How Stupid Do Democrats Think We Are?

Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat Party have long prevented any vote on offshore drilling, and as the price of energy rose to record levels, they began to feel the pressure of the American people. Not wanting to be known as the party that prevents Americans from drilling for their own oil, Pelosi has now allowed a drilling bill to be voted upon. The problem is that it's a useless bill.

The bill allows drilling only 50 miles or more off of America's shores; however, the Interior Department estimates that 88 percent of the potential 18 billion barrels of recoverable oil is less than 50 miles from shore.

Republican leaders wanted to allow drilling as close as 12 miles from shore; however, they were silenced by Democrats' refusal to allow any amendments to the bill.

The scam that Pelosi's democrats are trying to pull on the American people is an outrage. They know that President Bush will veto this useless bill. They want to be able to say that "Hey, democrats passed a drilling bill, and the republican President vetoed it."

Democrats are counting on the American people being so ignorant and gullible that we fall for this sham.

Let's make sure that doesn't happen!