Obama Campaign: McCain's "Green" Rhetoric At Odds With His Entire Career
The Obama and McCain campaigns blasted each other today over energy policy, with the Obama campaign pointing out that a speech McCain gave today calling for alternative-energy development is directly at odds with his entire career.
Energy policy could be key in this race because it's become the principal issue on which McCain is hoping to achieve separation from President Bush and the GOP. By stressing his supposed "green" credentials, McCain is hoping to keep alive the sense that he's a "maverick" and defuse the Democratic attack line that he's the "McSame" as Bush.
On a conference call just now with reporters, Obama's director of economic policy Jason Furman charged that McCain is now backing alternative energy research, but he's consistently voted against research and fuel-efficiency standards in the past.
Here's the audio from the call:
Off topic, but that phrase "Obama's director of economic policy Jason Furman" continues to stick in my craw. Rubinomics II here we come, oh joy.
June 23, 2008 2:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain's environmental record is a joke, but Obama has to connect this to American pocketbooks. Good to stay on offense, though.
June 23, 2008 2:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Can I suggest some replacements for the 'blasted' cliche?
Walloped
Shellacked
Hated On
Clobbered
Slugged
Thrashed
Socked
Thwacked
Goosed
June 23, 2008 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Drop-kicked
Spanked
Humiliated
B****-slapped
Hazed
Slammed
Bashed
Stomped
June 23, 2008 3:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
So you are not going to give McCain any credit for trying to change. Did you not notice his green backdrop, and how he is becoming much greener around the gills?
June 23, 2008 2:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Please Compare And Contrast " Presidential Temperament" of our Presidential presumptive nominees?
Dear American Voters, reporters, media. professionals, political parties, and presidential Nominees,
1. Presidential "Temperament and Caliber".
2. Little Washington "insider Versus outsider" experience.
3. "Vision and mission" for our nation future rather than past.
4. American policies, " first U.S.A Centric" than any other country [ ies ] centric.
In my professional opinion Senator Obama leads in all above qualities and attributes.
Senator Obama and his administration along with congress will address all the critical current and future domestic and foreign issues, challenges, and opportunities in coming years.
Let us read and remember following concepts:
" Family, Friends, Fellows, Faith, Funds, Foundation [s], Fun, with Freedom & Fairness and without Fear, Favor, & Failure" . It applies to every citizen of our Greatgrand Nation.
Please stay involved, stay engaged, and stay informed. Please do not allow any seduction, deception, and or confusion by some partisan media and leaders effect your vote [ Psychological Terrorism ]..
Yours truly,
COL. [retd] A.M.Khajawall
Disabled American Veteran
Forensic psychiatrist, Las Vegas
PS: Please talk about the " Presidential Temperament And Caliber " of our presumptive presidential Nominees. We do talk about the "Judicial Temperament" of our Supreme Court Justices nominees and so far we have failed to talk about the " Presidential Temperament " of our presumptive presidential nominees. The " Presidential Temperament " is the ultimate and in my opinion only requirement of our president as that effects every living soul here and around the world.
Thanks once again.
June 23, 2008 2:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
its obvious that mccains record on the environment doesn't match his pro-environment message. mccain is a lame
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June 23, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink