McCain: ‘When I’m President, we’re not gonna let’ Exxon reap record profits.
By on Oct 30th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
McCain: ‘When I’m President, we’re not gonna let’ Exxon reap record profits.
Today, ExxonMobil shattered records by reporting a $14.83 billion profit, just in the third quarter. Campaigning in Ohio, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) declared that when he’s President, “we’re not gonna let that happen.” Watch it:
McCain must have forgotten about his multi-billion-dollar corporate tax cut, which would give $4 billion in tax breaks to the five biggest oil companies — including more than $1.2 billion to ExxonMobil alone:
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Well, it won’t be ‘record profits’ if its $1 less than this year’s profits.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:29 pm.
McDoubleTalk Express…
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October 30th, 2008 at 2:34 pmIsn’t a promise to limit corporate profits disturbingly close to socialism Johnny?
October 30th, 2008 at 2:34 pmNo, he’s going to “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less”. McCain cites supply & demand as the reason. Guess what? That relationship is fiction.
ExxonMobile made record profits on less production volume as drivers cut their mileage. Demand raced downward the whole 3rd quarter, yet Exxon made nearly $1 billion a week.
“Drive Less, Pay More” is John McCain’s plan. Exxon enjoyed a record quarter courtesy of Bush/Republican Corporafornication.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:34 pmHe truly will say anything and the yahoos will let him get away with it. But then he spent five and a half years not being able to say anything he wanted.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:35 pmSocialist, socialist, socialist!! Gasp. Can someone forget to wake this poor fool from his nap until say Nov. 5. God, my ears and brain are bleeding.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:36 pmDon’t they have to keep making record profits so something can trickle down to us eventually? Obviously, their cup hasn’t overflowth yet.
Is McCain still pushing his gas tax holiday to help lower prices at the pump? Oh, wait, you say that GWB’s economic meltdown was a catastrophic success? Well, never mind.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:38 pmToday, ExxonMobil shattered records by reporting a $14.83 billion profit, just in the third quarter. Campaigning in Ohio, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) declared that when he’s President, “we’re not gonna let that happen.”
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I’m sure that what Grampy McSame meant to say was “We’re not gonna let that happen. I’m gonna give them a tax cut of over a billion dollars so they can make more profit than this paltry amount.”
October 30th, 2008 at 2:39 pmExxon produced less oil than the third quarter last year, but profits were $4 billion higher.
They sold less oil and made 40% more in profits? Of course, Republicans would say it’s supply and demand. Horse Hockey!
The first week of October saw demand for gas 9.5% lower than last year.
September demand for oil dropped 7%
–gas up .91 a gallon
August citizens drove 5.7% less
–gasoline rose $1.00
July consumers drove 3.6% fewer miles
–fuel up by $1.13
June miles driven were 4.7% lower
–gas higher by .30
May auto use fell 3.8%
–fuel up .32
April miles driven dropped 1.8%
—gas up .18
March miles dropped 4.3%
October 30th, 2008 at 2:39 pm–gasoline up .65 per gallon
god he is such a liar.
say ANY DAMN THING to get elected…
mccain, you’re not honorable, you’re HORRIBLE!
October 30th, 2008 at 2:39 pmObviously, you don’t understand the law of supply and demand. ;-)
stateofthedivision Says:
Exxon produced less oil than the third quarter last year, but profits were $4 billion higher.
They sold less oil and made 40% more in profits? Of course, Republicans would say it’s supply and demand. Horse Hockey!
The first week of October saw demand for gas 9.5% lower than last year.
September demand for oil dropped 7%
–gas up .91 a gallon
August citizens drove 5.7% less
–gasoline rose $1.00
July consumers drove 3.6% fewer miles
–fuel up by $1.13
June miles driven were 4.7% lower
–gas higher by .30
May auto use fell 3.8%
–fuel up .32
April miles driven dropped 1.8%
—gas up .18
March miles dropped 4.3%
October 30th, 2008 at 2:39 pmThe price increases above are relative to last years.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:40 pmOT, sorry, but you knew this was coming.
According to Fox News, what political party does now-disgraced-and-convicted and soon to be FORMER Senator Ted Stevens belong to?
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5431/36b7f3386fb7cf7fe5a4248sk4.jpg
YOU GUESSED IT! HE’s a DEMOCRAT NOW!
