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All the scenarios you mentioned for the Republican proposal are at least possible if not probable. The predictions you list for the Democrats are fantasies.
First, when was the last big oil rig spill you can recall? The last one I'm aware of was almost 40 years ago and technology has changed immensely since then. Second, we're already drilling offshore in many places (without incident, by the way), you only object to a few more places. Third, I guess offshore drilling is okay for places like Britain and Brazil and Venezuela but not for us. You're perfectly happy endangering their environments, but not in our back yard. Finally, you're saying that if we open up a few more areas for drilling, we're looking at catostrophic global warming (of course, you say that was already happening so what the hay!).
You people need to get your messages straight. The Obama campaign is ridiculing the McCain proposal because opening up a few more areas to drilling will have no significant impact on oil prices or the supply of oil on the market and will only save the oil companies a few more dollars that they don't need. Or are we to believe, from you unsubstantiated analysis, that opening up for drilling will only contribute to our energy crisis. Odd logic that is. Has it occurred to you that we can both look for new renewable energy sources AND drill for more oil at the same time?
The plain and simple fact of the matter is that you oppose drilling not based on any factual analysis but because you relish higher oil prices as a means to enforce your ecological agenda. Meanwhile, the middle-class working people you allegedly champion lose their jobs, can't afford to drive to the grocery store, and can't adequately heat their homes. But, if the masses have no bread, let them eat cake, you say.
