Posted on 04/24/2014 12:38:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The White House is pushing back against a Rolling Stone magazine story that cites two "high-level" Obama administration sources saying President Obama intends to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
"Nobody who knows POTUS' thinking on Keystone is talking and nobody who is talking knows," White House spokesman Matt Lehrich said on Twitter Wednesday evening.
In the Rolling Stone story published online Wednesday, veteran climate writer Jeff Goodell writes that the unnamed administration sources told him Obama has "all but decided to deny the permit for the pipeline," although the piece notes "no final decision has been made."
Later, the story quotes an "Obama insider" as saying "if the president is really serious about his legacy on climate change, he can't have that and approve Keystone."
"The only question now is the timing of the announcement," the insider is quoted as saying.
But Lehrich continued the pushback in a second tweet, arguing that the outcome of the ongoing review hasn't been decided.
"National interest determination being evaluated at State Department in keeping with longstanding tradition. Will be made on merits," he said, repeating the standard White House line and practice of referring questions to State.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...
“Who knows what evil lurks in the pipelines of men...
the POTUS do!
One theory I have heard which makes sense is so he will not offend either side, and lose their money, Obama will delay the decision until after the midterms. Then he will approve it in order to remove it as an issue for the 2016 Dem Presidential candidate.
His big fat Commie red line is known to all. MomJeans sucks.
Current status? Disapproved.
If the Big Choomer has lost Rolling Stone and Jann Wenner he is heading for the cellar fast.
Who will bail out on him next?
Chris Mathews?
Al Sharpton?
Mika Brzezinski?
The Morning Schmoe?
Al Qaeda?
Is anyone ever going to stand up and refuse to obey this a-hole’s orders?
Precisely.
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