Bob Schaffer Campaigning to be Next Potted Plant in US Senate

Bob Schaffer and his peanut gallery have been hammering Mark Udall for his so-called "U-turn" on offshore drilling. Udall has supported expanded offshore drilling on a case-by-case basis along the eastern seaboard based on the Gang of 10 plan, as a compromise tied to a plan to achieve long-term independence from oil by transitioning to renewables and vastly improving fuel efficiency.

Mark Udall is responding to a crisis caused by decades of horrific energy policy culminating in Dick Cheney's 2001 secret energy task force designed to cement US dependence on oil--a plan that Bob Schaffer "fully support[s]" and voted for in Congress.

By criticizing Mark Udall for changing positions in the face of a crisis, Schaffer is suggesting that he himself would never respond to a crisis. In other words, he wants to be just like our current potted plant, Wayne Allard--one of the most unpopular US Senators from any state, famous for doing nothing at all.

Bob Schaffer laments the gridlock in Washington while promising to be a key part of it. His bizarre world view is demonstrated in this clip, where he bemoans the fact that the corporation that just posted the largest profit in history isn't making enough money: