Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 04/08/2010 12:22:44 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Oil drilling prompts Al Gore's first public split with President Obama By Russell Berman - 04/08/10 01:47 PM ET
President Barack Obama’s decision to allow expanded offshore oil drilling prompted the first public criticism of his administration from Al Gore’s environmental advocacy group, the Alliance for Climate Protection.
The organization, which the former vice president founded and chairs, put out a statement last week opposing the new policy.
The statement is significant because it marks Gore’s first break with Obama on his signature policy issue, nearly two years after Gore’s enthusiastic endorsement gave the Illinois senator a jolt of momentum following the divisive Democratic presidential primary.
Gore and the Alliance have appeared to avoid direct criticism of the president in the past when they’ve had disagreements, and have often cheered on the administration.
When Obama announced a plan to back construction of new nuclear power plants, another move denounced by environmental groups, Gore’s group remained silent.
On the oil drilling announcement, however, the Alliance made its opposition clear.
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Welcome to XXX NAKED KABUKI DANCING XXX...A-dolts Only!
Con men having a falling out because one con artist is messing with the other one’s gig. The problem is they are both going after the same mark and stepping on each other’s lines.
“Last I checked, Al Gore isn’t the President. He didn’t win, I did.” - Obama
Thing is we can’t refine it fast enough, then there’s the seasonal blend changes plus this plus that ... so even if all our storage capacity was our own it’d still be slow .. then too Democrats would tax it to $11 a gallon anyway ...
First of all, I don’t trust Obama.
Then, I don’t trust Algore.
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