Crazy Wasserman Schultz Says GOP Hopefuls Will Do Nothing to Help Lower Price of Gas: “All They Want to Do Is More Drilling”
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:30 AM
Debbie Wasserman Schultz spoke out against oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico just 5 days ago.
China and Cuba are already drilling off the coast of Florida.
Today Wasserman Schultz said Republican hopefuls will do nothing to help lower the price of gas. “All they would do is more drilling.”
And we all know drilling will not bring down gas prices, right?
The Hill reported, via Lucianne:
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Thursday that GOP White House hopefuls will do nothing to help consumers at the gasoline pump.
The Florida congresswoman’s comments come hours before President Obama is slated to give an energy speech in Miami aimed partly at rebutting GOP political attacks over rising gasoline prices. She said the GOP plans would keep the U.S. dependent on oil.
“The Republican field, like Mitt Romney, thinks that we just need to remain tethered and dependent on foreign oil because all they would do is more and more drilling, which is a very shortsighted approach and it would do nothing to prevent people who are struggling to put $80 into their gas tanks to be able to make sure that that’s more affordable,” Wasserman Schultz said on MSNBC.
“And that is another example of how they are economically out of touch,” she said.
Policymakers across the political spectrum, especialy in the near-term, face few options to substantially affect pump prices that are tethered to oil prices set on global markets.
Democrats are very upset that Republicans won’t join them in supporting their bankrupt green energy projects.
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Marie commented:
Um, earth to Debbie, Drilling would lower gas prices.
KornKing commented:
Anyone get the idea that
Mayohead DOES NOT have a degree in Economics?
Neo commented:
Remember these lines in President Obama’s State of the Union address this year:
Anyone … what’s the implication? Yes, that’s right, the implication is that this president and his administration have worked tirelessly to aid in the exploitation of oil during his three years in office. The “more and more drilling” approach.
“And that is another example of how they are economically out of touch,” she said.
Patty commented:
OT
Michael Savage anticipates that if Obama reelected that will be the last election!
I’ve asked this question to a number of people and most them respond as if I were crazy for asking. They tell me that this is America, land of the free and that there will always be elections. I tell them that we are no longer the land of the free and that if Obama gets re-elected in 2012, that this just may be America’s last election.
In the past three years, the Obama administration has been very carefully crafting the nation for a political take over by his Marxist regime and this isn’t just my opinion.
Popular radio talk show host Michael Savage is the son of Russian immigrants and is very familiar with Soviet and European history. Savage warned his listeners this week saying, “I have to tell you that if this man, God forbid, is the next president of the United States, we’re going to be living in something along the lines of – people say Europe. I don’t believe it’s going to be like Europe – I think it will be closer to Chavez’s South American dictatorship.
“This is the most corrupt, incompetent, dangerous tyrannical administration in American history. It’s not politics as usual. It’s not just Democrats versus Republicans. Obama has a long history of being at odds with American values and with America itself and the core principles of this country. They don’t want government-sponsored opinions. They only want government-sponsored ‘Pravda.’ That’s exactly what the government-media complex tells you on a daily basis – nothing but the government-media complex party line. Pay attention. Your freedom may be at stake.”
[Obama] has gone out of his way to divide this country in a way I haven’t seen since the Great Depression when Franklin Roosevelt went around to divide his country. That’s his hero. What makes America great [in Obama's mind is that] the government takes money from somebody and gives it to somebody else. No, that’s what makes America, France.”
With his control over the Executive and Judicial branches of the government, the stage is set for a complete takeover of the government. Think about it.
Since taking office, instead of helping the economy, Obama has purposely escalated the economic crisis by plunging the country into unprecedented debt. He has a number of programs that are designed to go into effect in January 2013, just in time for his second term of office. The economic burden and increased taxes on everyone will be enough to cause the final economic collapse of the country. As soon as that happens, Obama declares Martial Law and assumes dictatorial control of the nation.”
http://www.dailypaul.com/214262/michael-savage-anticipates-that-if-obama-reelected-that-will-be-the-last-election
Stephana commented:
My vehicle takes gas to run. My job is over 40 miles one way away from home. There unicorn fart powered vehicles that I could not afford do not get me to my job. What is the punt trying to say?
