Fareed Zakaria's Newsweek cover story on "what Bush got right" contains the following ridiculous assertion: "On the central issue of energy policy - the greatest economic challenge and opportunity of our times - Bush has been utterly obstructionist." Hmm. Last I checked, Bush supports alternative fuels, expanded nuclear energy, and has unilaterally dropped the executive order ban on offshore drilling. Congress could do the same, but has not, because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposes an up-or-down vote on lifting the drilling moratorium. Which kinda sounds, you know, sort of "obstructionist," doesn't it?
Matthew Continetti
Bush the "Obstructionist"?
Fareed Zakaria's Newsweek cover story on "what Bush got right" contains the following ridiculous assertion: "On the central issue of energy policy - the greatest economic challenge and opportunity of our times - Bush has been utterly obstructionist." Hmm. Last I checked, Bush supports alternative…
Matthew Continetti · August 13, 2008
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