she really is a GOP talking point piglet

Yesterday i mentioned how abysmal and idiotic the CongresswoMan from Eastern Washington makes herself appear to be. For a little substantive reference background on that, i offer this (keeping in mind that she sure knows what she knows--nada):

Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a Bipartisan Energy Summit featuring experts from MIT, Google, Shell, and others. At one point in the hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) tore into the energy protest House Republicans have been holding for the past several weeks. This political stunt was meant to demand a vote on oil drilling and “attack Democrats for leaving town” in August “without doing something to lower gas prices.”

After listening all the problems currently facing the country, Whitehouse asked the experts whether anyone thought drilling was the “number one issue” right now. Almost nine seconds went by with complete silence:

SEN WHITEHOUSE: Gentlemen, we’re in the middle of a near total mortgage system meltdown in this country. We have a health care system that burns 16 percent of our GDP, in which the Medicare liability alone has been estimated at $34 trillion. We’re burning $10 billion a month in Iraq.

This administration has run up $7.7 trillion in national debt, by our calculation. And there is worsening evidence every day of global warming, with worsening environmental and national security ramifications. In light of those conditions, do any of you seriously contend that drilling for more oil is the number one issue facing the American people today?

[NINE-SECOND SILENCE]

SEN WHITEHOUSE: No, it doesn’t seem so.

(H/T to ThinkProgess and GetSmart)

But of course, HR McMo-Ro regurgitates her given talking points without the least bit of trepidation, failing to even begin to recognize how idiotic it makes her seem. And this is not the first time, nor will it be the last time during this campaign cycle. More to come i am sure.