Tell David Dreier To Deny The Deniers

by: Todd Beeton

Fri Sep 12, 2008 at 11:26:42 AM PDT

David Dreier pretends to be a champion of renewable energies and a crusader for cheaper gas prices but the truth is, on the question of how best to use energy to reduce carbon emissions to reverse the effects of global warming, Dreier is, yet again, nothing but a Bush rubber stamp.

Nowhere on either his congressional or his re-election website does Dreier even mention the phrase "global warming" or "climate change" but what he does advertise, right there on the front page of his house.gov website, is an award he is oh so proud to have received: "The Friend of the American Motorist" Award. If it sounds Bushian -- a la "Clean Skies" or "Healthy Forests" -- it is. Just look who gave him the award:

Congressman Dreier's award is based on AFP's "Freedom from Foreign Oil" scorecard which ranks lawmakers based on a composite score of eight roll call votes and co-sponsorship of three initiatives that would positively or negatively impact gas and energy prices.  For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org.

Surprise! Americans For Prosperity, in the guise of a small government advocacy organization, is really just a front group for big oil.

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a conglomerate with major oil and gas holdings that is the largest privately held company in the United States.

It follows then that, as a close inspection of their scorecard makes clear, AFP would reward members of congress for voting as follows:

- FOR opening ANWR to oil exploration
- AGAINST repealing tax breaks for oil companies
- AGAINST tax subsidies and incentives for alternative energies
- AGAINST holding oil companies accountable for price gouging at the pump
- AGAINST a cap and trade system for reducing carbon emissions

David Dreier earned a 100% from the AFP and, for that, received this "award" which is essentially just a cloak of political cover for members of congress who actually vote AGAINST the interests of the every day Americans concerned about the health of our planet AND the cost of gas at the pump.

Once again, Dreier pretending to be something he's not.

But what makes Dreier's acceptance of this award particularly gauling is that AFP doesn't even hide its true feelings on global warming. They are proud global warming deniers, traveling the country in a hot air balloon to decry the "global warming alarmists."

Climate alarmists have bombarded citizens with apocalyptic scenarios and pressured them into environmental political correctness.  It's time to tell the other side of the story.

Americans for Prosperity is working hard to bring you the missing half of the global warming debate.  What will the impacts of reactionary legislation be for you, your family and our economy?

Join us at an event near you to learn more about climate alarmism and the looming Big Government "solutions."

Umm, as a wise man once and often says: "the debate is over."

But does David Dreier know it or does he, just like his buddies George W. Bush and Americans For Prosperity, think the jury is still out? Let's see. Will he renounce AFP and send back the award? Tell him to Deny the Deniers by signing our petition:

Dear Rep. David Dreier,

We, the undersigned, urge you to renounce the "Friend of the American Motorist" award you received from Americans For Prosperity.

Americans For Prosperity is a group that supports the interests of big oil and denies the effects of global warming. You claim to be a moderate and a champion of renewable energies yet you accept this award from a group that calls anyone who seeks to reduce carbon emissions a "global warming alarmist."

If you are truly on the side of the American motorist, you will renounce this right wing group and reject the award they gave you.

We urge you to Deny the Deniers today.

We'll be delivering the petition to him next week. If you'd like to exert additional pressure, call his office at (909) 575-6226.

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