Oil Spill Silences Once-Raucous 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Camp

[RamboLiberal]

Source: NY Times

"Drill, baby, drill" is now, "Hush, baby, hush."

The Republican battle cry that crystallized the growing popularity of offshore drilling has dropped from view since the Deepwater Horizon rig sank last week and the well it drilled started shooting crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

As Democratic opponents of the oil industry stepped up their attacks and demands for a sharp turn away from drilling, Republican leaders in Congress have slipped out of rapid-response mode and are generally holding their tongues.

The National Republican Congressional Committee has issued at least 11 broadsides at Democrats since the rig sank in 5,000 feet of water. Most dealt with financial regulatory reform. None addressed the rig explosion or spill. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) has focused on jobs and health care in the nearly 20 statements he has issued in the past week without a word about the spill or loss of life, though at his on-camera news conference this week, reporters did not ask him about it.

A Nexis search turns up only four mentions of "drill, baby, drill" and Rudy Giuliani or Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who drove the slogan home during the McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. Three are liberal cable hosts mocking the slogan.

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But even as oil began to wash ashore in Louisiana wetlands, Newt Gingrich's American Solutions for Winning the Future organization continued to solicit signatures for its "Drill here, Drill now, Pay less," campaign in support of more domestic production in American waters. The slogan is pasted atop the group's website above a staff-written spill update with a generally optimistic view, though it does note that the spill could damage the Gulf's seafood industry.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/04/30/30greenwire-oil-spill-silences-once-raucous-drill-baby-dri-28151.html

[tridim]

1. Too late, it's tattooed on their foreheads now.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

2. They did not hear from Rush Limpballs yet

They need his marching orders:evilgrin:

[Jennicut]

3. Not Sarah Palin. She released a "statement":

Sarah Palin, who grabbed Michael Steele's "drill, baby, drill" slogan with both hands in 2008, issues a statement (on Facebook, of course) about the disaster on the Gulf Coast. Parts of it will be familiar to readers of "Going Rogue," who remember the dramatic account of what happened to Todd Palin's work when the Exxon Valdez spilled.

No human endeavor is ever without risk – whether it’s sending a man to the moon or extracting the necessary resources to fuel our civilization. I repeat the slogan “drill here, drill now” not out of naiveté or disregard for the tragic consequences of oil spills – my family and my state and I know firsthand those consequences. How could I still believe in drilling America’s domestic supply of energy after having seen the devastation of the Exxon-Valdez spill? I continue to believe in it because increased domestic oil production will make us a more secure, prosperous, and peaceful nation.http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/04/palin_on_oil_spill_no_human_en.html

Excuse me while I go puke. :puke:

[Triana]

6. If we want to be a more secure, prosperous, and peaceful nation

we had better learn to stop sucking the tit of fossil fuels, coal, and oil. NOW.

[Arctic Dave]

11. Remember, Todd works for BP.

Just sayin.

[Tx4obama]

4. Here's Palin's full FB article statement

http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin?v=wall#!/notes/sarah-palin/domestic-drilling-why-we-can-still-believe/384560338434

[heliarc]

13. I posted a comment...

on her site, and then tried to post again and was restricted from posting comments.

What a scam these republicans are... here's what I posted that must have pissed someone off.

Martin Carrillo
So you want strict oversight, but you are against the Federal Government? Who do you want minding the chicken coop? The chickens or the fox, because you've been calling to cut precious regulatory jobs and oversight positions in Government since you barged onto the political scene. I want to hear you say Drill Baby Drill. Just say it once for the fisheries in Louisiana... We don't want your cold dead heart.

Then this is what I wanted to post next but was barred from the site.

@ Lorraine... this has singlehandedly wiped out the oyster and Shrimp production in an area of the gulf about the size of Rhode Island. What other foods to we just want to cut out of our diet because of environmental disasters, before you rethuglicans acknowledge that we NEED the Federal Government protecting our interests by policing these industries. You Fox zombies have been calling for cuts in the federal government, so who do you intend to police this? Aliens? the companies themselves? You keep saying the companies only have one aim --to make money, and that greed is good. So who should police it?

[wordpix]

17. oh you "socialist," heliarc - check out this wacked out comment from the site

"does anyone else think it's NOT a coincidence that we have a mine explosion AND an oil rig collapse right as Mr. O wants to push through cap & trade?"

These people are off their rockers, totally. It must have been Mr. O's supporters who caused both a mine and oil rig explosion to get through cap and trade. :crazy: :nuke:

[obxhead]

5. Well, they already got their wish, so it's a moot point really.

Glad I got pics of the gulf coast just last week. They will likely be what I show the grandkids as proof that once our shores were actually fairly clean and beautiful. :grr:

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Rethuglicans own it. It's their's. n/t

[Bette Noir]

8. Republicans holding their tongues?

I spy a silver lining.

[liberal N proud]

9. The sight of Palin = drill baby drill

[glitch]

10. Not for long. Nothing ever sticks with them because they never suffer the consequences of their own

actions.

[Wednesdays]

12. Indeed, they will find a way to blame environmentalists for it

And the M$M will repeat it ad nauseam.

Don't think they'd do it? Check out the spin on this story: http://www.newsok.com/another-doozy-from-land-of-fruits-and-nuts/article/3457762?custom_click=pod_lead_opinion-oklahoman-editorials

[glitch]

15. Pigboy is already fleshing out that meme.

It's on DU's greatest page somewhere that he's already squealing the environmentalists did it.

[NecklyTyler]

14. One silver lining in the dark clouds of this ecological disaster

There is a silver lining hiding in the horror of the explosion, death of the rig workers and the oil spill. There will be no new off shore drilling for at least a decade. This will be of great benefit in the development and implementation of clean, renewable energy sources

[wordpix]

16. where's Limpballs when you need him to defend Hollowburton/Cheney

:shrug: