McCain flip-flops on offshore drilling moratorium.
McCain flip-flops on offshore drilling moratorium.
Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) offered “a bit of a capitulation to the oil companies” by announcing that he would end the federal ban on offshore oil drilling. Not only is McCain’s move a break with environmental activist, but it is also “a reversal of the position he took in his 2000 presidential campaign.” The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank writes:
During his last run for the presidency, in 1999, McCain supported the drilling moratorium, and he scolded the “special interests in Washington” that sought offshore drilling leases. Yesterday, he announced that those very same “moratoria should be lifted” and proposed incentives for the states “in the form of tangible financial rewards, if the states decide to lift those moratoriums.”
In 2000, McCain promised to “never lose sight” of fundamental principles on the issue.
Topic Cloud
ArchivesBlog Roll
McCain is either pandering to the conservatives who do not like him as the Republican candidate, or he really is in the early stages of Alzheimers. I suppose time will tell which it is.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:28 amSure, it’s reasonable for one to change his position on an issue over the course of eight years, even a “straight talker”.
But to change one’s position on all the issues?
That should give pause to an observer, no?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:37 amIn 2000, McCain promised to “never lose sight” of fundamental principles
McNumbNuts is, at least, consistent on this one thing. He will never lose sight of his fundamental and singular principle –> “I’ll do and say whatever it takes to get elected, my friends”.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:37 am“a reversal of the position he took in his 2000 presidential campaign”
– - C’mon guys, dontcha know 9/11/01 changed everything?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:38 amWhat’s puzzling is that McCain is establishing these positions with no acknowledgement whatsoever of his previous stances.
And for THIS one, he could have handled it with a little grace. He could have said that because of the unprecedented high oil prices, he has “re-evaluated” his position on off-shore drilling.
We would probably still have plenty to say about that position, but at least he would appear to have some functioning brain cells of his own. His current strategy is just making him look like a mindless panderer to special interests, while insulting our intelligence.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:44 amWhat hasn’t he flip-flopped on?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:45 amIn 2000, McCain was running to be a leader.
In 2008, McSame is running to be President.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:46 amDoes McCain not realize that his campaign just put out a new “pro environment” ad?
From TPM:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/new_mccain_ad_he_stood_up_to_t.php
Geez, how many sides of his mouth can McCain talk out of at one time?
PEACE
June 17th, 2008 at 10:46 amThis is very good news for Democrats as Florida is in play and Floridians across-the-board *all* oppose offshore oil drilling.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:49 amEven Mel “former RNC chair” Martinez opposes offshore oil drilling – it is that politically deadly in Florida.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:51 amMcCrash comes up for air, only to change his mind again.
McCrash changes his mind more than he changes his underwear.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:56 amWhat else is Johnny Boy going to sell out on? Maybe offering the Statue of Liberty to the Dubai government or maybe Yellowstone to the Chinese?
Gotta love these Repugs, willing to give away anything for their short-sided positions. Maybe because most are pasty, pudgy white guys, they know they won’t be around to see the carnage they have caused. or, “Cheney the rest of you, including my grandkids, I got mine”‘
June 17th, 2008 at 10:59 amIf anyone had any doubt Obama would carry Michigan do not fret. I watched the Joe rock all year with my Wings and it rocked last night. Billups came out in support and so did some other guy. We got it right in the last three elections and now McFencesitter just delivered Florida. The end.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:00 amThis is all about gas prices, folks. It is killing low income people on a variety of fronts. If prices continue to rise, drilling domestically is going to become more and more attractive.
Then there is the nuclear side of things. The China Syndrome has not materialized. Think of what technology was like in the 70’s as opposed to today. Even some environmentalist leaders from decades past – possibly the founder of Green Peace? – have become pro-nuke. Doesn’t France generate 80% of its power from nuclear? Throw in plug in electric cars being developed and that could lower gas prices right there.
I love solar and geothermal, but somehow they just don’t seem to be in a place where you can replace fossil fuels at present.
It seems to me that there is no source of energy we should not fast track immediately to save our economy from ruin while at the same time having a strategic 20 plan to develop green energy.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:00 am“McCain Flip Flops”
June 17th, 2008 at 11:01 amJust cut and paste that..it’s easier
R2D2, so?
