Michele Bachmann has made it clear that she wants to drill for oil anywhere and everywhere she possibly can. She doesn't seem to care that it will save us only $1 per barrel by 2030. And she'll say anything she has to in order to win her crusade. You'd think someone who often campaigns on "moral issues" would have a bigger problem with outright lies, but I guess as long as you're lying for the oil companies, it's okay.
Think Progress has the story:
During an interview with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) today, right-wing radio host Laura Ingraham asserted that Congressional Democrats “are acting as the ultimate obstructionists” on energy policy. Bachmann agreed, saying that “this is mission accomplished for them” because they don’t want to “increase American energy resources.”Gee, that's funny. Because the Republican plan will cost us billions without providing an increase in energy resources for another 22 years. This is the most classic conservative ploy in the playbook: you do something horrible, and then you accuse the other side of doing it instead of yourself. So we shouldn't be surprised about this:
...Bachmann’s claim about who blocked “the tax credit for solar and wind” is flatly false. Just yesterday, the AP reported that “for the fourth time this summer” Senate conservatives blocked action on legislation that would provide “tax credits to an array of renewable energy entrepreneurs”Maybe Bachmann didn't have time to pay close attention to the goings-on in the Senate, because she was busy campaigning in places like Dallas, TX. I'd love for her to have some excuse for statements like this. Sadly, we've come to expect these lies from her, but the fact that she lies often is hardly an excuse. But, it gets even worse:
...In fact, when the House passed the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 in May, Bachmann voted against it, along with the majority of House Republicans. The bill was then filibustered by Senate Republicans in June.If this doesn't make your blood boil, it should. Bachmann can't run on the truth, so she's just not bothering. What's crazy is that nobody even bats an eye at this sort of behavior anymore. In fact, Bachmann is using a conservative campaign strategy that has proved immensely successful over the past decade: if you lie loudly enough and for long enough, people will accept what you say as truth. We shouldn't just accept her behavior. We need to hold our politicians to a certain standard of decency, and we should start with Bachmann.
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