More drilling for McBushies. And the Obama campaign responds:
"If offshore drilling would provide short-term relief at the pump or a long-term strategy for energy independence, it would be worthy of our consideration, regardless of the risks. But most experts, even within the Bush Administration, concede it would do neither. It would merely prolong the failed energy policies we have seen from Washington for thirty years. Senator Obama believes Americans need real short-term relief, which is why he has proposed a second round of stimulus with energy rebates for working families. And over the long-term, Senator Obama understands that our national security and the survival of the planet demand a real strategy to break our dependence on foreign oil by developing clean, new sources of energy and by vastly improving the energy efficiency of our cars, trucks and our economy. He is ready to lead such a transformation," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
Energy rebates? BIG GOVERNMENT! BIG GOVERNMENT! We can't give out rebates because we need that money in order to bailout Fannie and Freddie remember?
Also, the larger point ought to be made by the Obama campaign that President Bush is, once again, letting his oil buddies drink more milkshake. That's the point of this executive reversal. Not reducing energy prices. Why would he want to reduce prices? His entire energy policy has been to provide looooooong milkshake straws. I wish Senator Obama would just say that -- without the milkshake There Will Be Blood metaphor of course.