Drill Baby, Drill

Jeremy Gantz

Current champion for most intimidating RNC 2008 chant, following GOPAC Chairman Michael Steele's emphatic solution for moving beyond foreign oil: "DRILL BABY, DRILL." Here's his full remark: "So, do you want to put your country first? Then let's reduce our dependency on foreign sources of oil and promote oil and gas production at home. In other words, drill baby drill! And drill now!" I'm gonna head out to the floor now. This is just too much fun…

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Jeremy Gantz is an In These Times contributing editor working at Time magazine.

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