McCain: New coal plants ‘will increase greenhouse gas emissions dramatically.’
McCain: New coal plants ‘will increase greenhouse gas emissions dramatically.’
Today, Sen. Joe Biden’s criticism of “dirty coal plants,” first reported by TP’s Wonk Room, was picked up by the Drudge Report. The McCain campaign held a press call this afternoon with former Sen. George Allen (R-VA) and mining industry lobbyist Scott McInnis (R-CO) to attack Biden’s comments. But McCain himself attacked coal plants last week, saying they “will increase greenhouse gas emissions dramatically.” In a Sept. 15 townhall meeting, McCain voiced opposition to mountaintop removal coal mining, then continued:
We’re going to build new plants that generate energy, my friends, we’re going to build them. We’ve got to. There’s an increased demand for it. And it seems to me, it’s going to be coal, which I believe will increase greenhouse gas emissions dramatically, or it’s going to be nuclear, or it’s going to be clean coal technology.
Watch it:
Carbon capture and sequestration (sometimes described as “clean coal” technology) is still in development, and McCain has called fighting global warming part of his “top priority” of national security. Is McCain saying “no” to new coal? For more, go to the Wonk Room.
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What McCain is actually saying, are “words” which when strung together create “sentences” that people can “listen” to until he stops saying them–the end.
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:40 pmHe’s very clear here. he is for being against new coal plants. That way he can be against being for being against new coal plants. And being for being against being for new coal plants. How can he possibly be any clearer? I swear if you libs stopped smoking the hippy lettuce you’d be a lot less confused.
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:00 pmthis short term
memory problem
mcsame has, is it
organic?
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September 23rd, 2008 at 9:29 pmI think a problem for Obama and Biden is that Biden seems to oppose clean coal:
http://thinkprogress.org/ wonkroom/ 2008/ 09/ 17/ biden-no-coal-in-america/
And Obama seems to be for it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOvZ0RUGKno
Has Obama taken a more recent position that’s more in line with what Biden is saying?
Additionally, what McCain is saying in this clip doesn’t sound right. I’d like to see the whole comment in context to see if he misspoke or if there is some explanation for his seeming support for coal exploration and his acknowledgement that it will dramatically increase greenhouse gas emissions.
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:34 pmHere’s a TPM discussing Obama’s support for coal:
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/ talk/ 2008/ 05/ obama-supports-clean-coal-in-w.php
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:35 pmYou’re off topic backup, but I answer anyway. Even though the Obama links you provided don’t seem to function. It doesn’t matter. Obama is the head of the ticket, it’s his views that matter. Obama will listen to all points of view, he’s already said that one of the reasons he chose biden is because joe will speak his mind.
Here’s the hard part for you republibots. Obama doesn’t want yes men surrounding him. He want different points of view. I know that’s scary to you, but you’ll come to appreciate it once you get used to breathing air that isn’t filtered through your rectum.
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:44 pmAnd if it’s a problem for the VP and P candidate to hold different views on an issue, logic would dictate that it’s a larger problem for the P candidate to hold two views on the same issue, at the same time.
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:45 pmHe’s such a maverick, he doesn’t even agree with his own campaign!
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:49 pmBobwurst Says:
And if it’s a problem for the VP and P candidate to hold different views on an issue, logic would dictate that it’s a larger problem for the P candidate to hold two views on the same issue, at the same time.
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Pfff, it’s no problem. A candidate simultaneously holding two views on the same issue at the same time is perfectly in keeping with the quantum superposition principle of American politics.
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:01 pmIt`s nice to see that Mcflipper is still at it……..What does Caribou Barbie think about the coal industry?
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:27 pmchristopher wiwi Says:
It`s nice to see that Mcflipper is still at it……..What does Caribou Barbie think about the coal industry?
She’s too busy having her 15minutes, oops sorry, 5 minutes, oops sorry, 1 minute, oops sorry, 29 seconds of “Heads of State” fame.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/media-palin-un/
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 pmMcCain doesn’t think about anything, That’s the problem…well, one of many.
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 pm.
Awww…
McBush/Falin’08 make the case that I’m a qualified expert on energy as my farts are cleaner than coal…
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September 24th, 2008 at 1:11 amSo…
September 24th, 2008 at 3:09 amHow long until one of Senator Mc-He-Meant-To-Say’s minions runs out to more properly explain what the Senator really meant?
McCant flip-flops more than a fish out of water and looks about as smart when he opens his mouth.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:06 amNo whirling Dervish could keep up with Spinning McCain the Whirling Weathervane. Is the wind from the east? Is the wind from the west? Watch John McCain he knows best–which way the wind blows today.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:17 amWhoops, looks like the coal companies forgot to send in their monthly support checks directly to John McCain.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:39 am