October 30th, 2008 at 2:45 pm“‘we’re not gonna let that happen.’”
Hmmm…so you’re going to limit their profits? Maybe seize some of their revenue? Or maybe impose price controls of some sort? That sounds like Socialism to me. Maybe even…oh no I can’t bring myself to say it….
October 30th, 2008 at 2:46 pmTell us, McIIIrd, how you’re going to REDISTRIBUTE their wealth!!
October 30th, 2008 at 2:47 pmidle crank Says
October 30th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
“‘we’re not gonna let that happen.’”
Hmmm…so you’re going to limit their profits? Maybe seize some of their revenue? Or maybe impose price controls of some sort? That sounds like Socialism to me. Maybe even…oh no I can’t bring myself to say it….
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Hmmm…ya think Johnny was about to suggest “spreading the wealth around”?
October 30th, 2008 at 2:48 pmBAHAHAHA…
McCain is Defecting now too now!
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/10/john-mccains-last-best-hope.html
October 30th, 2008 at 2:48 pmSo, Johnny, are you proposing a windfall profits tax? Will you modify your plan to reflect that oil companies will not be able to reap even more profits, instead of additional tax cuts?
Of course not, you flippy sweet-talking prick.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:53 pmI thought McCan’t was against “winfall taxes” or did
October 30th, 2008 at 2:53 pmScarah go all mavericky on him because she did it in AK?
“…we’re going to let them reap ALL the profits, my friends!”
October 30th, 2008 at 2:55 pmWhat does he plan on doing with those profits? Taking the profits for the State or is he going to return the wealth to the people?
October 30th, 2008 at 2:56 pmliberal traitor Says:
great links and a laughable admission of their own failure, no matter the explaination.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:04 pmRR they are redistributing your wealth to the lazy wealthy American oil conglomerates!
October 30th, 2008 at 3:05 pmWords have ceased to have meaning for this person. He could just as easily shout random syllables interspered with “my friends” and “socialist” and make the same amount of sense. it’s called “Sarah’s Syndrome”
October 30th, 2008 at 3:07 pmI thought Republicans were all for the free market…take away Big Oil profits? Why on earth would McCain be talking about that? Oh, right, it’s the Pander Express Talk.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:09 pmliberal traitor Says
October 30th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
McCain is Defecting now too now!
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This is rather telling, isn’t it? Fox has made a habit of putting “D” next to Republicans’ names instead of “R”, but they generally only do it to disgraced Republicans they are trying to disassociate themselves from (Mark Foley and Ted Stevens have both received the “D” from Fox News, and both when their downfall was being reported).
Does this mean that McCain has now fallen into the category of disgraced Republicans as far as Fox News is concerned?
October 30th, 2008 at 3:10 pmI guess McCan’t got all the money from the oil companies
October 30th, 2008 at 3:11 pmthat he could, so it’s save for him to say this now.
“McCain: ‘When I’m President, we’re not gonna let’ Exxon reap record profits.”
And Grandpappy McSame missed the memo on today’s story of Exxon Mobil’s earnings. MsSame’s pixy dust promises of ending cronyism among big business as President have turned to saw dust.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:11 pmSee the key phrase here is “When Iam president” which means never.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:16 pmI wonder, where he’s going to redistribute all that wealth?
October 30th, 2008 at 3:17 pmDid Flippy forget that he claims raising corporate taxes will kill the economy? And how is Bible Spice gonna receive the news that her running mate is proposing such a thing?
October 30th, 2008 at 3:22 pmMcCain rally today in Ohio:
“A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the 6,000 people estimated by the fire marshal to be in attendance this morning, more than 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the official said, in addition to at least three other schools from neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses.”
I find this disturbing. How many of the 6,000 people in attendance were under the age of 18? How many were under the age of 16? How many had no choice whether they wanted to attend this rally ?
This smacks of exploitation and indoctrination. Every school child there is going to scream and cheer when prompted to do so. For McCain to employ this blatantly manipulative tactic just to pull a crowd together is disgusting and even a little scary.
As a point of reference, when Obama and McCain both came to Albuquerque last Saturday, McCain made 3,000 tickets available. 1,500 people showed up.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:31 pmObama’s rally was open to the public, no tickets required. Organizers were hoping for 40,000, planning on 30,000, and 45,000 showed up, some folks getting in line 12 hours early.
