Bush notes Dem hypocrisy on oil production

Washington Times:

President Bush yesterday characterized Capitol Hill Democrats as hypocrites for demanding that Saudi Arabia pump more oil while blocking attempts to increase domestic drilling in such places as Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico.

Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that it would meet Mr. Bush's request to increase oil production, though the jump of 300,000 barrels per day was less than the president had wanted.

But rather than criticize the Saudis, Mr. Bush — after a round of meetings with Middle East leaders at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheik — instead heaped blame on congressional Democrats for skyrocketing gasoline prices.

"Those who are screaming the loudest for increased production from Saudi Arabia are the very same people who are fighting the fiercest against domestic exploration, against the development of nuclear power and against expanding refining capacity," said Mr. Bush yesterday after talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Mr. Bush called this combination "one of the interesting things about American politics these days."

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The Democrats have been strangling domestic production of energy of all forms and are now demanding that Saudi Arabia increase its own production. It is about time that American voters hold Democrats responsible for the high prices at the pump. They cannot revoke the laws of supply and demand, no matter how omnipotent they think they are. Don't expect Democrats to take responsibility for the mess. They do not have that much integrity. They will instead blame you for not doing enough conservation production.