Coming to the United States?
As the calls for domestic drilling grow louder, some Democrats have another idea: nationalize the oil refineries! During a House briefing yesterday, Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey said, "We (the government) should own the refineries. Then we can control how much gets out into the market."
Many bloggers echo the Club for Growth's Andrew Roth, who says, "Explicit, in-your-face socialism. Hugo Chavez couldn't have said it any better." Michelle Malkin adds, "It's a short trip from railing about 'obscene profits' to cheerleading Hugo Chavez-style takeovers of private industry."
At The Moderate Voice, Jazz Shaw asks Hinchey, "Is your Democratic Party so fearful of winning two elections in a row and having to take the reins of power that you've simply decided to throw yourselves on your swords? Or have you perhaps spent too long in cozy chats with Hugo Chavez that some of his thinking is creeping into the cloak rooms of Congress?" And Wizbang's Kim Priestap says that advocates of nationalization "are packaging this nationalization scheme in the same way all communists do: let 'the American people' own the oil companies. It's a complete sham, a lie, and an unbelievably manipulative and condescending one."
Hinchey's remarks remind bloggers of Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters's similar call to "socialization" a few weeks ago. How many more Democrats agree? Hot Air's Allahpundit says, "This makes two congressional Democrats on record within the past month as supporting an overtly socialist 'solution' to gas prices." As The Gateway Pundit says, "Viva la revolucion!"