Heh.
dbadass has it.
McCain: ‘When I’m President, we’re not gonna let’ Exxon reap record profits.»
Exxon has no fear of the straight-talkin’ maverick.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:31 pmwhat are you going to do you impotent old fool? socialize the oil industry like your running mate flailin palin?
October 30th, 2008 at 3:39 pmHere’s Blinky’s Halloween treat for everyone–he’s trying to tie Obama to Big Oil, who the heck does he think he’s fooling? I know a bag of $hit when I smell it.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:44 pmBozo The Neoclown Says:
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what are you going to do you impotent old fool? socialize the oil industry like your running mate flailin palin?
No, I’m sure a McCain administration would carry on the Bush administration policy of accepting sex and drugs from oil company employees in exchange for non-payment of oil drilling royalties.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:45 pmNevar #32–that was deeply disturbing to hear and pathetic on the part of Blinky’s campaign.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:47 pmdbadass Says:
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See the key phrase here is “When Iam president” which means never.
I guess it must have been very liberating for McCain when he finally realized that he had no chance of winning. Since then, he has been free to say anything he wants, so he just spouts whatever comes to mind at any given moment.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:56 pm“My under-age friends who don’t know what in the hell I’m talking about because you were bused in against you will , and can’t vote anyway……”
October 30th, 2008 at 3:56 pmI’d like to spend the rest of the day knocking on doors and asking this question: Do you really believe McCain when he says ““we’re not gonna let that happen.” regarding record profits for the largest oil company in the world.
If I found someone, I’d ask them why they believe that.
I’d be completely astounded if even one person could give me any type of rationale for believing him.
That said, I got work to do…
October 30th, 2008 at 4:00 pmIt must be impossible to keep track of all the lies spewed by this campaign. Next Tuesday can’t come fast enough. Send these demons back to hell.
October 30th, 2008 at 4:32 pmNevar Says:
This smacks of exploitation and indoctrination. Every school child there is going to scream and cheer when prompted to do so. For McCain to employ this blatantly manipulative tactic just to pull a crowd together is disgusting and even a little scary.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
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I don’t know if I’d go that far as to call it exploitation or indoctrination. Presidents as well as presidential candidates, of both parties, use kids as props all the time. And I don’t imagine too many school-age kids would mind getting a day off from classes for a field trip to watch a guy speak who’s running for President of the United States.
Whoever the candidate is, however you feel about him, it’s still a chance to be an eyewitness to a part of history. And I’d like to think that the teachers in all those schools used the opportunity to work the trip into their civics lessons (assuming they still have the ability to make lesson plans under NCLB).
Now, if the reason these kids were being bused in is because they couldn’t fill the crowd otherwise, that’s certainly comical. But it doesn’t strike me as evil per se.
October 30th, 2008 at 5:00 pmThe fact the economy is a worry on everyones mind should we really trust what the canidates are telling us about their tax policies. Hanlon has been bashing McCain for the last couple weeks but now he starts an attack on Obama’s tax plan. It also has links to a tax caluclator that would show you how much your family would be effected. Interesting read.
http://www.greenfaucet.com/blogs/hanlons-pub
October 30th, 2008 at 5:01 pmGood points, toasterhead.
I thought I chose my words carefully, not wanting to sound like some rabid, consumeristic, corporatized, anti-everything but my way, pro-life no matter who has to die, greedy old guy.
October 30th, 2008 at 5:22 pmNevar Says:
I thought I chose my words carefully, not wanting to sound like some rabid, consumeristic, corporatized, anti-everything but my way, pro-life no matter who has to die, greedy old guy.
October 30th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
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Pff, that’s easy. Just don’t begin every sentence with “my friends,” and you’ll be fine…
October 30th, 2008 at 5:27 pmYou can’t tell me that people will actually fall for that bullsh*t.
oh…nevermind.
October 30th, 2008 at 5:27 pmWow, that’s about as Socialist as it gets – just a blanket refusal to allow corporations to profit over a certain amount. I believe the term involved there is “price fixing.” And it’s waaaay further off the deep end than closing tax loopholes, increasing industry regulation or even shifting the tax burden upwards, in terms of just how Socialist that is.
