Sarah Palin Denies Being For Offshore Drilling!

I'd usually just laugh to myself out loud and in the box about how some folks here (no names needed, obviously ) are so out of their mind infatuated with Palin that they just can't seem to get stop seeking her out wherever possible. But on this I'm honestly confused. Is that Twitter line--"Extreme Greenies:see now why we push'drill,baby,drill'of known reserves&promising finds in safe onshore places like ANWR? Now do you get it?"--supposedly her saying that she's against offshore drilling? Or is it saying that she'd rather see drilling in safer locations? You cannot be of both minds - approving of offshore drilling while rather it happen in her neck of the woods? Obviously, you've attempted to preempt any possible explanation with your favorite "let the spin begin" line, which, honestly, doesn't matter anyway since you'd be the last person on myLot to be convinced Palin is or means anything except your already formed opinion. So all of this leaves me confused and looking for the actualy story here. As far as I knew, the "Extreme Greenies" were a big part of the reason that we're not tappin' Alaska's azz right now. The caribou! The caribou! Not for nothing, but assuming "Extreme Greenies:see now why we push'drill,baby,drill'of known reserves&promising finds in safe onshore places like ANWR? Now do you get it?" means "I'm against offshore drilling" is already spun past the point of breaking. I've read about 102 posts in Net Land all making that comment out to be the exact same thing. So I do realize this is part of the eChamber 3000. But if I'm missing anything here, let me know. This one goes right over my head.

I fail to see how saying she's for ANWAR means she's now against offshore drilling. She hasn't changed her stance at all on the issue. She thinks we should drill our own known reserves, onshore and offshore. The reason people want the deep offshore drilling is that no one wants to see those ugly oil rigs spoiling the view from their expensive seaside properties. And the Greenies don't want anyone to spoil the landscape with oil rigs (although they don't mind miles of wind turbines popping up like a bad case of shingles). Shallow water drilling is safer. Isn't it hypocritical then of the greenies to complain about the problems caused by a deep offshore drilling accident when they won't support the safer alternatives? The only spin I see is from the people who search for anything they can find to try to discredit Palin. Since those who are so inclined are also the ones who tell us she's got no future in politics, is stupid and of no influence, one wonders why they keep hanging on her every word.

Palin's not a Creationist - she's a REcreationist!!! She and others know that their followers only hear what's being said now - like good cult followers, they don't verify what is said because their leaders are never wrong, even when they're wrong. Well, she's not just wrong - she's a full-blown LIAR!!! Here are transcripts from her VP campaign as well as her duties on FOX News where she SUPPORTS offshore drilling. You can find them on MediaMatters.org. Here, for example, is Sarah Palin at an October 21, 2008, campaign event in Reno, with emphasis added: PALIN: John [McCain] and I have to adopt an all-of-the-above approach to meet America's great energy challenge for you. That means harnessing alternative sources, like wind, and solar, and biomass, and geothermal. I joined her Facebook page just so I could rub this in to her and to her lackey followers!! (APPLAUSE) And we will develop clean-coal technology. And we will safely drill for the billions of barrels of oil that we have underground, including off-shore. (APPLAUSE) We will drill here, we'll drill now, and that's when you start the chant. Yes. AUDIENCE: Drill, baby, drill! Drill, baby, drill! Drill, baby, drill! Drill, baby, drill! Drill, baby, drill! Drill, baby, drill! PALIN: You bet. We'll drill, baby, drill, and we'll mine, baby, mine, as your placard said, yes. Nevada, it is for our nation's security's sake and this is for our nation's economic prosperity and job opportunities in our future. We need American energy resources brought to you by American ingenuity and produced by American workers. And here she is the day before in Loveland, Colorado: PALIN: And whether Joe Biden approves it or not, we will develop clean coal technology and we will safely drill for the billions of barrels of oil that are warehoused underground, including our offshore sources. We will drill here and drill now. (Cheers, applause.) Drill, baby, drill. Drill, baby, drill. And three days before that, in West Chester, Ohio: PALIN: It's nonsense, the road that we have about on. And we will change that. We will safely drill for the billions of barrels of oil that we have here in the U.S. (APPLAUSE) AUDIENCE: Drill, baby, drill! Drill, baby, drill! Drill, baby, drill! PALIN: Drill, baby, drill. That's right. (APPLAUSE) AUDIENCE: Drill, baby, drill! Drill, baby, drill! Drill, baby, drill! (APPLAUSE) PALIN: It also means safely tapping into our offshore sources, safely, environmentally safe. UPDATE: Just last month, Sarah Palin said the Gulf oil spill should not change our posture towards offshore drilling at all. Asked by Fox News' Greta Van Susteren if "we should continue to go full speed ahead with the offshore drilling" in the wake of the spill, Palin responded: "Absolutely." From the May 14 edition of Fox News' On the Record: VAN SUSTEREN: All right, so now we know that they don't do that. Shouldn't we at least put a halt on all offshore drilling because if they did it here on this particular rig, what would in any way give us confidence on any other rig? PALIN: No, we are too reliant on oil. VAN SUSTEREN: So we just keep drilling? PALIN: We have to keep drilling. We have to learn from the mistakes that have been made with this Gulf spill. We have to get to the bottom of it, what caused it and we still don't know that. VAN SUSTEREN: In the meantime, though, until we get to the bottom of it, you think we should continue to go full speed ahead with the offshore drilling? PALIN: Absolutely. VAN SUSTEREN: Even until we get to the bottom of this. PALIN: Absolutely. There is that inherent link between our own domestic energy supplies, production of, and our own security and prosperity and our own freedom in America.

