Obama made an odd remark tonight in his victory speech in North Carolina. He commented that our energy policy is funding both sides in the war on terror. Here is the full quote:

The man I met in Pennsylvania who lost his job but can’t even afford the gas to drive around and look for a new one – he can’t afford four more years of an energy policy written by the oil companies and for the oil companies; a policy that’s not only keeping gas at record prices, but funding both sides of the war on terror and destroying our planet in the process. He doesn’t need four more years of Washington policies that sound good, but don’t solve the problem. He needs us to take a permanent holiday from our oil addiction by making the automakers raise their fuel standards, corporations pay for their pollution, and oil companies invest their record profits in a clean energy future. That’s the change we need. And that’s why I’m running for President.

So, is he saying that American oil companies are funding both sides in the war on terror, or is he saying that our energy policy is funding both sides?

What real solutions does he offer? One real solution that would help stop this supposed funding of both sides of the war on terror would be for us to start drilling in this country. We have vast reserves of oil not only in ANWR, but off shore, and in the interior of the country as well. However, the exploitation of these resources have been consistently blocked by radical environmentalists and democrats… including Barack Obama.

Hope and change indeed…

Hat Tip: Gateway Pundit

1. Juan Mequeno’s clueless on global warming:

   McCain splits with Bush on climate change

   “Republican White House candidate John McCain will Monday tack sharply away from President George W. Bush on climate change, saying he will not ’shirk’ from the need for US global leadership.”

   “The Arizona senator was due to propose a cap-and-trade system designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, in remarks which will clearly separate him from the skepticism on global warming which has marked Bush’s presidency.”

   Comment by Snaggle-Tooth Jones — 5/12/2008 @ 20:31

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