Stan Geiger

State Senator Displays Ignorance

Oklahoma Senator Nancy Riley, school teacher turned politician turned turncoat that was elected as a Republican and switched to Democrat in midterm, made a widely-reported---and most ignorant---comment in an interview with the Broken Arrow Ledger.

The passage below comes courtesy of Mike McCarville.

Senator Nancy Riley, Democrat seeking reelection, says in a newspaper interview, "thank goodness for high gas prices." She says the high prices are helping the state's economy.

Helping the economy?! Those $50 and $100 trips to the gas pump are crushing people. And it doesn't stop there. High gasoline and diesel prices are helping to fuel across-the-board inflation.

Riley, obviously, never took Econ 101 in college.

High energy prices are putting money in the state's coffers. That's what Riley means to say. And that, in her mind, is good for the economy. I mean, you know, screw the people, what is important is that politicians have more money to spend.

If they are that stupid, maybe we should have a law banning school teachers from running for office.

I'm going to go now---before my potty mouth gets the best of me.

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