David Davis Meets the Press
Congressman David Davis lost his bid for reelection ignominiously in this month's Republican primary, but he can be proud of one thing. He's now become the poster child for the Democratic argument against offshore oil drilling. Who knew?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used Davis' defeat to help make her case against Big Oil yesterday on Meet the Press. She claims the Republicans of Upper East Tennessee were striking a blow against Big Oil when they voted against Davis. Here's what she said:
Do you want to know something? You know when the Republicans were doing their what I call war dance of the handmaidens of the oil companies on the floor of the House a couple of weeks ago? Well, on that--one of those Thursdays was primary day in Tennessee, and one of the Republicans on the floor was up for re-election in Tennessee, and he lost in his primary to a Republican who said that Davis, the incumbent, was the candidate of big oil and offshore drilling. In a Republican primary, he lost. So again, we have to talk to the American people about this. What we have to do is what is right for the consumer, for the taxpayer, and for the environment. And we know how to do that.
And we thought Davis lost because he's a doofus.
Comments
Good post, Joe...I checked with the local office of the Cross-over Democrat Headquarters and the staffers have all confirmed that U.S. Rep. David Davis is both a doofus and a Big Oil loser....or rather, Biggest Oil Loser.
Kinda sweet, too...Davis hasn't served long enough (five years is required) to walk away without being vested within a congressional pension and lifetime health care benefits.
Posted 08/26/2008 at 08:17:43 AM"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used Davis' defeat to help make her case against Big Oil..."
That would be the same Nancy Pelosi who isn't smart enough to figure out that natural gas is also a fossil fuel that has to be drilled for - just like oil.
Posted 08/26/2008 at 12:20:01 PM