League Of Conservation Voters Gives McCain ‘0 Percent’ Environmental Rating
League Of Conservation Voters Gives McCain ‘0 Percent’ Environmental Rating
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has repeatedly boasted about his record on the environment and energy issues. His website touts McCain’s “longstanding commitment to conserving America’s natural resources and promoting environmental stewardship,” for example.
Today, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released its 2008 National Environmental Scorecard — giving McCain a 0 percent rating. The scorecard ranks members of Congress on 11 key votes based on “the consensus of experts from about 20 respected environmental and conservation organizations.” McCain received a “0″ because he missed every one of those votes:
McCain’s environmental record isn’t so poor just because he’s been absent. His lifetime LCV rating is 24 percent, with his highest rating at only 56 percent in 2003-2004. McCain has voted against tax incentives for renewable energy, updating building code standards for energy efficiency, and modernization of the electricity grid. Furthermore, he does not support any increases in fuel efficiency above existing law.
McCain curiously said in August, “I have not missed any crucial vote” on energy legislation.
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No surprises here . . . McSame is more a ‘use it and loose it’ kind of top gun guy.
October 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmIs it possible to stick a fork in McSame?? Like a pot roast he’s done, and reading more about him only makes me more likely to upchuck at the sight of his name.
October 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pmThat’s because back in the day when Blinky was growing out of his short pants they didn’t have any fancy dancy new fangled ‘lectricity grids and going to the moon was seen as a fable from the funny pages. He has no new ideas because he is too old to give a crap about them anymore and doesn’t care what happens after his short days left here on planet earth are up.
October 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pmMcIdiot’s support of environmental issues mirrors his support of veteran’s issues. NONEXISTANT!
October 17th, 2008 at 4:18 pmUgh… it looks like Obama only has an 18%… but also due to not voting.
October 17th, 2008 at 4:22 pmOUCH thats gonna leave a mark
October 17th, 2008 at 4:24 pmOMG, hell has frozen over and pigs fly.
The Chicago Tribune has endorsed Obama. It is the first time in their history they have ever endorsed a Democrat!
October 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pmCrash ‘N Burn Express blows up, yet again. Regretfully Johnny McWorse staggers, smoldering, from the wreckagage once again. Repubs whine how the “Liberal Media” is in the tank for Obama. This story firmly illustrates, as if it’s necessary, that the MSM is making this a contest when it should be a landslide. Come on November 4th and End This Horror Story!
October 17th, 2008 at 4:31 pmImpeach…..
McCain curiously said in August, “I have not missed any crucial vote” on energy legislation.
Okay, so what is it — he doesn’t remember anything, or he’s a liar? Either way, not presidential.
October 17th, 2008 at 4:39 pmGreat news Bilbo! Heck!! Even the Washington Post has endorsed Obama!!!
October 17th, 2008 at 4:55 pmMcCain a hero?
Nope. Just a ZERO.
October 17th, 2008 at 4:56 pmIn Republicanland, it’s always Opposite Day. See he had a 100% rating from the LCV, his lowest rating ever was 42% and he has a lifetime rating of 76%, phenomenal for a Republican!
October 17th, 2008 at 5:06 pm44%* i mean…
October 17th, 2008 at 5:17 pmpete Says:
Great news Bilbo! Heck!! Even the Washington Post has endorsed Obama!!!
The post was a good one, but they have endorsed Democrats in the past. The significance of the Chicago Tribune is that they are a conservative newspaper and have never, in their entire history, endorsed a Democrat. And their editorial was quite complimentary. It wasn’t a “Well we can’t endorse McCain so that leaves us Obama” endorsement.
October 17th, 2008 at 5:39 pmRead the accompanying PDF at http://lcv-ftp.org/LCV/omchart.pdf. It gives Obama an 86 on global warming policies and McCain a 24 lifetime score. They gave McCain a zero last year. I guess that shoots holes in his claim that he is a champion of Global Climate Change.
October 17th, 2008 at 5:43 pmThis congress McCains even worse than Inhofe at 4%.
Of course Inhofe has never reached a higher score than 4% so..
October 17th, 2008 at 5:58 pmMcCain missed every vote for 1/2 a year. McCain says he didn’t miss any important votes.
Doesn’t it follow that he doesn’t see any votes as important ?
Could this be because the Congress is subservient to a unitary executive branch ?
October 17th, 2008 at 10:06 pmThey say whatever sounds good, even if it directly contradicts their history.
October 17th, 2008 at 10:41 pmMcCain needs to spend some time on http://sexed.wordpress.com
… then he could appeal to the female demographic :-)
October 18th, 2008 at 2:56 amThe environment is an area where I worry a little about Obama. He voted for the Cheney energy bill, one of the worst pieces of anti-environmental legislation ever passed.
October 18th, 2008 at 7:29 amWhatever happened to conservatives that want to conserve our environment? Oh yeah, that went out the window a long time ago when the economic cost was greater than the environmental rewards … but now that the economic costs are in step with the environmental costs, the conservatives in the Republican party are still lagging behind — guess change (and the need for it) comes slowly to conservatives …
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