Pelosi’s Puppet Show

Who in the Hell does she think she’s fooling?

California Democrat Nancy Pelosi may be trying to save the planet — but the rank and file in her party increasingly are just trying to save their political hides when it comes to gas prices as Republicans apply more and more rhetorical muscle.

But what looks like intraparty tension on the surface is part of an intentional strategy in which Pelosi takes the heat on energy policy, while behind the scenes she’s encouraging vulnerable Democrats to express their independence if it helps them politically, according to Democratic aides on and off Capitol Hill.

Pelosi’s gambit rests on one big assumption: that Democrats will own Washington after the election and will be able to craft a sweeping energy policy that is heavy on conservation and fuel alternatives while allowing for some new oil drilling. Democrats see no need to make major concessions on energy policy with a party poised to lose seats in both chambers in just three months — even if recess-averse Republicans continue to pound away on the issue.

In other words, Democrat candidates for Congress can lie and flip-flop in order to save their political hides, just as long as they do what the Puppet Mistress tells them to do after they’ve succeeded in getting the dupes to send them to Washington. Asinine.

At least the Republicans are demanding those very same Dembots to put up or shut up. Feel free to join in.

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