George Allen's Blog on the attack against Democrats

By: Dianne
Published On: 8/9/2007 8:02:24 AM

A statement from George Allen on his new blog: 
Another outragous move this week was a statement from House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina (who should know better) saying that progress in Iraq would be a "problem" for Democrats.

The WaPo story where he got his convoluted interpretation actually said this: 

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Monday that a strongly positive report on progress on Iraq by Army Gen. David Petraeus likely would split Democrats in the House and impede his party's efforts to press for a timetable to end the war.

Clyburn, in an interview with the washingtonpost.com video program PostTalk, said Democrats might be wise to wait for the Petraeus report, scheduled to be delivered in September, before charting next steps in their year-long struggle with President Bush over the direction of U.S. strategy.

Clyburn noted that Petraeus carries significant weight among the 47 members of the Blue Dog caucus in the House, a group of moderate to conservative Democrats. Without their support, he said, Democratic leaders would find it virtually impossible to pass legislation setting a timetable for withdrawal.

Let's start keeping tabs on George Allen and report the truth here!!!

Comments



I know its phrased in a way that you don't like (Va Blogger - 8/9/2007 10:20:24 AM)
But where is George Allen wrong?


When you rephrase someone's words and leave out... (Dianne - 8/9/2007 5:25:26 PM)
qualifying statements you will leave readers with a different impression than what the speaker said and meant.  Allen said that Clyburn said that progress in Iraq would be a "problem" for Democrats.  First, he has included all Democrats (which is untrue) in this statement and, without further information, left one with the impression that Democracts are not looking for progress (which, to my knowledge, no Democrat has ever said or would say).

What Rep. Clyburn said was that there is a group of "Blue Dog" Democrats that are moderate/conservative and may create problems for Democratic leaders seeking a timetable for leaving Iraq if Petraeus reports strongly positive progress in September. 

Quite different sets of information and impressions left with readers. 

All's fair in politics but that means setting the record straight immediately.



Macaca (lgb30856 - 8/9/2007 10:27:31 AM)
allen has no credibilty so save your breath.


Allen knows it did not reflect the context of the statement (Shawn - 8/9/2007 11:16:06 AM)
Fairness and accurate reporting would have included "None of us want to see a bad result in Iraq..." but the radical right wing spin machine and (FORMER SENATOR) Allen have never been about being accurate. 

DOD U.S. Casualty Status reports today that the U.S. has lost 3,672 of our military and some 27,279 have been wounded. (FORMER SENATOR) Allen should be forced to blog about each and every one of them before he offers any other public comments. 



I didn't know about the blog (Catzmaw - 8/9/2007 11:11:14 PM)
but I did catch him lecturing the Young Americans for Fascism, oops Freedom, about global warming and how it's all a crock of treehugger nonsense.  He meandered through a story about how he visited some national park and learned all about geological history, and how there've been hot periods and cold periods in the past, so that means that the human contribution to global warming is either doubtful or unproven.  I had to turn the channel. 


How can any human being be as ignorant (Lowell - 8/9/2007 11:16:12 PM)
bigoted, and nasty as George Allen?  It's truly pathetic, let's just say our thanks that he's not in the running for President.


Allen: Drill for oil on our Virginia coast (Dianne - 8/10/2007 8:30:43 AM)
An August 9 CNS report, Allen Maps Path to Energy Independence gives us  Allen's views (given to a group of college conservatives) on what his energy policy would be: 

There are 10 billion barrels of oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska that could be used to offset what is imported from Saudi Arabia, he said. Allen also expressed support for removing restrictions on off-shore drilling.

To illustrate how current energy policies stymie U.S. progress towards greater energy independence, Allen explained how hostile foreign dictators, operating close to America, actually have more flexibility to access precious resources than the people of Virginia.

"Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez are drilling for oil 45 miles off the coast of Florida, but Virginia is not permitted to explore for oil just 50 miles off its own coast," he said. "We should allow the commonwealth of Virginia to move toward these deep oil reserves.



Allen is clueless. (Lowell - 8/10/2007 8:38:20 AM)
He completely misunderstands the status of U.S. offshore oil reserves and what sort of impact they might have on U.S. oil import dependency.  Hint: miniscule.  Everyone except George Allen (and a few other right wingnuts) knows that the answer is on the demand side, where the U.S. consumes about 21 million barrels per day of oil - nearly 25% of the world total.  In contrast, the U.S. has under 2% of world oil reserves.  You do the math.


Even more proof 1,166,277 voters in Virginia can be wrong (Shawn - 8/10/2007 2:22:20 PM)
J H Webb Jr  Democratic 1,175,606 49.59%
  G F Allen  Republican 1,166,277 49.20%


Fredericksburg's Free Lance Star thinks Allen is refreshing (Dianne - 8/11/2007 5:27:59 PM)
Date published: 8/10/2007

FORMER SENATOR George Allen may be out, but he's not down. Speaking recently to young conservatives in Washington, he decried "counterproductive taxes, impediments, and dictates" as a response to America's energy problems and global warming.

"Instead of trusting free people and the free markets," he said, "[liberals] believe the nation's energy policy is something best managed by political science. We need to reasonably conserve now, but we need more energy exploration, more energy innovation, more energy development, and more energy infrastructure."

By limiting our own oil production we are shooting ourselves in the foot, Mr. Allen thinks. He pointed out that "Castro with Hugo Chavez and the Peoples Republic of China are exploring 45 miles off the coast of Florida, but we prohibit our own oil producers from exploring 50 miles off the coasts of Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia."

Mr. Allen also encouraged use of nuclear energy, clean coal technology, and natural gas--as well as reasonable conservation methods.

His "we can do this" attitude is positively refreshing in an era when "America is the problem" has become a popular mantra and "woe is us" the common refrain. Mr. Allen has formed a political action committee, the Good Government Action Fund, and plans this fall to campaign for Virginia Republicans. His voice remains a consequential one.

To give you some perspective on the political leanings of the paper, a recent editorial described local Democrats as "idealistic Woodstock Nation, whose indelible image is of stringy-haired girls and concave-chested boys all intertwined like the denizens of a bait can."

If by chance you don't agree, here's a link to write a letter to Mr. Akers, the editor.