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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Does Nancy Pelosi know what she's talking about?
Nancy Pelosi's appearance on Meet the Press was a real doozy. First she tried to pivot from opposing drilling for oil to using natural gas. In the process she displayed her general ignorance of the subject.Ms. Pelosi appeared Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," where Tom Brokaw gently pointed out that the various Democratic alternative energy ambitions are "not going to happen overnight." Replied Ms. Pelosi: "You can have a transition with natural gas. That, that is cheap, abundant and clean compared to fossil fuels." Later, she again said that "I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels," and that wind, solar, biofuels and "a focus on natural gas, these are the real alternatives."Then she mischaracterized the Catholic Church's stand on abortion.
Apparently Ms. Pelosi's new script is still being reworked, but it's a telling mistake. Not only is natural gas every bit as much a "fossil fuel" as oil or coal. More to the point, these concentrated organic compounds found beneath the earth's surface must be extracted by . . . drilling. And sometimes even drilling offshore, on the Outer Continental Shelf. But more drilling is what Ms. Pelosi had refused to allow just a few days ago.REP. PELOSI: And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition. And Senator--St. Augustine said at three months. We don't know. The point is, is that it shouldn't have an impact on the woman's right to choose. . . . As I say, the Catholic Church for centuries has been discussing this, and there are those who've decided...Since then the Archbishop of Denver has come out and other officials in the American church hierarchy with a statement chastising her. The archbishop of Washington is also denouncing her statement.
MR. BROKAW: The Catholic Church at the moment feels very strongly that it...
REP. PELOSI: I understand that.
MR. BROKAW: ...begins at the point of conception.
REP. PELOSI: I understand. And this is like maybe 50 years or something like that. So again, over the history of the church, this is an issue of controversy.
Of course, you won't hear much about this story, but she has once again given us reasons to doubt that she really is all that up to speed on issues she pretends to know a lot about.Labels: Nancy Pelosi
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Nancy Pelosi's appearance on Meet the Press was a real doozy. First she tried to pivot from opposing drilling for oil to using natural gas. In the process she displayed her general ignorance of the subject.
Of course, you won't hear much about this story, but she has once again given us reasons to doubt that she really is all that up to speed on issues she pretends to know a lot about.
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Nancy Pelosi's appearance on Meet the Press was a real doozy. First she tried to pivot from opposing drilling for oil to using natural gas. In the process she displayed her general ignorance of the subject.
Ms. Pelosi appeared Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," where Tom Brokaw gently pointed out that the various Democratic alternative energy ambitions are "not going to happen overnight." Replied Ms. Pelosi: "You can have a transition with natural gas. That, that is cheap, abundant and clean compared to fossil fuels." Later, she again said that "I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels," and that wind, solar, biofuels and "a focus on natural gas, these are the real alternatives."Then she mischaracterized the Catholic Church's stand on abortion.
Apparently Ms. Pelosi's new script is still being reworked, but it's a telling mistake. Not only is natural gas every bit as much a "fossil fuel" as oil or coal. More to the point, these concentrated organic compounds found beneath the earth's surface must be extracted by . . . drilling. And sometimes even drilling offshore, on the Outer Continental Shelf. But more drilling is what Ms. Pelosi had refused to allow just a few days ago.
REP. PELOSI: And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition. And Senator--St. Augustine said at three months. We don't know. The point is, is that it shouldn't have an impact on the woman's right to choose. . . . As I say, the Catholic Church for centuries has been discussing this, and there are those who've decided...Since then the Archbishop of Denver has come out and other officials in the American church hierarchy with a statement chastising her. The archbishop of Washington is also denouncing her statement.
MR. BROKAW: The Catholic Church at the moment feels very strongly that it...
REP. PELOSI: I understand that.
MR. BROKAW: ...begins at the point of conception.
REP. PELOSI: I understand. And this is like maybe 50 years or something like that. So again, over the history of the church, this is an issue of controversy.
Of course, you won't hear much about this story, but she has once again given us reasons to doubt that she really is all that up to speed on issues she pretends to know a lot about.
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