August 22, 2001
Will The Democrats Doom
ANWR?
As CounterPunch has been predicting,
sensible Republicans know well that any onslaught on ANWR will
cost them long-term public support. As CounterPunch has also
predicted, the Labor/enviro alliance melts speedily to slush
in the face of prospective jobs for organized labor. As evidence,
we present the following:
"Bush should abandon his
ANWR drilling plan, which may produce only a negligible amount
of oil anyway, and persue photo-ops with caribou."
National Review, August 17, 2001
"The Teamsters will tell
Senate Majority leader Tom Daschle that organized labor deserves
an up or down vote on proposed drilling in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge in Alaska without facing a Democratic sponsored
filibustera powerful Democrat in favor of ANWR exploration is
veteran senator Daniel Inoyue of Hawaii."
Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times, August 21, 2001
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