Kerry: "It's a sad day when the voices of the American people are ignored"

[kerrygoddess]

John Kerry: "It's a sad day when the voices of the American people are ignored"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 16, 2005

Senate Opens Arctic Refuge to Drilling

John Kerry: "It's a sad day when the voices of the American people are ignored and the Senate sells off America's public lands to the highest bidder."

Below is a statement from Senator John Kerry on the Senate's vote today to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. The Cantwell-Kerry amendment would have removed a provision in the president's budget that will allow oil companies to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It failed 49-51.

"Today we saw a Republican sneak attack on one of our most treasured natural wonders. It's a sad day when the voices of the American people are ignored and the Senate sells off America's public lands to the highest bidder.

"Our work is not done. In the last 24 hours alone, more than 260,000 Americans have stood with us in my online petition to fight to protect our Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. That fight is not over. This is more than a battle over the wildlife refuge; it's a battle over two very different visions of our energy future. The President has a plan to sell off our public lands to the special interests that his own scientists and economists admit will not make us less dependent on foreign oil and will not lower prices at the pump. We have a vision that will put America's energy future in the hands of Americans - by inventing our way to real energy independence and having energy sources that create jobs and lower prices.

"We must continue to fight to make sure that American ingenuity wins out over a special interest funded partisan agenda."

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=561

Also on LUTD: Kerry's Statement on Paul Wolfowitz's Nomination to be President of the World Bank - http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=560

[BrklynLiberal]

1. It has been going on virtually every day since Nov 2000!

[Cha]

7. Exactly!

Wondering when the scales are going to tip in our favor?

[Guckert]

2. But John, the American people need the gas, IN 10 YEARS.. DUH.

Since the Bush team refuses to address the real problem (CAFE standards) the price of oil well probably be 5.32 PER GALLON IN THE 10 YEARS.
WHAT A DOUCHE BAG.
This is going to be a cash cow for all the environmental groups that will harass this entire operation.

[cestpaspossible]

9. WTF are you talking about?

Who exactly are you angry at? Kerry and those who voted to protect the wildlife? Or Bush and those who voted for drilling?

Any why do you hold the viewpoint you hold?

Your post is so incoherent that I couldn't tell what you were trying to say. I admire your passion, but you might want to calm down enough to formulate more rational sentences.

[Guckert]

27. I'm angry at the moronic GOP and their ignorant reasons to drill

ASSHAT!!!!
the DOUCHEBAG reference was obviously referring to you and your family.
Is that rational enough for you??

Raise CAFE standards by 2mpg and we would not need the 6 months worth of oil in Anwar.

[politicasista]

13. The Douche Bag is Smirky

You need to think before you attack someone personally for standing up for what's right. :grr:

[Joey Liberal]

25. The Douche Bag is Dick "Mr. Halliburton" Cheney

The republicans are evil bastards.

[DancingBear]

3. This is what saddens me

"It's a sad day when the voices of the American people are ignored and the Senate sells off America's public lands to the highest bidder."

If I'm not mistaken, the three Dem Senators who killed the Cantwell bill had access to the same 260,000 + pettion that Kerry had.

Were they voting for America, or their states?

Or their own interests?

Is the concept of "common good" gone forever?

[penpal7]

4. are we exporting oil now? anyone know?

I heard one of the senators mention it today, haven't heard that the usa was exporting oil before, anyone konw anything?

[BrklynLiberal]

8. There was a thread that noted that the oil from Alaska goes to JAPAN

I will find it and post it

EDIT: Here it is
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3282876

[kerrygoddess]

12. Lovely! Ain't that special!

[Generator]

5. Kerry problem-he's better than this stupid country

Americans want OIL. They want to drive. They don't want to change. They want to drive. They want GAS. They will die for it even, much less rape the enviroment.

Did you hear Scott Peterson was convicted for murder? That's news. Wildlife..puff...that's a liberal thing. We have forests..we don't need a wilderness.

I need to convince Kerry to buy a country somewhere then I'm moving.

Someone help me but I hate this country more everyday.

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[politicasista]

15. Really

:grr:

[Generator]

16. I didn't say they did-MY POINT IS

the American people get the government they deserve. I feel exactly the same way as I did in the Reagan years. What's happening to this country? Why are the people letting this happen? Do I blame the people or the government? WE Are the government and we let it be taken over.

And I want to live in the country where Kerry is president. Not this one. This one cares more about the Peterson case than the enviroment.

[LittleClarkie]

17. Naw, not a freeper

not when you're willing to have Kerry create "Kerryland" and then move there.

He was putting down the American people, actually. Rightly or wrongly, considering there are some polls suggesting the majority opposed drilling.

[cestpaspossible]

10. Polls consistently show Americans opposed to drilling

in the wildlife refuge. That's a fact. I don't know what you are talking about.

[sandnsea]

21. I'll contribute!!

Just in case $500 million doesn't buy one quite big enough. :)

[htuttle]

11. Oh, the irony of this

John Kerry: "It's a sad day when the voices of the American people are ignored"

Dear John, remember when a few million of us tried to express our opinion about a resolution to go to war in Iraq? Do you remember?

Just saying...

[politicasista]

14. Like your candidate could have done so much better

No, I don't agree with Kerry's stance on Iraq, but berating him for trying to do something good isn't going to change anything.

[htuttle]

20. "My candidate"?

I voted for Kerry in the general election.

If his views didn't matter to me, and if I didn't expect him to run for president again in 2008, I wouldn't bother criticizing him.

For example, you don't hear me going to the trouble of criticizing Lieberman, do you?

[Lone Pawn]

18. Well, actually, the majority of Americans were in favor of Iraq.

A greater majority than was against this.

[LittleClarkie]

19. I may not agree with the outcome

but I do like the way he went about making that decision. He gathered all the people he could together as if he were president, then listened to them all and made his decision.

And he didn't want to go to war either. He wanted what Bush promised he would do. Bush lied, to Kerry and the rest of the Senate and to the American people.

Perhaps you could aim your anger in Bush's direction. I'm just sayin'...

[Andy_Stephenson]

26. The language in the resolution was quite clear.

John, more than anyone, should have known you could not trust Bushco. So the argument that "He wanted what Bush promised he would do." does not wash.

John Knew exactly what he voted for...and if he didn't then do we really want him President?

[LittleClarkie]

28. So was the language in his IWR speech

I'm just taking the man at his word, is all.

[sandnsea]

22. Yeah, when Bush said it wasn't a vote for war

And nobody held him accountable for it because they would rather agree with Bush and say it was a vote for war in order to piss all over Dems who were actually trying to prevent war.

[otohara]

23. Yes John, I Remeber The Day Dems Who Voted For War in Spite

of protests, calls, e-mails, world plea, faxes, etc. Democrats did not want Iraq invasion, yet constiuents were ignored.

[dhinojosa]

24. Kerry is a good man for doing this and he's right.

This isn't over....