"Oil and coal? Of course, it's a fungible commodity and they don't flag, you know, the molecules, where it's going and where it's not. But in the sense of the Congress today, they know that there are very, very hungry domestic markets that need that oil first. So, I believe that what Congress is going to do, also, is not to allow the export bans to such a degree that it's Americans that get stuck to holding the bag without the energy source that is produced here, pumped here. It's got to flow into our domestic markets first."
-- Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who "knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America," responding to a question about how oil obtained from offshore drilling can be kept in the country instead of sold on the world market, with an answer CNN's Wolf Blitzer characterized as "not exactly easy to understand"
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wiscidea Posted 9:06 am
18 Sep 2008
So... let me get this straight... Palin would not ban exports to the degree that we no longer have energy produced here. That is, if we were to ban exports to a large degree, there wouldn't be enough affordable domestic oil for Americans. So... if we actually encouraged export, there would be MORE oil HERE? And we wouldn't want to ban exports because if we don't export oil it won't first go to our domestic markets? By selling more oil abroad, we see more oil available here?
Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrghghghaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
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LGT Posted 12:14 pm
18 Sep 2008
http://msrb.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/palin-the-lord-is-co ...
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Pangolin Posted 4:09 pm
18 Sep 2008
Of course it will take a PhD in English to parse that statement and tell us what the heck it actually means.
Can anybody round one up for us?
Put the Carbon Back
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johnmcc793 Posted 11:11 pm
18 Sep 2008
She does not know how to wing answers to tough questions and frankly, she cannot survive the debates.
A note to you: do not end a sentence with a preposition. It is bad form.
John McCormick
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PBrazelton Posted 2:06 am
19 Sep 2008
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