Democrat Labotomy

In Minneapolis, Republican Leader (and future Speaker of the House) John Boehner (OH) came into to talk with the members of the Platform Committee just after we finished our work on the energy section of the platform . We created a tremendous document embracing “all of the above” solutions. By contrast the Democrat platform only references drilling in the United States by talking about where we can not drill. Rep. Boehner told the crowd about the rest of the energy policy coming out of Denver. He reported that Democrat delegates to the Denver convention, worried about American Energy independence, asked San Francisco Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi why Democrats don’t embrace off-shore drilling in the United States. Her response “Why don’t we drill your heads.” Many of my colleagues were aghast at her remarks. I understood Pelosi’s concern; after all you would have to have a lobotomy to embrace her do nothing approach to high energy prices.