Spank That Donkey

 I just don't get it?  Governor Mark Warner's web site still has these facts? up?

GILMORE RHETORIC: Jim Gilmore told reporters yesterday that drilling will immediately drop the price of oil:

Oil prices will drop immediately if they know we’re going to bring in more oil. [Bristol Herald Courier, 7/9/08]

REALITY: According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the government’s resource for energy statistics:

… annual crude oil production in 2030 is projected to be 7 percent higher–2.4 million barrels per day in the OCS access case compared with 2.2 million barrels per day in the reference case. Because oil prices are determined on the international market, however, any impact on average wellhead prices is expected to be insignificant. [U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2007 ]

 

But when confronted with the facts, Gilmore could not be swayed:

But WSLS reporter Jay Warren asked Gilmore about a 2007 Energy Administration Report that stated offshore drilling would not have an impact on fuel prices until 2030.

“Baloney,” Gilmore said.

“That’s the federal government,” Warren replied.

“I don’t care what the federal government says,” Gilmore responded. “We know that that’s not right. The fact is we can bring in the oil quicker than that.” [Washington Post Blog, 7/9/08]

When is Reality going to settle in for these folks?

"Oil Prices Tumble in biggest weekly drop ever"

Light, sweet crude for August delivery fell 41 cents Friday to settle at $128.88 on the New York Mercantile Exchange—well below its trading record of more than $147 a week earlier.

Remember folks, if the opposite had happened, and when President Bush had signed an executive order to lift the ban on off-shore drilling, and oil prices had risen $11 dollars; the MSM would have been all over Governor Jim Gilmore.  Check your local newspapers, and TV channels, have you heard a peep about it?

It's baloney folks!  Just like the $6 billion dollar deficit!