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Quote of the day, “Obama’s Energy Czar” edition

Here is but a small portion of the exchange between Steve Doocy of Fox and Friends and Carol Browner, Oprompter’s Energy Czar, on whether or not she’s read the cap-and-tax energy killer bill that the House passed last week:

STEVE DOOCY: “[I] know the bill is over 1,000 pages long. Have you have read it?”

CAROL BROWNER: “Oh, I’m very familiar with this bill.”

DOOCY: “Have you have read it?”

BROWNER: “We have obviously been watching this for a very long time. I am very …”

DOOCY: “I’m sure you’ve got an idea of it, but you have read it?”

BROWNER: “I’ve read major portions of it, absolutely.”

DOOCY: “So the answer no you haven’t read it. But you’ve read a big chunk of it.”

BROWNER: “No, no, no that’s not fair. That’s absolutely not fair.”

DOOCY: “No, I’m just asking you if you read the thousand pages.”

BROWNER: “I’ve read vast portions of it.”

Got that?  Asking the “Energy Czar” if she read the bill of which she’s a huge proponent is “not fair”!  Thanks for the clarification, Carol.

By the way, here is a service I’m providing for you, my loyal readers, free of charge (you’re welcome): a translation from Beltway-ese to English.  Translation in bold:

“Oh, I’m very familiar with this bill.”  (“I first heard about it on MSNBC the night that it passed. It gave Chris Matthews a thrill up his leg.”)

“I’ve read vast portions of it.” (“I’ve read more of it than any member of Congress did…which is to say, I read the bill’s title, and that’s it.”)

We’re in good, capable hands with our nation’s energy infrastructure, folks.  For those of you on the left, the prior sentence was sarcasm.

June 30, 2009 Posted by crushliberalism | big government, economic ignorance, energy, Obama | 5 Comments