Patty commented:
Democrat leaders lie to their constituents, and those lies are believed by people like this woman. I have often assumed that members of the leadership of the Left could not believe their own over-the-top lies to the American people, but at times I think it is possible they just might. I wonder if people like Nancy Pelosi and Sheila Jackson-Lee may really believe the outrageous crap that comes out of their mouths. It does not seem possible, but I may be underestimating people’s capacity for self-deception; after all, how long can you tell blatant lies with such firm conviction without starting to believe them yourself?
The examples of liberal leadership lies are endless. One of the big dark stars currently on the scene is Florida Congressman and Democratic National Committee Chairman Debbie Wasserman Shultz, who fearlessly tells the biggest whoppers imaginable. Glenn Beck’s sidekick buddy, Pat Gray, had some strong words to describe her. He called her a “horrible, heinous, hideous, lying skank.” As reported at GlennBeck.com,
“Normally this type of harsh characterization is completely over the line and uncalled for in the public discourse. But in the case of Debbie Wasserman Schultz it’s completely justified and extremely accurate. She has no problem lying about crystal clear truths in order to spin for the DNC. Among her classics just in the past few days: Refusing to acknowledge the unemployment rate is higher today than it was when Obama took office; blaming Tea Party for AZ shooting, and calling Romney’s NH blowout victory a sign that he’s a ‘wounded candidate’ going forward.”
Of course, there are leftist ideologues, like the woman I mentioned, who will never be swayed to reason, because they reject the conservative worldview. Even if I had given that woman a one-sheet rundown on Obama’s miserable, unconstitutional behavior, with clear-cut proof, she would simply spout the typical leftist argument-stopper of, “That’s your opinion, and I disagree with it.” No amount of truthful evidence will penetrate the liberal fortress around her mind—and those like her.
So, we need not waste our time on ones like her who do not have ears to hear or eyes to see. But, for the many millions who are simply not paying attention, there is still hope for helping them see the light of truth about the destructive nature of liberalism, if we are willing to educate the uninformed who may be interested in learning. With a leftist media and entertainment industry in the tank for the Democrats, we need all the conservative educators we can get.
http://scottfactor.com/conservative_blog/the-liberal-mind-is-a-deceived-place/
Just parts of this article more @ link
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Wow, it’s almost as if she doesn’t understand how supply and demand works…
Patty commented:
Hate and lies, divisional, never compromise and they actually believe what they are saying? If looks could kill.
Well, I sincerely hope that all of us remember that if Obama is re-elected, he has no other election and there seems to be no leash, nothing left for him to worry about and his plans for the complete Socialization of America comes true.
We won’t recognize America. And even if a Republican wins in 2016, there are damages BEYOND our repair. Stock up people, protect yourselves.
No Man commented:
#2: I bet Paul Krugman and Alan Blinder agree with this floosey nitwit.
Tax the rich. Take money from one to give to another.
Dont’cha know they repealed the laws of supply and demand.
TN gal commented:
What does anyone expect from that lunatic?
JC commented:
“You don’t want to do anything about starving children! All you want to do is plant crops!”
Um…
“You don’t want to do anything about how thirsty everyone is! All you want to do is drill wells!”
I don’t think you…
“You don’t want to do anything about freezing it is! All you want to do is gather firewood!”
Jeez…
dwd commented:
“The Republican field, like Mitt Romney, thinks that we just need to remain tethered and dependent on foreign oil because all they would do is more and more drilling, which is a very shortsighted approach …”
Drilling domestically makes us tethered and dependent on foreign oil?
Drilling domestically, which will produce oil in the future, is a shortsighted approach?
Hey Debbie Downer, there’s no magic unicorn juice that’s going to replace oil any time soon, and clearly you guys in the government have a terrible track record when it comes to choosing which alternative energy horse you want to back in the race. They all go bankrupt!
Let’s see, if we had all that wasted money back and we had some domestic drilling ten years ago when you Democrats blocked it and a pipeline under construction today to bring us delicious oil from our friendly neighbor Canada, how would things be different in this country right now?
JenBee commented:
And then she goes on to talk about ‘alternative energy.’ Sorry, but wind and solar will not power an automobile – much less an 18-wheeler – in the next 20+ years at the very least. This means we need oil (gasoline) to power our cars, and we lower the price by increasing supplies of oil, and we increase supplies of oil by drilling for more oil. Seriously, how simple is that and why can’t libs see that? Well, they all wanted high prices for gas to force us into mass transit and electric cars (as if our power grid could support THAT), and now they got it. Just in time for the Nov elections too, how very karmic.
