Where is your press secretary??
August 1, 2008
File this one under things that make your campaign’s PR guy say “UGHHHHH.”
So what is Noriega’s “energy plan?”
Rick Noriega’s Plan:
The Midland Reporter-Telegram reported: “Noriega said Tuesday that America should not try ‘to drill our way out of this problem’ of soaring gasoline prices but instead rely on Iraqi oil and alternative energy sources.” (Campbell, 6/25/08)
Yes, you read that right. Rick Noriega wants to increase our dependence on foreign energy sources. In explaining his “plan”, Noriega wants us to rely on a country that he claimed for a year is in a “civil war” and insisted that U.S. troops immediately withdraw from Iraq. In summary, Rick Noriega wants us to leave Iraq immediately but expects Iraqi oil reserves will help solve this Energy crisis
Speaking of energy, thank you to the Politico for coverage of the GOP’s impromptu protest on the Hill.
With the public viewing galleries shutting down for the night, Rep. Kevin Brady has just invited everyone down to the House floor to keep the protest going.
What was the protest all about? Well, energy reform and offshore drilling, of course.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House, turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices.
Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi’s refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed at 11:23 a.m., and they are busy bashing Pelosi and her fellow Democrats for leaving town for the August recess.
At one point, the lights went off in the House and the microphones were turned off in the chamber, meaning Republicans were talking in the dark. But as Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz..) was speaking, the lights went back on and the microphones were turned on shortly afterward.
C-SPAN has just issued this statement: “A number of media organizations have incorrectly referred to ‘C-SPAN cameras’ being turned off and not providing televised coverage of the GOP House members’ post-adjournment protest on energy policy being held on the House floor on Friday afternoon. Please note that cameras in the House chamber are under the control of the Speaker of the House and that all media organizations, including C-SPAN, wishing to cover events in the chamber must use the official House TV feed. No private media cameras are permitted in the House (or Senate) chambers.”
Perhaps Pelosi was perturbed by the thought of getting real reform for this nation and permitting offshore drilling to help Americans spend less at the pump. Or perhaps she was really anxious about her looming vacation.