June 17th, 2008 at 11:04 amThanks Roger2, that is an incredibly generous thing to do, to provide us with those major flip-flop points, even including Dubya’s position.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:06 ammy son USED to be a mcCREEPY fan… i’ve helped to keep him informed of the past few years’ changes of the man…
on sunday, we talked about obama’s winning the dem nominee race, and both of us expressed the doubt about him actually winning…
he asked, about mcSAME, “what happened to him? why all the flip-flopping?”… i told him that i thought it meant that the fix is in – that mcBUSH was so lazy and uncaring because he already knows he will be “picked”… he brushed that off…
i still think that though… the fix is in…
unless, maybe, theres is
OVERWHELMING DEMOCRATIC VOTER TURNOUT.
THEY CAN’T STEAL IT IF IT ISN’T CLOSE.
IT CAN’T BE CLOSE.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:07 amMcCain flip-flops? What are the odds?
http://progressiveworldreview.com
June 17th, 2008 at 11:07 amIt’s amazing what you can find out about a person with the google, isn’t it Grandpa?
June 17th, 2008 at 11:08 amNot like in your day, when a reporter had to sift through old newspaper stories on microfilm.
Ah, the good old days for lying politicians.
rogerse Says:
upside99 Says:
did you read the quot?.tell me the flip-flop.or not.
If you mean he was against issuing offshore leases in 2000 without the state’s residents supporting it and now wants to go full steam ahead, no matter what the people want?
Yea …..That would be a flip-flop.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:12 amI keep losing place. Is he is currently on the flip or on the flop. This is like watching Olympic ping pong.
And thanks for pointing out a major Bush flop, rx2.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:13 amThe McNuttster straight-talky bus is goin head on into the McCrazy 2.0 bullshit train. Only one can survive…the big one.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:13 amIn 2000, McCain promised to “never lose sight” of fundamental principles on the issue.
There is the crucial point. Changing your mind about an issue on the basis of changes in circumstances while maintaining adherence to fundamental principles that are worthy is fine. If your “fundamental principle” is playing the game well enough to get elected, then changing your mind is flip-flopping. McCain should be asked why he is “changing” so much because there is no “change we can believe in” there.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:16 amupside99 Says:
Yea …..That would be a flip-flop.
That should be obvious to anyone with active synapses in their brain stem.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:18 amheh
Wayne Says:
upside99 Says:
Yea …..That would be a flip-flop.
That should be obvious to anyone with active synapses in their brain stem.
heh
I’m not sure the message made it to the neurotransmitters.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:25 amOK, this troll is just a bit too much of a dim bulb.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:25 amHas to be a parody.
Or it has no existing reading comprehension skills.
rogerse Says:
no, he only supported measures with voters approval in 2000.And he is not “pushing” it now, he is “calling” for it.
WTF!!!!!
are you really as obtuse and drugged up as you sound?
The only freakin’d difference is he was Strongly AGAINST it before, now he is Adamantly FOR it.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:26 amthe Lone Voice of Reason Says:
I’m not sure the message made it to the neurotransmitters.
For sure.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:28 amRoger2 has gone beyond even his/her/its boundaries of incoherence. Guess it just further proves the theory that Repugs have a polluted gene pool from too much inbreeding.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:28 amJust in time for his Texas fund raising trip.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:41 amTo put an end to the argument, McCain flip-flops on everything. Although it may not be intentional, it might be because he is so old.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:42 amTo improve access to a life improving resource due to increased financial hardship, John McCain offered:
1. Comprehensive health insurance coverage for all Americans
2. To open up offshore drilling
The answer is #2. Just as it is intended to help corporate America, watch McCain’s health care plans do likewise. But watch out for his bi-partisan counterparts!
http://peureport.blogspot.com/2008/06/improving-access-to-life-improving.html
June 17th, 2008 at 1:02 pmSaudi Arabia exports 9.2 million barrels per day, with a capacity of 11 million barrels. In 2006 the Saudis produced 10.6 million barrels per day. Production is down, as 16% of their capacity sits idle.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004418263_saudi16.html
June 17th, 2008 at 1:07 pmtemporary plagiarism of gore on mcclellan thread.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:08 pmThis is another example that the “old world jounalism of Murrow, Cronkite and Rather is dead and buried. In the case of the Time Magazine reporter Ms Tumulty, she seems to think the finding out the who, what, where, when and how have been replaced with a steno pad, which she records what ABC said in rebuttle to the complaint of Congressman Kucinich. There is a great disconnect with what happened and the points made by ABC. She asks little of no questions to ABC. She takes what is handed to her and repeats it vebatim and then calls that reporting. I call is stenography. Lida Sohbet sohbet sesli chat Gelinlik Modelleri
January 11th, 2009 at 10:39 amIs McCain lying about this or is he just completely out of touch with reality?
