# Biden approving massive Alaskan drilling project. Betrayal or just sound politics?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 22, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-approving-massive-alaskan-drilling-project-betrayal-or-just-sound-politics/981490 "2023-03-22T13:04:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-approving-massive-alaskan-drilling-project-betrayal-or-just-sound-politics/981490/21 "2023-03-22T18:43:49Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> t doesn’t matter. Republicans don’t pillory Democrats for what they do-They pillory Democrats _no matter what they do_. Democrats are Automatically Wrong.

I guess you are not aware that George H. W. Bush was a Republican himself. The point being that Bush was pilloried _by his own party_.

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**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-approving-massive-alaskan-drilling-project-betrayal-or-just-sound-politics/981490/22 "2023-03-25T03:57:51Z")

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Why are we assuming the environmental bloc is going to have the kneejerk reaction of “Biden broke his promise!! I’m staying home in 2024!” These guy might be slightly more tunnel-visioned than the bulk of the Democratic Party, but they’re not MAGAts. Unlike that group, they can count to eleven without having to take off their shoes. They might just do some research and come to the conclusion that, once again, Biden made the best of an unfavorable situation.

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**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-approving-massive-alaskan-drilling-project-betrayal-or-just-sound-politics/981490/23 "2023-03-25T14:36:36Z")

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Environmental groups as a whole, probably not. But individual environmentalists, I’m sure some.  
[Article.](https://l.smartnews.com/p-4TLVF/61zqW6) And how many "some"s it takes to affect an election is the concern.

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