Republican Chairman of House Energy and Commerce, Cliff Stearns: "We can't compete with China..."

What would you say if Pres. Obama came out and declared America couldn't compete with China on wind turbines and solar panels? He didn’t say that, but that’s what the Republican Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations said the other day in an interview on NPR.

Chairman Cliff Stearns: "We can't compete with China to make solar panels and wind turbines."

At least not until Republicans can bring American wages down to China’s level, and they’re getting that done on statewide levels with draconian austerity measures.

I ran this quote by my conservative friend, to see if he wasn’t as outrage as I was. He said, “We probably can’t.”

You might remember this was the same reaction Republican had about saving the U.S. auto industry. They wanted to give that industry up to Japan.

Is this the example of American exceptionalism they brag so often about?