicans have to use their imaginations and figure out how to pull some parliamentary trick to get a fair shake from this witch. If she turns off the lights, then bring coleman gas lantern. If she turns off the microphones, then they need to bring their megaphones. Republicans, you need to use your imagination to fight against this woman, and take your case to the media. Smuggle out little notes inside little moon cakes like the resistance from the oppressive chinese government. Or use internet cameras with wireless adapters to smuggle out video dispatches to be uploaded to youtube at an undisclosed location across the street. Smuggle out some top secret documents in your socks and then place them in a construction zone outside the capitol building. Do whatever it takes.
Use your imaginations, republicans.
wise_man on August 4, 2008 at 10:06 PM
This is getting to be an extreme example of our federal government becoming too powerful and usurping the rights of States.
Citizens of States outside California should not be subjected to the whim of a nut job like Pelosi.
If she and her constituents don’t want drilling, fine. But let her represent California; not Alaska, not Florida, not oil shale States; not natural gas States; etc.
BowHuntingTexas on August 4, 2008 at 10:07 PM
OK, Speaker Blinky, let’s say you get the 700 million reserve barrels (or whatever) …………. then what? If you sold it on the open market and China bought it all, cool. What would you do with the revenue? How would you replace it for a National Emergency? If you only sold it to American markets, how long would it last, a week?
Then what?
If putting more oil into the market is your answer to the high cost of gas, then why is drilling for more of our own oil not the answer………………………….?
This lady is a dolt and needs to be removed from office……
Seven Percent Solution on August 4, 2008 at 10:08 PM
CP:
What clever way? There are rules in place. It is not a trial and error kind of thing.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Well, it looks like she’s getting her wish. I hope she loses the majority for it, too.
Sign the petition to Call Congress Back (paid for by Cantor for Congress).
aero on August 4, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Which planet are we talking about space cadet?
BobH on August 4, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Sanity and Reason calling Space Cadet Nancy are you
in your brain or are you in palimino fantasy land,
over,
hello,hello,brain calling Nancy,over!
canopfor on August 4, 2008 at 10:11 PM
What a moron. Really, who votes for this woman?
dentalque on August 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM
The people of San Francisco vote for this socialist woman. People really should investigate San Fran politics, starting with the mayor (Gavin Newson) and working your way right through the police department. The entire bay area is a fascinating study into the working mechanics of Liberalism. Does Liberalism work? Is Liberalism a viable option for the rest of America? How does San Francisco contribute to the state, or does SF simply suck life from the state? Every American should educate themselves with regards to Liberalism; have an open mind and simply seek the facts.
San Fransisco is a city that the media (Liberals in general) never wants to talk about for good reason.
Keemo on August 4, 2008 at 10:11 PM
I want to see the “imagination” line in a GOP ad really soon.
Ditto that!! Did you read Walter Williams’ article on Oklahoma leading the charge on reclaiming states rights?
DerKrieger on August 4, 2008 at 10:12 PM
What good will it do to call Congress back when her Highness is running the show?
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Exactly. They’ve been following the rules and getting nowhere. Any “clever way” is going to be outside the rules. Either that, or a public embarrassment to Madame Speaker, as the Texas Tea Party is proving to be. She forced them into embarrassing her.
aero on August 4, 2008 at 10:12 PM
This whole debate on oil is racist… why are we so focused on BLACK gold???
Texas Rainmaker on August 4, 2008 at 10:12 PM
OMG, this lady is CRAZY!!!!!!!!
Chakra Hammer on August 4, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Pelosi needs to step down!
Chakra Hammer on August 4, 2008 at 10:14 PM
aero:
Well yes, they can embarrass the woman and make her look bad and all that, but if she refuses to bring a bill up to vote, that is that.
Unless they lock her in a closet or something.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:14 PM
More light shed on Dems’ obstructionism when she refuses yet again, under tremendous pressure from Republicans and a majority of the American public, to allow the bill to come up for fair debate and a straight up-or-down vote. The MSM would have to cover such a spectacle, and it would very likely result in gained seats for Republicans.
aero on August 4, 2008 at 10:15 PM
I love this line,because it’ll be the new
slogan and talking points for the Moonbats!
From Nancy’s lips,”Free Our Oil”!
canopfor on August 4, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Stephanopoulos beat her ’til she almost blinked.
Beto Ochoa on August 4, 2008 at 10:16 PM
One of the most powerful arguments that Ward Connerly puts forth against affirmative action is that it puts individuals into positions that they’re ill equipped to manage. If you don’t have the education and IQ to earn a 33 on the ACT test, then you’re not going to do very well at Stanford, where all the other students earned 34s.
