Comments on: Report: McCain Received $881,450 From Big Oil Since He Announced Support For Offshore Drilling

By: tennismom

tennismom — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:43:38 +0000

I am not a McCain or Obama supporter. Do not like either of them. Both have about the same positions. Just wanted to set the record straight. Obama is also now for off shore drilling. Both McCain and Obama have rec’d money from oil companies. All the name calling I see on this site does not make Obama better than McCain. Neither candidate is going to do anything for the average American. They are both for war, both for Nafta, Obama voted for Cheney’s energy bill. Obama voted for FISA. McCain did not bother to show up. Neither candidate seems to have any respect for women. Obama has played the race card continually since the primary. He is finally get called on it. He is also afraid to show up for town meetings with McCain. I say vote third party. Personally I like Dennis Kucinch. He is a man who is not afraid to talk issues.

By: konchster

konchster — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:05:44 +0000

Not only is McCain senile he is suffering from a bad case of Polly Anna syndrome

MCCAIN: We would make them shamed into it. We, of course, know how to — American public opinion. And we would penalize them, if necessary. But they wouldn’t. They would pass it on.
Like these corporations give a fat rat’s a** about your opinion. Tell me another side splitting joke

By: zuch

zuch — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:32 +0000

… and that’s not even taking into account the climate change effects of increasing production….

Cheers,

By: zuch

zuch — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:06:38 +0000

#24 Sarah220:

While off-shore drilling alone won’t solve the problem, it surely should be part of a long-term plan.

Correction: At most, it would have to be part of a short-term plan. Sooner or later, the oil will run out and we’ll have to pay the piper. Why not start now, and sink our money into renewables right away, instead of paying $130/bbl for oil for ten years or twenty, and then having to invest (or our children having to invest) in the development of renewables? Running on oil until it’s dry (and deathly expensive) is not a sane strategy, and drilling more now to suck it up faster is not only insane but stoopid to boot. When you’re in a hole, you stop digging. You don’t start digging faster.

Cheers,

By: zuch

zuch — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:34 +0000

So McCain is a political whore. That’s old news, as the inestimable Billmon explains, even if far too few people actually know that. I blame the M$M.

Cheers,

By: Jane E. Schneider

Jane E. Schneider — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:58:53 +0000

Sarah220 Says:
While McCain is wrong when he says that new oil will be on the market in a matter of months (whatever that is) it would have an effect on the price people pay sooner than later. This is because part of what is driving up oil prices is speculation, and by ultimately increasing the amount of oil in the future, speculators will take that into consideration and that should drive down the cost of a barrel. Off-shore drilling can be done safely, and it should be part of a very large energy bill including much more focus on solar, wind and other renewable energy sources. If we could keep that oil in America and put that into our national reserve, that would make us less reliant on the Middle East and other countries. We are far too dependent on other countries. While off-shore drilling alone won’t solve the problem, it surely should be part of a long-term plan.
July 31st, 2008 at 9:51 pm

Have you been paying attention to this issue at all lately? You are aware that the oil companies already have leases to drill on sh1tloads of U.S. public lands, yet are not bothering? Someone noted recently that it’s not the oil companies clamoring for offshore drilling, it’s the politicians that want to look like they’re trying to do something about the price of gas. And how much of the oil from the Alaskan pipeline ends up in the U.S.? Not much, because of those precious free-market speculators driving up the cost makes it more profitable to be sold on the world market. Closing the Enron loophole that enables these speculators would drop the price of gas NOW, but you probably aren’t aware of that. I won’t even get into the renewable energy issue. You need to read up a lot more.

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:04:23 +0000

Dumb Question: As any oil is a resource of the United States, shouldn’t the people of the USA be recipients of any profits ?

