Posted on 01/26/2008 9:42:46 PM PST by factmart
Drilling in Anwar was voted down by McCain.
I like toast.
He has become an extreme global warming nutcase.
Lets not forget Amnesty.
That’s the deal breaker.
We cannot afford another 4 years of Bush on immigration.
We will have no country and no culture left by then.
The Hits Just Keep On Coming!
If McCain becomes nominee of the party I will vote Democrat because McCain has hurt the conservative movement more than any other Republican. Can you image what liberals ideas would become law if he became president? At least Hillary would have the Republicans in congress fighting her and not making McCain legislation go though which could kill the conservative movement for decades.
I’m a radical conservative but if McCain wins say goodbye to the Conservative movement for decades. Plus the politicians who back that phony would increase.
Also I would rather fight My enemies than Republicans.
“People who have been there call it a frozen desert.”
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I hear That Juan likes a nice strawberry bombe!
(Yes, I know that Dessert has two esses. I just had to pun. Sorry.)
Nothing about McCain surprises me.
I still laugh every time Rush does the McCain growl...”Hey Limbaugh, let me tell you...”
Juan McCain.........LMAO !!
Keeper !
This guy is nuts. Does anyone here know anyone who would vote for this idiot?
SeaWolf: “The part where the oil is is flat as a billiard table and far from pristine.”
It really doesn’t matter whether it’s pristine or not. Drilling is an engineering problem. If the area is pristine, practical steps can be taken to greatly reduce damage and restore areas after the oil is removed. Anyone who dislikes $3 gas needs to understand a lot of our problems are self induced. We make it virtually impossible to build nuclear plants or refineries, we want to eliminate all coal burning plants because of global warming hysteria, and we put large areas of the US off limits for drilling.
There’s a very good reason why alternate forms of energy, like solar, wind, or ethanol aren’t popular without government subsidies. Ethanol is a poor substitute for oil and solar and wind energy production are very, very expensive. Anyone who thinks otherwise should look into taking your home off the grid. Just email a wind or solar power company and find out how much it would cost to go “green.” You’ll find it takes a LOT of green to be green.
this must be one of mccain’s well informed ideas for strengthening the economy and reducing dependence on foreign oil. /sarc
to be fair, mccain does support nuclear energy
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071204/NEWS/712040393
I am really beginning to like this guy.
To me this is just another example of pandering and refusing to exercise leadership. We do face a long-term energy problem but instead of developing Anwar, nuclear energy (France gets 75% of its energy from nuclear sources), clean-burning anthrocite coal, and other such sources we are held hostage to extreme environmental acxtivists and the naive proponents of “alternative” energy sources. While conservation is important we’re deluding ourselves if think that this alone will ever make us energy self-sufficient. Real political leadership is educating the public about the real choices we will be forced to make in the near future - not pandering to popular and trendy notions.
I have no doubt that it is pristine, since this just means in its original condition or untouched and I can't imagine why anyone would want to go there except to drill for oil.
But pristine does not necessarily mean worth preserving, or we never should touch anything on this earth.
That’s not completely true.
For further information: http://www.vote-smart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53270
Are you against drilling in ANWR?
McCain is also a great believer in man-made global warming.
Remember CFR?
Remember the gang of 14 — created and lead by McCain to stop the ability to vote up and down on judicial nominees? He thinks we should get he Dems approval before nominating a judge.
McCain also authored and pushed through the terrorist protection bill, giving them rights afforded to US citizens and prohibiting even “degrading” treatment of terrorist prisoners — better US cities get nukes, than for us to interrogate the terrorists and be able to prevent it.
He also voted against the Bush tax cuts and frequently scuttled Republican bills, by siding with the Democrats.
Maybe Hillary will pick him as a VP and we won’t even have to vote in November. (sarc)
Mike Goldfarb: Some people are perplexed by your rhetoric on global warming. Is this one of those ‘no surrender’ issues, or is there room for discussion?
McCain: There’s always room for discussion. But I don’t know how any conservative can not support cap and trade. We did it with acid rain. The Europeans are putting it into effect. It’s a capitalist process that encourages green technologies. If we’re wrong, all we’ve done is adopt green technologies, in an effort to give our kids a greener planet.
As far as ANWR is concerned, I don’t want to drill in the Grand Canyon, and I don’t want to drill in the Everglades. This is one of the most pristine and beautiful parts of the world.
McCain:
“Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Vote to adopt an amendment that would strike a provision in the concurrent resolution that recognizes revenue from oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The amendment says: “To ensure that legislation that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, other federal lands, and the Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling receives full consideration and debate in the Senate under regular order, rather than being fast-tracked under reconciliation procedures; to ensure that receipts from such drilling destined for the federal treasury are fairly shared with local jurisdictions; and does not occur unless prohibitions against the export of Alaskan oil are enacted.”
Reference: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge anti-drilling Amendment; Bill S AMDT 168 to S.Con.Res. 18 ; vote number 2005-52 on Mar 16, 2005”
Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska’s ANWR.
To remove the establishment of an oil and gas leasing program in the Alaskan Coastal Plain. The original bill allows for an oil and gas leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Voteing YES on this amendment would remove that section, hence barring leasing in ANWR.
Reference: Bar Oil and Gas Leasing amendment; Bill S Amdt 2358 to S 1932 ; vote number 2005-288 on Nov 3, 2005
http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/John_McCain_Energy_+_Oil.htm
Yes, but they will not admit here.
