republicans... explane this to me

[Wren57]

I didn't say we didn't have plenty of oil, I know we do. But as you said, it costs more, would cost american economy more, etc. We don't need the middle east for oil, but we sure do enjoy having them... if people didnt drive SUVs, then demand for oil would be lower, so IF we had to tap our reserves we wouldn't have to drill as much and it wouldnt do as much damage to the economy...