ANWR; or, Just one more reason Norm Coleman sucks.

Oh right, we're not supposed to call it "ANWR" anymore, it sounds too cold and professional. We're supposed to call it "the wildlife refuge." But anyway, yeah. Norm Coleman confirms his status as the #1 douchebag in Minnesota. Congrats, Norm.

THEN...

"In ANWR, it just tilts a little different for me. . . . Let's save that little pristine piece of the world."

--Norm Coleman, quoted in the Star Tribune, March 16, 2002.

and NOW...

A $2.6 trillion federal budget blueprint approved by Congress late Thursday may clear the way for a Republican plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, according to congressional aides.

The budget plan does not specifically mention ANWR drilling by name.

But Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican who heads the Senate Budget Committee, indicated its language was carefully crafted to ensure that Senate legislation to give oil companies access to the Alaskan wildlife refuge would not be subject to a filibuster.

Reuters, April 29, 2005.

Oh... and guess who voted "YEA" on this measure?

Norm Coleman.

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