Patty commented:
Obama jobs death toll: Killing the drilling industry
You already knew that the election-season “lifting” of President Obama’s deepwater drilling moratorium was a sham announcement. Loathsome cowboy Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and radical eco-czar Carol Browner have lied through their teeth from day one about the rationale and impact of their job-killing policies not only on deepwater drilling, but shallow drilling, tourism, and the entire Gulf Coast economy.
More than two months after the Obama administration lifted its ban on drilling in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, oil companies are still waiting for approval to drill the first new oil well there. Experts now expect the wait to continue until the second half of 2011, and perhaps into 2012.
…the delay is hurting big oil companies such as Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which have billions of dollars in investments tied up in Gulf projects that are on hold and are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a day for rigs that aren’t allowed to drill. Smaller operators such as ATP Oil & Gas Corp., which have less flexibility to focus on projects in other regions, have been even harder hit.
The impact of the delays goes beyond the oil industry. The Gulf coast economy has been hit hard by the slowdown in drilling activity, especially because the oil spill also hurt the region’s fishing and tourism industries. The Obama administration in September estimated that 8,000 to 12,000 workers could lose their jobs temporarily as a result of the moratorium; some independent estimates have been much higher.
The slowdown also has long-term implications for U.S. oil production…
This is unconscionable.
As they return to Washington this week, House Republicans should be putting Salazar/Browner and the White House War on Jobs on the hot seat every chance they get.
http://michellemalkin.com/2011/01/03/obama-jobs-death-toll-killing-the-drilling-industry/
Drilling Is Stalled Even After Ban Is Lifted
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204204004576050451696859780.html
BurmaShave commented:
Ignoring the ravings of this hysterical loon, Newt has some thoughts on the things the Obama Administration has done and wants to do to make energy as expensive as possible (what a surprise!):
https://www.newt.org/donate/etenergyaddress/
This fits in with #4 Patty’s comment above, which is not so OT.
FurryGuy commented:
All the production that Barry touted has happened on PUBLIC land that he has no control over. Government controlled land has seen a marked DECREASE in oil production since he has taken office, off and on shore.
So in a nutshell he LIED about his administration allowing for any increase in domestic oil production. Nothing new from the fraud in the oval office.
squeaky commented:
“All the production that Barry touted has happened on PUBLIC land that he has no control over. Government controlled..” and wasn’t it from steps taken under Bush’s tenure.
Patty commented:
Gulf spill has been helpful for the Democrats. Apparently they are using it to now have Oil companies go through hoops in order to drill. Those smaller companies are shutting down because they can wait for Obama to make a decision.
Fear that under Obama’s watch he may have another disaster on his hands. Fear of everything is Obama’s attitude towards everything. Iran, Syria, yet he has no problem bowing. No problem when Oil companies are shutting down.
Blames the Oil companies for making too much money. O’reilly did last night. And O’reilly even supported Christie’s flying the American flag half staff for Whitney.
Yes, big oil companies make lots of money but so does, Computer Companies and other companies that I am sure are donors of Obama’s.
Buffalobob commented:
Can you just imagine if Debbie Wassermann Schultz and Joe Bidden had an offspring. If it was a boy he might grow up to think there are 57 states or that we have a Corpse of Engineers, but at least he would be able to read….from a teleprompter.
john b commented:
She is a sick woman.
I wonder if she rememebers a regular guy complaining to Obama about the high cost of gasoline about a year ago.
BHO’s response? Told the guy to ditch the clunker and buy a more fuel efficient car.
Out of touch Debbie is what your party IS. An alternative reality.
Robert commented:
#16 and 17
I think you both mean PRIVATE land …
Also, the offshore production that Obama is trumpeting is coming online from leases that were completed in the ’90s.
Obama’s granting of leases on public lands is LESS than under the Bush administratoin.
Redlite commented:
drill baby drill!
What a ditz. She obviouly operates in a distant universe.