The local tribes want it.
The residents of Alaska want it.
The oil firms want it.
The political powers in the state are pushing for it.
At a national level this would economically benefit us.
But...... outsiders, often from clean places like Boston and New York find nature in parts of the North Slope (It’s a frozen wasteland for crying out loud) far to fragile to be developed for oil. I should say a whopping 8% of the total land might be affected in some way.
After all, it only makes sense that we import oil in greater amounts necessary and preserve our pristine nature in some place no one ever heard of before some groups made it their agenda to save something and make a few bucks off it. If the Alyeska pipeline has shown us one thing, the tree huggers with all their grand theories of cataclysmic eco disasters which included the death of the Caribou herds if this pipeline is built, are full of complete bull$hit. That was the reason they used to argue against the pipeline years past.
This is insanely stupid. Open ANWR and tell some NY or CA congressman to shut their pie-hole.
He didn’t have far to go, he has been a “nutcase” for quite some time now....
I could not pinch my nose hard enough to vote for Hillary or Obama. So, if McCain wins the nomination, who is my 4th choice, I may end up voting for him. I am praying it does not come to that.
I never thought I would say this, but Huckabee sounds good compared to Juan Carlos McCain.
Sure is a lot of “NV” entries for his voting record- guess those issues were not important enough for him to show up and vote...
T.L.Sink: “Real political leadership is educating the public about the real choices we will be forced to make in the near future - not pandering to popular and trendy notions.”
REAL political leadership is educating the public that it’s not their choice in the first place. Energy decisions should be made by the free market, not government. That’s the problem. We are letting a bunch of politicians, who mostly know nothing outside of politics, make energy policy, as though we need national energy policy in the first place.
The Clintons should never be allowed to have control over this country’s military and national security again. All of McCains past sins will pail in comparison to what Hill and Bill will do to this country.
After she is POTUS/CIC and first suitcase nuke goes off, you’ll wish you voted for him to.
If we are attacked again, it will be because our Fed Govt did nothing to stop those with the means and intent to attack us, from getting here and McCain has actively and aggressively fought those of us trying to defend our borders from those that would attack us again.
Almost 4,000 Americans died on 9/11 because of the first Clinton presidency. I don’t want my children to be the victims in the next.
Crap. Charlie Crist supports nuclear energy (so he says). Though he better because he's nixing new coal plants.
Wonder what the RINO will expect us to do to generate new electricity for a growing Florida?
Sorry, sitting this one out. Almost 3000 died on sept 11th. Almost 4000 American troops have no died in the Iraq war. Over 55,000 Americans have been killed by illegals since 9/11. When are we going to war over them? Like I said, if we are attacked again, it will because our fed govt has refused to keep those intent on harming us from getting to our shores and through our borders. The only way there will be a tipping point is for our nation to hit rock bottom. It will be painful but at-least will not be the death by 1000 cuts.
Opps my typo. Yes you are right, almost 3,000 on 9/11.
While I don’t disagree with your points about the border issue, I still see Hillary as MUCH more dangerous overall than McCain on so many things. You and I will have to agree to disagree on how to approach Nov.
I have a tenancy to agree with your logic.
I’ve seen many photos and films of ANWR and, seriously, it’s not only a very tiny area but one that’s as barren as the lunar landscape. Americans have to face the reality of choosing between producing more domestic energy with clean high technology or further dependence on Islamofascist cultures like Saudi Arabia. ANWR is not a panacea but it’s a necessary step in the right direction. Americans who complain about the high cost of gasoline and heating oil are nothing but phony hypocrites if they refuse to allow us to develope all our energy potential. And this includes nuclear power - as I mentioned, France gets more than 70 percent of its energy from nuclear power.
We lost by one vote, McCain’s/
According to this poll, 39% of Freepers. I expect that number to increase dramatically as more come to realize just how important it is to keep Hillary/Obama out of the White House.
Right - McCain scares me more than Hillary. At least we know what she represents. A “maverick” like McCain is so off the wall and unpredictable it’s kind of like living with a lunatic - you live in constant fear and trepidation of what the lunatic might decide to do next!
Right - McCain scares me more than Hillary. At least we know what she represents. A “maverick” like McCain is so off the wall and unpredictable it’s kind of like living with a lunatic - you live in constant fear and trepidation of what the lunatic might decide to do next!
Ditto
Are you sure you’re on the right site?
So how long have you been on McCain campaign? Who did you vote for last presidential election?
I’ve been working locally for the McCain campaign for the last six weeks. I have voted for the Republican presidential nominee for as long as I could vote.
I don’t put much stock in such polls because they often give a choice between the “bad” and the “worst” in most people’s minds rather than what they really want. It’s sort of like the polls that ask whether the country is heading in the right or the wrong direction. What the hell does that mean? Of course, I think (as does everyone)that in some ways we are heading in the wrong direction. But in what ways? A Democrat and a Republican may have totally different feelings about this. In other words, without specifics, such polls are utterly meaningless! Yet we hear every night on the news that “most” people think we’re headed in the “wrong” direction. What a CROCK!
I appreciate your answer. What I do not understand is how you can claim McCain is in anyway conservative. McCain has spent the past 8 years kicking conservatives every opportunity he can take. Now his bashing Rummy and preening like a NBC peacock over his Rummy conquest makes it that I will NOT vote for him. That is just one of his latest anti-Republican swan dances for liberalism, there is a very long list of them if you do the research.
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