Either way, his horrible judgment had rendered him unfit to serve.
erotik
January 21st, 2009 at 8:22 amtatil
If you’re referring to Karl Schwarz’ articles, if they are true, how will we ever know unless the news media gets involved without bias? The military under orders not to speak out may never convey Karl Scharz’ expose’. Sesli Sohbet If Cheney was truly involved in 9/11 and protected in some way, then he’s being protected by what may be going on in the Caspian Sea area as well. That pre-9/11 August 10, 2000 article drives the point home to me that Cheney had a vested interest in the oil at the Caspian Sea area (before 9/11). Fx15 From all I’ve read in Schwarz’ articles, he claims the Taliban was working on a deal with Argentina with that pipeline in the Caspian Sea area and UNOCOL wanted the deal instead. Orjinal Lida It’s too much to get into here and I’m not able to convey in here what Schwarz has presented in his articles. Sikis Dig into Schwarz’ articles to learn more about the unnamed soldier’s experiences related to so-called Black Ops missions in the Caspian Sea area in Schwarz’ article. What Schwarz had to present in this article is an eye opener: kurtlar vadisi pusu izle
January 30th, 2009 at 2:19 pmthanks Lida Dai Dai Hua Jiao Nang Seo Yar??mas?
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:30 amThank you very much.
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:12 pmsesli chat
sesli sohbet
sesli chat
sesli sohbet
I want suits in Colorado, New Jersey, and any other state where illegal suppression campaigns are being conducted. And some real looks at the polling methodology would also be eye opening.
mynet
February 4th, 2009 at 1:30 pmdizi izle
sohbet odalari
ttnet sohbet
thanks you man
netlog
February 4th, 2009 at 1:46 pmbayan
sohbet
As I’ve said before, Sarah Palin is the ENERGIZER Bunny that keeps going, and going, and irritatingly keeps going some more. She should go away for a while, and get her act together. Staying in people’s faces just makes people not what to listen to her or have anything to do with with
February 5th, 2009 at 3:55 pmporno turk
sikis
porno video izlesene
There was a brief footnote in the report that quoted William Worfel, former vice chairman of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, saying that Abramoff told the chief of a Mississippi tribe to spend $13 million “to get the governor of Alabama elected to keep gaming out of Alabama so it wouldn’t hurt … his market in Mississippi
Just like the cold war when everyone who didn’t agree with the U.S. was either a communist or a communist sympathizer. Lida This poor crazy guy spent half a decade being tortured because a bunch of stupid politicians Lida were sure the NVA was in bed with the Russians (minimal help) and/or the Chinese (ancient enemy of the vietnamese). Orjinal Lida You would think he would have learned from others’ mistakes. Guess not. Republicans need an enemy. yuda This century it apparently will be all Muslims, Elektronik Sigara all of whom must be alQaeda operatives.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:50 pmJust like the cold war when everyone who didn’t agree with the U.S. was either a communist or a communist sympathizer. toki This poor crazy guy spent half a decade being tortured because a bunch
of stupid politicians araç sorgulama were sure the NVA
was in bed with the Russians (minimal help) and/or the Chinese (ancient enemy of the vietnamese). ssk sorgulama You would think he would have learned from others’
mistakes. Guess not. Republicans need an enemy. key ödemeleri This
century it apparently will be all Muslims, kredi all of whom must
be alQaeda operatives.
February 28th, 2009 at 7:42 pmyo nunca habia visto a Eugenio Derbez haciendo el papel de malo pero esta pelicula esta muy bonita y si le cae ambos papeles pero lo disfruto mas cuando hace el papel de comedian
March 12th, 2009 at 7:58 amk?z oyunlar? | araba oyunlar? | flash oyun | oyun sitesi
porno oralsexanalsexlezbiyen sikis
April 4th, 2009 at 6:43 ambu yararli bilgi icin youtube ve youtube olarak tesekkur ederiz.
April 9th, 2009 at 4:12 pmturk porno sex porno izle sex sitesi sekx siteleri
April 12th, 2009 at 12:49 pmhttp://www.chatturkey.com/index.php
http://www.chatturkey.com/sohbet.php
that page all about chat sohbet muhabbet turkey chat türkiye chat türkiye muhabbet, muhabbet sohbet canli ara yap bul bak
sohbet
April 14th, 2009 at 3:44 pmThank you very much.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:28 pmsesli chat
sesli sohbet
sesli
thank you
April 21st, 2009 at 10:24 amSesli Sohbet
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:44 amSesli Chat
Seslisohbet
April 24th, 2009 at 9:34 amkamaralichat
Sesli chat
sesli