Nancy Pelosi “made history breaking through the glass ceiling and became the first woman speaker” blah, blah – anyone notice that she’s utterly and completely outside of her depth in this position? She is setting women back a century with her flaming botox incompetence.
Obambi is attempting to do the same for blacks, being gifted a position that he is so hilariously ill equipped for, that he has already turned the campaign into farce. He performs like an idiot savant, making grand speeches about nothing, as we watch Pelosi furiously spinning herself into a sputtering, slobbering, wide-eyed ninny.
Jaibones on August 4, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Absolutely incredible.
She basically said that anyone represented by a Republican is not entitled to have a full-fledged representative in the House.
Taxation with defective representation!
darkpixel on August 4, 2008 at 10:17 PM
I could see her allowing some compromise that lets oil out of the reserve and allows some drilling somewhere on planet earth and the blue dogs desperate to make this go away vote for it…and then Miss Bright Eyes claims she has vanquished the forces of darkness and saved the planet from the raping pillaging industrial madmen. gag me. I can see that happening if they come back into session. That kind of worries me.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:17 PM
aero:
They can shed just as much light doing what they are doing right now. Be careful giving this woman a chance to bring up a vote on a compromise bill.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:18 PM
So what would the drive by media be doing if this were Republicans pulling this crap?
Frankly, I hope the idiot keeps it up. In a few months the whole country will understand.
Shut it down, just make sure you are loud and clear with the why part.
tarpon on August 4, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I love her line about a “comprehensive” solution. Last time I checked the GOP’s “All of the Above” plan IS comprehensive and includes a bunch of crap to please the nitwit Dems. But Pelosi has a planet to save so she and she alone gets to decide. What a twit and a disgrace.
DerKrieger on August 4, 2008 at 10:19 PM
“Compressed air for all my subjects”…
but seriously, had she been drinking?
d1carter on August 4, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I utterly despise her.
BallisticBob on August 4, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I did indeed read the fine Mr. Williams’ article. And it got me to thinking …
BowHuntingTexas on August 4, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Yeah, but she never blinked!
Beto Ochoa on August 4, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Me, too. But I have hope that the Republicans, who are clearly emboldened now that they have a bipartisan majority of 70% or so of voters behind them on this, will not compromise and will just keep doggedly proposing their bill over and over and over and over and over — while refusing to cooperate with Dem appropriations — until she has to allow the vote if she wants anything at all to get funded this year.
aero on August 4, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Pelosi needs to be in a small, well-padded room under heavy sedation.
It’s genuinely frightening to think that this babbling, incoherent fool is third in line for the presidency.
And even more frightening to think there are people who actually support her.
MrScribbler on August 4, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Strategic Oil reserve, 700 million barrels. We consume 20 million barrels a day. How much is she proposing we let out? Certainly not all of it, but if we lost our ability to import oil and drill our own, it would last for 35 days. With all of the oil we do drill(not sure, about five) and import(10 million barrels a day is what I found), then what percentage of the strategic oil reserve – that is supposed to be there for the uS military, not every motorist in the country would pelosi want to drain. And for how long. And when would she stop.
Of course this is all a waste of time to speculate, because she has no intention to actually do this. This is all for the cameras and the democrat constituents who want to hear how it’s all the republicans fault, and to get Obama elected in three months. Pelosi is obvious putting party before country.
wise_man on August 4, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Ugh, I thought I’d never have to do this, but I’ve got to give Stephanopoulos his props for this one.
RightWinged on August 4, 2008 at 10:21 PM
I think they need to keep pressure on like this before they come back into session so that a compromise is less likely. This silly woman is too stubborn to try and cut this short. No, she will have to show them who is boss. That’s how she thinks.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:22 PM
I have never been so infuriated by a politician as I have been just now by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. HOW DARE SHE hold congress prisoner to HER WHIM. Simply put, she is violating procedure and the rule of law by stonewalling a LEGITIMATE debate and vote on a policy that THE AMERICAN PEOPLE – the people she is supposed to answer to – overwhelmingly support. She isn’t supposed to rule over the House like Queen Nancy. This isn’t about saving the planet. This is about doing what’s right by the American people. I am incensed about this.
DakRoland on August 4, 2008 at 10:23 PM
The GOP needs to be VERY careful about any carrot of compromise the Dems dangle. I’m sure it will come loaded with regulations, restrictions, and new taxes. I think the GOP needs to push for ANWR just so they can give it up later in a deal that lets the Dems save face. It will make it easier for the Dem rank and file to stand up to Nazi Pelosi. If we get OCS and shale we can come back to ANWR in a few decades if needed.
