http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/080...ns.html?showall

 

House Democratic leaders and protesters waving McCain signs had a war of words Tuesday at a press event outside an old train station. The demonstrators interrupted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with chants of ?Drill here! Drill now!?

 

Pelosi paused and asked the group, ?Right here??

 

Seeming to enjoy the back and forth, she followed with another question: ?Can we drill your brains??

 

She went on to refer to the protestors, who continued to chant sporadically, as ?handmaidens of Big Oil.? Arguing that increased offshore drilling would only reduce gas prices two cents in 10 years, she referred to the demonstrators as the ?two-cents-in-ten-years-crowd.?

 

Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer swiped at the demonstrators, too, saying that ?sophomoric chanting? won?t solve the energy crisis and that ?all thinking Americans know? ? stressing the word "thinking" and looking at the crowd ? that America doesn?t have a quarter of the word?s fossil fuels yet uses a quarter of the world?s energy.

I don't see anything wrong with what they said, although 'Can we drill your brains' was a dumb comment.

 

At least the DNC didn't put protesters in a designated protest zone like the GOP did in NY in 2004.

 

Hoyer was also 100% right.

At least the DNC didn't put protesters in a designated protest zone like the GOP did in NY in 2004.

Uhh, this is EXACTLY what the DNC is doing. All protestors are limited to a small caged-in area 700 feet from the Pepsi Center.

At least the DNC didn't put protesters in a designated protest zone like the GOP did in NY in 2004.

Uhh, this is EXACTLY what the DNC is doing. All protestors are limited to a small caged-in area 700 feet from the Pepsi Center.

My mistake. I had not seen that. I really don't like how this has become a trend. :thumbdown