Gee, did Palin finally realize that her position on offshore drilling was a BAD one as far as most of the country is concerned? I remember what the dipwad has had to say since this happened and nowhere did she ever give any indication that she only supported drilling off of Anwar. Not a very good spin but I guess she thinks folks are as dense as she is.

HOpe you recovering well Annie. Well what I got from "drill baby drill" during her and McCain's campaign was opening up drilling here in the US...on land AND offshore to decrease our need on foreign oil. Basically if they found oil ANYWHERE in the US...drill it. That way the money was creating jobs here in america and stopping a lot of our need to buy oil from countries who hate us. Good luck for the spinners.....I don't see how they can spin this one.

are you following her on twitter? i bet you 6 carrots you are. actually i wish she would either remain playing on social media rather than get into politics again. i am sure she has a lovely plot on farmville and that is where she should stay.

did Obamas adoring minions not hear his support? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/science/earth/31energy.html yes articles last forever too. btw Michael Steele actually started the drill baby drill crap.

Where EXACTLY does she claim to be AGAINST offshore drilling Annie? All she's doing is using this to push for drilling in ANWAR which is something she's always been in favor of.

You mean Little Sarah Palin is constricting herself again? I guess I have heard it all now. "Extreme Greenies"? Coming from the Hockey Wackjob I guess that would be par for the course.

Did you put up the right link? I didn't read any denial of being for offshore drilling.

Where specifically did she ever say she was against it? Unlike the left, I can find exactly where Kerry said he was for it, before he was against it. Palin has never, at any time, said she was against off-shore drilling. She simply said that we should be pushing for more on shore, in-land, shallow water drilling of known oil locations first, and she's right. And she's still a supporter of off-shore drilling, and always will be. And so am I. Do me a favor. If you are going to criticize, at least have a real gaff to complain about.

No she just wants to drill in one of the most eco-sensitive and remote areas in the world where, if something happens, no one can get to it to clean it up.. Poor Sarah, as always she forgot to write down her positions again.. And she also called for offshore drilling but we must remember she had/has a financial stake in this.

Hi Annie. I know that Sarah Palin has always supported drilling in Anwar and I can't say for sure whether she's said anything about what is happening in the gulf because I don't follow politics too much. Did she say that she still supports drilling in the gulf or was she talking in general terms?

She's so worthless, I don't even waste my time on anything she says anymore. I don't know why anyone still takes that crazy hyprocrite seriously anymore.

One good thing about this Louisiana incident is that all of a sudden some people are finally beginning to see and understand why it is very important that coastal nations/countries continue to protect and defend their ecosystem.

Who is SarahPalin? ehehhe