DerKrieger on August 4, 2008 at 10:23 PM
aero:
That is why I think it might actually be better to wait awhile before coming back into session. I would not be surprised if the GOP has already planned it that way. Milk it.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:24 PM
I think if you peeled back her face you’d see circuit boards and blinking LEDs.
silverfox on August 4, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Is Steffy a little peeved about the response to the last debate he hosted? Is that why he is now pointing out the Dem lead idiocy in Congress? Scorned Lover Syndrome?
VolMagic on August 4, 2008 at 10:25 PM
We really shouldn’t concentrate solely on Pelosi. After all, her constituents only voted to send her to the House. It was the Democrats in the House who chose her to lead them and control the House as Majority Leader. Her idiocy is their idiocy. Every last one of them.
Call your Dem Rep and ask why they put a Beclownette in charge.
Dusty on August 4, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Well-said, except that Obama is not an Idiot Savant, he’s just a garden variety idiot without a hint of genius.
Buy Danish on August 4, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Pelosi has the plausible deniability of her fellow democrats to protect. An up-or-down vote would force most of the democrats in the house to drink the liberal kool-aid to please their masters (Soros, Saudis, nutroots, etc.)
Right_of_Attila on August 4, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I forwarded it to several members of my state’s legislature. If Obama wins and the Dems have a majority this might be the new direction Conservatives have to take.
DerKrieger on August 4, 2008 at 10:26 PM
That was so damned funny, I was laughing hysterically through the whole thing. What a moron! Poor George must have walked off the set and banged his head against a wall.
LOL!!!
D2Boston on August 4, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Exactly right.
BallisticBob on August 4, 2008 at 10:29 PM
That Nancy can say these things with a straight face means no sense of humor AND too. much. Botox. Can’t blink.
marybel on August 4, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Dusty:
While we are at it, we might thank all those people who thought it would be a good idea to let the Democrats lead for awhile, you know, to send a message. So they did not bother to vote in 2006. Well, here is the message.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:29 PM
That reminds me of another infamous Q&A with a woman of deep thought and intelligence
iam7545 on August 4, 2008 at 10:30 PM
That reminds me of another infamous Q&A with a woman of deep thought and intelligence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
iam7545 on August 4, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Can one of you post a link to the Williams article? Thx!
aero on August 4, 2008 at 10:32 PM
I don’t think my Congressman Brad Ellsworth would vote the way this woman wants him too, and he is a Democrat. But he is a Democrat in the 8th District in Indiana. This is not San Francisco.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Lemme guess: Miss South Carolina.
Buy Danish on August 4, 2008 at 10:33 PM
…….. very wise of you. Indeed!
:O)
Seven Percent Solution on August 4, 2008 at 10:34 PM
I think her head is underinflated.
Love the video though…the RNC should take Maximum Advantage of this. And send Nancy one of those spiffy Obama tire guages.
DngrMse on August 4, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Nancy Pelosi is a walking, talking proof of, and advertisement for, The Peter Principle. What an incompetent!
sondiehl on August 4, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Perfection!
marybel on August 4, 2008 at 10:35 PM
The reason Stephanopolus and the rest of the media loved Bill Clinton so deeply wasn’t just because he’s a liberal – lots of politicians are liberal.
The reason they loved Clinton so much was because he was so good at helping them help him.
Pelosi is a gibbering idiot. Stephanopolus still desperately wants to help her, but he can’t hide his disgust over how incompetant she is at working with the propaganda machine.
Someday soon (hopefully before the election, but there is no guarantee) Barack Obama is going to have to actually address an issue. And when that day comes, he won’t be any better at it than Nancy Pelosi.
logis on August 4, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Danish – I posted a link to the video. You will notice a deep similarity, the pasted on smile, the lack of any idea that the words coming from the mouth are non sense.
The resemblance is striking!
LMAO
iam7545 on August 4, 2008 at 10:37 PM
I honestly think (hope) that she’s going to be dealing with an insurrection in her own ranks when they get back in session. They’re all up for re-election, and she’s putting members of her own caucus at risk. I think her Dem flock is highly likely to turn on her in large numbers to save their political skins.
I’m really torn between hoping that we get drilling while the gettin’s good or hoping that the Dems stupidly keep stone-walling and hand us a bunch of seats in November. If we get drilling passed, we probably won’t be able to hold onto the political momentum once the urgency of the issue dies down with voters. But if it doesn’t pass, we probably won’t be able to eek out a majority from it and still won’t be able to get it on the floor for another two years.
aero on August 4, 2008 at 10:38 PM
I was laughing through most of it and then it occurred to me that we have a mental patient as speaker of the house, and I don’t care who you are, that ain’t real funny.
Buddahpundit on August 4, 2008 at 10:39 PM
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So true!
D2Boston on August 4, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Every time I look at Nancy I keep arriving at the same conclusion: “there is no there there”.