BurmaShave commented:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz claims, “We have more domestic oil production right now today than we have ever had,”
I have heard this talking point several times recently by snake-in-the-grass deceptive liberals trying to show the “success” of Obama’s energy policy, and apparently it is true. But it is true in spite of the Obama Administration doing everything it can to shrink US oil and Gas production offshore and on federal lands. It is true because of the massive expansion of oil and gas exploration on private lands that have exceeded Obama’s decreed shut downs and restrictions. As usual none of this information is available from the MSM. However, see here:
https://www.newt.org/donate/etenergyaddress/
Imagine how things would be if Obama were pro-American instead of anti-American.
Robert commented:
STILL no drilling in ANWAR, a tiny speck of land in a vast wilderness.
STILL no new nuclear plants, maybe ONE I think I heard about.
Denying the Keystone pipeline, bringing oil from Canada.
These people are NOT serious about energy independence.
CT commented:
Not a fan of Debbie Wasserman Schultz or Barack Obama let alone Obama’s green energy wet dreams. There is no doubt in my mind that the timing and substance of DWS’s floor speech was political. Most of what she said however is correct particularly with regard to gas pump prices because “…Policymakers across the political spectrum, especially in the near-term, face few options to substantially affect pump prices that are tethered to oil prices set on global markets…” is correct. Most of the rest of her comments were the standard anti-oil talking points. Oil is a national issue, but do we want to deny a state the right to determine what is done off their coast?
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Drilling domestically makes us tethered and dependent on foreign oil?
Drilling domestically, which will produce oil in the future, is a shortsighted approach?
The reason people like this Wasserman-Schultz idiot spout this sort of nonsense is because their fellow travelers in the leftist media are unlikely to call them on it. If it were a Republican mouthing off like this you can bet there would be all sorts of overheated pieces in a whole bunch of places questioning the Republican’s sanity.
Happy Fun Ball commented:
Too bad being stupid isn’t painful as the agony would have killed this dolt long ago.
Just when I thought that the DNC was scraping the bottom of the barrel when they put Howard “YeeeeeAAAAARRGH!!!” Dean in charge, they dip into the septic tank and pull out this fuzzy-headed mouth-breather. (eewwww….)
Everytime Ditzy Debbie WateronetheBrain-Scheiss speaks, she kills a puppy.
Wonder if she spends her weekends visiting her convicted parental units in the slammer?
Mikey commented:
I’m starting to think this Wasserman Test b*tch is a troll.
No one is this stupid.
proudredneck commented:
#26….agree here
FurryGuy commented:
I typed private and somehow my fingers went with public. Yes, it is private lands that Barry and his Merry Band of Socialists have no control over that oil production has boomed on. Everywhere that is happening has seen a economic mini-boom that this administration is using to dsy the overall economy is booming, which it most assuredly isn’t. Smoke and mirrors, a shell game on a national level.
Mea culpa, and all that jazz. Fat fingers and lack of coffee.
Marsh626 commented:
These idiot leftists are destroying our country from within. If it isn’t wind or solar, they want nothing to do with it.
We’re sitting on trillions of dollars worth of oil, coal, etc, but these enemy within leftists won’t let us get to it.
Sandy commented:
Wasserman Schultz is proof positive that stupid is alive and well in the Democratic Party.
LYNNDH commented:
Debbie and Bill O, neither are bright when it comes to oil.
Hunter Riley commented:
She is a gift from stupidity.
squeaky commented:
from march 2011.
http://nationaljournal.com/daily/obama-s-fuzzy-oil-production-math-20110317
TrickyDick commented:
Democratic scum have been blocking drilling long enough that it could’ve done something so this hag needs to shut up already! Just signaling the rest of the world that we intend to drill for all the resources possible would bring down the price of a barrel of oul overnight.
Chris in N.Va. commented:
The taxpayers (that rapidly-decreasing, endangered [and how!] species) are the only ones getting perpetually “drilled” by this (mis)administration.
The Left’s perspective of government “service” is the same definition of that word that describes what the bull does to the cow.
MOOOO………!!!!!!!!!!
Kip commented:
Wasserman Schultz is a silly woman.
Carbon Pootprint commented:
Call your father in prison Debbie, he needs more money to trade for smokes.
Tom Doniphon commented:
Yet today, Demorat Ed Markey is calling for PBO to release oil from the SRO. More oil from drilling doesn’t lower prices, releasing oil from the SRO does? Huh?
http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012/02/23/lynch-calls-premature-tap-oil-reserve-tamp-down-gas-prices/rxBNqsXBpmgBunhLzD9aDI/story.html
Trevino commented:
That’s right Debbie!!!