By: Sarah220

Sarah220 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:51:00 +0000

While McCain is wrong when he says that new oil will be on the market in a matter of months (whatever that is) it would have an effect on the price people pay sooner than later. This is because part of what is driving up oil prices is speculation, and by ultimately increasing the amount of oil in the future, speculators will take that into consideration and that should drive down the cost of a barrel. Off-shore drilling can be done safely, and it should be part of a very large energy bill including much more focus on solar, wind and other renewable energy sources. If we could keep that oil in America and put that into our national reserve, that would make us less reliant on the Middle East and other countries. We are far too dependent on other countries. While off-shore drilling alone won’t solve the problem, it surely should be part of a long-term plan.

By: dasm

dasm — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:54:39 +0000

McCain – a trollop for oil & other lobbying interests. Yes, Mr. McCain (”my friend”)- you are exactly what you called your wife – a trollop.

By: Doc Rock

Doc Rock — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:07:41 +0000

Big oil is buying McCain and many others with the bucks they’re squeezing out our pockets–taking them away from our food, clothing, shelter, health care, children, and recreation. The call for drilling in ANWR and off recreational coasts is just a sham. In the last few weeks gas prices have gone down 22 cents at my gas usual gas station and that without new drilling, but the speculators are getting a little wary of their feet getting colder and their fingers getting burned.

By: tokin librul

tokin librul — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:58:30 +0000

That’s gotta be the Viagra of donation charts…

Call up yer cunt for some service tonite, big fella…

By: Bozo The Neoclown

Bozo The Neoclown — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:22:01 +0000

Geez now there’s a big surprise, a republican who whores himself out to corporations and special interest groups. Does someone have some smelling salt as the thought of it made me faint.

By: upside99

upside99 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:44:49 +0000

Of course, no trolls will come here to defend this little tidbit of McDepends’ continuing whoring out to Big Business and Big Oil.

Too bad Tracy, Jim Wilke, TK and Dary have no opinion. HMMMMM

By: helenahandbasket

helenahandbasket — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:42:54 +0000

If you want to pay more for gas, vote mccain. The proof is bush/cheney. What was the price of gas in 2000? or 2004, even? Do the McCainites really believe that he will “jawbone” big oil into reducing prices? How stupid are you? (It’s ok; that was rhetorical.)

By: SP Biloxi

SP Biloxi — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:42:14 +0000

Oil drilling + Grandpappy McCain’s panhandling = A bigger purse for Cindy.

It’s all about the benjamins.

By: paleolib

paleolib — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:18:23 +0000

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny. As you know from the contributions you have been receiving since your 71+ year in the making conversion to offshore drilling, oil executives are Republicans. And if there is one thing the past 28 years from Ronald the Senile forward has taught me, it is that Republicans are immune to shame. Thank you for playing.

By: jurassicpork

jurassicpork — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:09:12 +0000

Considering his ongoing hissy fit regarding Obama’s popularity, how does this not in itself make the chronically underemployed McCain synonymous with other celebrities famed for immature antics outside of their own stalled careers?

Regarding Big Oil, Exxon Mobil just posted their profits from the 2nd quarter. As I predicted, it was just short of 12 billion. How much of that will go to research into alternative energy? 1%.

Soooo, this is the reason why we can’t tax them even more, because it would cut into their “funding” for alternative energy?

By: Leftside Annie

Leftside Annie — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:35:34 +0000

What. A. Surprise.

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:24:37 +0000

What are all you communists upset about? This is the way the free market works. Someone has a product to sell (in this case a Vote in the Senate) and people who want that product pay whatever the market will bear.

That’s capitalism, people!!!

By: Abu Ben Hussein Leporello

Abu Ben Hussein Leporello — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:24:07 +0000

Is it necessary to check your sanity at the door if you want to be a Republican Presidential candidate, or do they just think that the ‘little people’ are just a bunch of total morons? My brother’s a construction worker and about as right wing as you can get, and McInsane drives Him nuts! Zooey @2 had it right; whores have Much more honesty and Way more integrity. There is no depth, either of idiocy or dishonesty, that the mainstream Republican politician won’t stoop to.
Impeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!