Attempts at reason and rational thought are futile.
diogenes on August 4, 2008 at 10:40 PM
How many barrels of oil are consumed each day by our 20 million illegal aliens?
How many CO2 spewing coal and natural gas power plants are required to provide electricity to our 20 million illegals?
Someone needs to ask Obama and McCain. And the greens who are hush hush on illegal immigration.
DerKrieger on August 4, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Blasphemer!
carbon_footprint on August 4, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Walter Williams article
DerKrieger on August 4, 2008 at 10:43 PM
By the way, anyone remember this…………..?
Seven Percent Solution on August 4, 2008 at 10:44 PM
aero:
Yes, I think she has miscalculated here. The recess is a few weeks. A couple more weeks of this and she may be forced to go back into session by her own party. That is the best hope. But I am afraid that if they go back too soon and come up with some bogus compromise, the whole issue will die down.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:44 PM
The answer is quite simple. Because the Democrats do not want to. Democrats are against US Freedom and independence and if we drilled we would be far to independent.
EJDolbow on August 4, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Oh My Gosh. She Is So Dumb. There’s nothing behind those vacant eyes. Unbelievable.
sheesh on August 4, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Her position is so weak even Steph can’t resist nuking her!
Here’s Pelosi’s Plan: continue buying all our oil from the Mid East, allowing jihadists to buy weapons. Eventually they will kill most of us (free fertilizer for Gaia!) and send the few survivors back to the Stone Age. Fires of course will not be allowed due to smoke pollution, so we will be vegetarian as well. Perfect plan to save the planet!
PattyJ on August 4, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Someone needs to photoshop,or a video of Nancy!
The wizard of Oz,Nancy’s the witch!
In the witch outfit,saying “Free our Oil”,rubbing
her hands together,turns around and points to the
dog,almost in the same breath,”and I want your
little dog too”! haha:)
canopfor on August 4, 2008 at 10:47 PM
DerKreiger:
The problem is global consumption of energy. No matter where those people are, they will be using something. I read that there are something like 10,000 cars a day added to the highways in China. That is a lot of gasoline.
Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Holy hell. How much can one woman stammer?
MadisonConservative on August 4, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Fine, release oil from the strategic reserves and lower the price. Soon enough the reserve will have to be refilled, and guess what? the oil being purchased will compete directly with the oil meant for consumption, driving the price up! Releasing from the reserve only will help if you don’t intend to refill it.
Here in Arizona you have to pass a standardized test called the AIMS in order to graduate high school. Isn’t it time you have to pass a basic test in order to be in politics?
redshirt on August 4, 2008 at 10:50 PM
I know what you mean. Maybe the RNC should start one of those ticking clocks thingys which ask how many days the Dems have run Congress and blocked all votes on drilling.
We should also tie all Democrats running for election or re-election to Pelosi/Reid, turning the tables on them and their “McCain is just more of Bush” chirping.
Time to dig out photos of Barry and Pelosi, Barry and Reid, and so forth, like this one.
Buy Danish on August 4, 2008 at 10:53 PM
[Terrye on August 4, 2008 at 10:29 PM]
True.
Here’s why I resist pushing that point, Terrye. For one, a lot of them already know it. Second, it’s water under the bridge and serves little purpose other than the “I told you so” slap in the face to the same people we now need to gather as a larger, unified and majority faction to throw out the Dems and get the country on the right track.
Lastly, it was understandable that they did what they did at the time. The Republican majority deserved a whole heck of a lot our turning our backs. It was one of the only ways to register displeasure with their governance. And I’ll tell ya, after reading Paul Johnson’s “History of the American People”, it’s pretty apparent that flipping from one to the other is a pretty natural occurrence all up and down the governmental ladder.
The big point to be made at this point is who is now responsible for the current debacle at the National level, and more to the point of this particular issue of not getting a vote on an energy policy. That’s why I noted who put Pelosi in charge of deciding what legislation will be voted on. I’m not going to let my Dem Rep hide in the shade of Pelosi’s stupendous, sun eclipsing ignorance because my Dem Rep is one of the ones who hoisted her on to the pedestal.
I’ll tell ya though, none of it will make much difference over even the medium haul until we take national lawmakers power to run almost every aspect of our lives away. I really like the noise some in Oklahoma are making.
Dusty on August 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
By the way…
Seven Percent Solution on Aug 4,2008 at 10:44PM.
Seven Percent Solution: Oh boy,SPS,I hope the
cleaner of the house,d#mmit,
I mean Speaker of the house
doesn’t know where you live! haha:)
Yup,I remember Nancy whinning about
the size of the plane!
And for some reason,talking about
planes and Liberals,reminds me of
when the Libs thought it would be
funny to make Newt use the back
door of the plane,instead of the
front door eveyone else was allowed
to use!:)
canopfor on August 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
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