Reply #3: Check Minority Leader Boehner's Website - Complains About Government Takeover of Oil! [View All]

[TomCADem]

I wish I was making this up, but even as folks on the left demand that the President do more, Republicans are complaining that Democrats are doing too much, and what they are proposing amounts to a ... government takeover! The talking points never get old for the right wing.

http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=94646

Washington, Jun 18, 2008 - Two weeks ago, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) shocked many observers when she admitted to oil company executives during a House committee hearing, “This liberal will be all about socializing, uh, uh . . . would be about . . . basically taking over and the government running all of your companies.”


Most of those watching that hearing simply assumed Rep. Waters’ wild threat was just another extreme idea from someone on the far-left fringe of the Democratic Party. But today, a leading energy voice for House Democrats proved that her dream of nationalizing the oil industry isn’t as far-fetched as some may believe. Rather, it just may be the House Democrats’ worst kept secret.