This is just sad. It would be one thing if he was an economic conservative who I could disagree with and vote against, but still have a sliver of respect for. But he isn’t an anything. He’s a piss-poor Democrat and an even worse Republican whenever he careens back and forth between side to side for another day of nonsensical ranting.
October 30th, 2008 at 5:48 pmI would like to know how McCain is not “gonna let that happen”.
Does he mean that he is going to -gasp!- tax oil companies?
I thought taxing was a bad thing, because it is socialism and forces businesses to hire less people -maybe even fire some.
Oh, that’s right: IOKIYAR.
October 30th, 2008 at 6:03 pmMcCain you are lying. Your tax policy is specificly geared to benefit Exxon and many more wealth machines, while leaving the bulk of the middle and lower class out in the cold. You are more of the same and have nothing fundamental to offer the American people that would be different from Bush where the economy is concern. You are NOT the chosen one to be president of the U.S. at this critical time. So, I rebuke your misguided assumptions in the name and blood of Jesus and send all of them back to the pit of hell where they belong ! I plead the blood of Jesus for Barack, Joe, their family, his presidency, and his campaign this day and forever !
Sen. Obama IS the chosen leader for this country. He will be vindicated in all areas of his life. His national and electoral numbers will increase and he will ultimately win this 2008 election !
No weapon forged against you [ Barack Obama] will prevail, and you [ Barack Obama] will refute every tongue that accuses you [ Barack Obama] . This is the heritage of the servants [ Barack Obama] of the LORD, and this is their [ Barack Obama] vindication from me,” declares the LORD. – Isaiah 54:17
” I [ God ] will send my terror ahead of you [ Barack Obama] and throw into confusion every nation you [ Barack Obama] encounter. I [ God ] will make all your [ Barack Obama] enemies turn their backs and run.” – Exodus 23:27
They will fight against you [ Barack Obama] but will not overcome you, for I [God ] am with you [ Barack Obama] and will rescue you,” declares the LORD. – Jeremiah 1:19
The Lord will rescue me [ Barack Obama] from every evil attack and will bring me [ Barack Obama] safely to his heavenly kingdom. – 2 Timothy 4:18
11 For he will command his angels concerning you [ Barack Obama] to guard you [ Barack Obama ] in all your ways; 12 they will lift you [ Barack Obama ] up in their hands, so that you [ Barack Obama ] will not strike your [his] foot against a stone. 13 You [ Barack Obama ] will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you [ Barack Obama ] will trample the great lion and the serpent. – Psalm 91:11-13
I have given you [ Barack Obama ] authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you [ Barack Obama ]. – Luke 10:19
It’s time for the American people to get it right and NOT vote for McCain-Palin, instead vote for change. It’s time for this country to turn the page and seek a new and better future for ourselves and our children.It’s time for REAL change in Washington, it’s time to elect Barack Obama for president !
Obama-Biden are the wiser and stronger team to solve the crucial challenges we have in this nation and abroad !
Amen.
October 30th, 2008 at 6:55 pmI am so starting to hate Lying John McCain. How many lies can this man spew? Please, someone, save all the clips, the articles, all these smears & lies– what an amazing university course this will become!
October 30th, 2008 at 7:35 pmwow, its amazing that out of 50 comments not one person actually listened to the video. he never said anything about ending profits. he said he would end the corporate handouts that he voted against and obama for. its really handy to just take words out of a quote and make it sound like you want it to.
October 30th, 2008 at 10:11 pmclarky Says:
Questionable he DID begin the statement talking about Exxons record profits. He then talked about the subsidies. (It is more complicated than that of course since there were also a lot of subsidies for renewable energy. THOSE may have been the reason McDoormat voted against it and Obama for it but I digress) After that foray he says when he is president he WONT LET THAT HAPPEN? It is pretty poor grammer to say it that way if he meant the subsidies since he REALLY talked about HIS vote compared to Obamas vote and the President obviously cant do ANYTHING about how a Senator votes. So the syntax of saying he WONT LET THAT HAPPEN about the voting is pretty wierd but it makes sense IF he is talking about the record profits since he could push a windfall profits tax. You MAY be right McDepends isnt the brightest crayon in the box but its FAR from certain it makes at LEAST as much sense to say he was talking about the profits not the votes on subsidies.
November 1st, 2008 at 4:22 am