Those darn republicans:
* drive cars because they want to get someplace!
* eat because they are hungry!
* put sunscreen on if they dont want to get burned!
* get an ID if they want to vote!
* take precautions if they dont want to get pregnant!
Gotta wonder about those people!
Mo commented:
She is so unbelievably stupid!!! Drilling in the US will keep us dependent on foreign oil??? I think her fuzzy hair is growing in her brain!!!
1RedBeard commented:
Most members of the Obama cabal are not stupid, but rather cunning and evil. This DWS person is a double threat, evil and stupid, to degrees seldom seen outside a jail or an asylum.
Militant Conservative commented:
Can’t Understand Normal Thinking.
John commented:
Shouldn’t she have a keeper or at least a muzzle? Everytime she opens her mouth the most unbelievable things come out. Maybe she forgot her meds again.
I thought “Slow Joe” Biden tripped over his tougue but compared to DWS he is a rocket scientist. Where do you find people this stupid?
mackykam commented:
She looks like she needs a drilling.
Calling Ted Kennedy…oh, he’s dead…..calling Chris Dodd…oh, he’s nearly dead…calling Weiner…oh, he’s the walking dead…calling Bill Clinton…”oh, I can’t ’cause you remind me too much of Hillary.”
valerie commented:
#15 February 23, 2012 at 11:24 am
BurmaShave commented:
Her lying is purposeful. She’s essentially saying that the link you cite does not exist.
The Republicans DO have very good ideas on the subject of energy, and security, and the economy, and Newt Gingrich has given them suc a persuasive airing, I am going to repeat your link.
https://www.newt.org/donate/etenergyaddress/
Linda commented:
The oil spill was an accident .Well that is what you say. Why have you forgotten 911 ? I wish people like you would stay in so we don’t have to hear your trash talk.
KornKing commented:
#48
Just don’t call me
WillofLa commented:
Is this woman mentally ill? Does she really think that allowing less oil to be available is going to keep prices where they are, or that it’s okay that they be allowed to go up? What does she think will happen to our economy if we don’t bring gas prices down? Does she think that something else entirely different is controling business in this country? Where does she think products come from, and how does she think products get from the factory to the customer? Does she think products just mysteriously disappear and then reappear at the customer’s store? What TV space program does she think we’re all in? Does she think we live in Star Trek world or something? What other way does she think will take the place of gasoline, diesel fuel, and jetA for planes to carry product from one place to another, will be cheaper or no less expensive than what we’re using now, that could be put in place right now or no less worked into the system and rapidly replace gas or diesel so that we wouldn’t have any lag that would cost us time and money?
Why is this maniac a representative? Who are her constituents in Florida that keep voting her into office? Who are these people? Are they just as dumb as Debbie? Are they just as green as Debbie? Does Debbie believe in green energy is the way to go,
IOpian commented:
That is as IDIOTIC as saying, if the nation was having a famine, that all they want to do is grow food.
jmar commented:
Is it just me or is she not one of the ugliest women on the planet?
listen up commented:
She is sooooo ugly and I am not just talking about her appearance.
Mark S. commented:
The Republican field, like Mitt Romney, thinks that we just need to remain tethered and dependent on foreign oil because all they would do is more and more drilling,
==========
HUH? DWS.. the Stupid Force is strong in this one!
Swifty commented:
So that’s the Obama campaign’s plan—say drilling that increases the supply of oil in the world will defy market forces and not actually decrease prices as it always has done when the supply has gone up. Obama and his minions are a damn disgrace.
Joanne commented:
This woman is dumber than a stick…if that could be possible. Maybe she hasn’t heard that when you increase the supply, the price of oil would go down, but hey, like I said, she is dumber than a stick. Countries like Iran and Saudia Arabia reduce the supply and prices go up. Maybe this woman should clue in. I wonder if she realizes she is some stupid….probably too stupid.
Please Help Me commented:
Jim,
Please help me. If you must post pictures of Mizz Wobblemouth Schultz, could you put it under the fold and label it NSFV (not safe for viewing). My boss told me today if I throw one more stapler through a computer monitor or puke on one more keyboard I’m going to be in big trouble.