Sarah Palin responded through Twitter to President Obama's plan announced Wednesday to allow some offshore oil drilling in U.S. coastal waters. The plan contradicts Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who just two weeks ago told reporters that the administration's six-month delay in approving new offshore drilling leases in federal waters will become a new three-year ban.
Gov. Palin tweeted:
Rep.Boehner spot-on Obama goal=cram thru job-killing, energy-depleting, burdensome Cap & Tax scheme on heels of Obama's new"pro-drilling"msgHer twitter message referred to House GOP Leader John Boehner's statement released today which was highly critical of the Obama Administration:
“The Obama Administration continues to defy the will of the American people who strongly supported the bipartisan decision of Congress in 2008 to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling not just off the East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, but off the Pacific Coast and Alaskan shores as well. Opening up areas off the Virginia coast to offshore production is a positive step, but keeping the Pacific Coast and Alaska, as well as the most promising resources off the Gulf of Mexico, under lock and key makes no sense at a time when gasoline prices are rising and Americans are asking ‘Where are the jobs?’- JP
“It’s long past time for this Administration to stop delaying American energy production off all our shores and start listening to the American people who want an “all of the above” strategy to produce more American energy and create more jobs. Republicans are listening to the American people and have proposed a better solution – the American Energy Act – which will lower gas prices, increase American energy production, promote new clean and renewable sources of energy, and encourage greater efficiency and conservation.
“At the same time the White House makes today’s announcement, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is plotting a new massive job-killer that the American people can’t afford: a cascade of new EPA regulations that will punish every American who dares to flip on a light switch, drive a car, or buy an American product. Americans simply don’t want this backdoor national energy tax that will drive up energy and manufacturing costs and destroy jobs in our states and local communities.”
Sounds to me as if Sarah Palin is on to something here. She is the first analyst out there who has connected Obama's drilling proposal to a strings attached / quid pro quo deal for Cap and Trade.
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