House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said as the list of undecided lawmakers narrowed, she thought it was unnecessary to impose on former Vice President Gore’s schedule to travel to Washington when he could instead continue coordinating efforts from Tennessee. <\/p>\n
“It was a question of what was energy efficient for the vice president,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference Thursday, explaining the absence. “We were narrowing the list of the undecided and thought perhaps another occasion we could call upon his time to come here.” <\/p>\n
Pelosi added that it was more energy efficient for Gore to continue coordinating efforts from Tennessee. <\/p>\n
Senior Democratic sources told FOX News that in addition to the time commitment issue, they thought it was better if Gore worked the phones with targeted lawmakers. Gore is specifically reaching out to more liberal lawmakers who don’t think the bill goes far enough, the sources said. <\/p>\n
But speculation is swirling that Gore’s presence would have been radioactive and could have caused more of a problem, a source told FOX News.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Perhaps she thinks Gore is a \u201ctoxic Asset\u201d. He\u2019s certainly an ass.<\/p>\n
One theory is that Pelosi knows that it isn\u2019t going to pass and she doesn\u2019t want to tarnish the poster boy for this lunacy. I don\u2019t believe this for one second.<\/p>\n
Pelosi is a phenomenally stupid woman but she can count votes and she is the sole driving force behind ramming this steaming piece of shit to a floor vote. She is also from the heart of the enviro-wacko world.<\/p>\n
My theory. Gore\u2019s been punked and Pelosi is going to steal the environmental banner and march to the head of the cult of unwashed morons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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