Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 05/13/2008 6:31:03 AM PDT by crazyhorse691
W hether or not his goals are ambitious enough, John McCain made it clear Monday in Portland that he will be the anti-George W. Bush when it comes to global warming and alternative energy policy.
"I will not shirk the mantle of leadership that the United States bears," the presumptive Republican nominee said to an audience of journalists and Vestas employees. "I will not accept the same dead-end of failed diplomacy that claimed Kyoto."
If he is elected president, McCain promised to propose a cap-and-trade system designed to ratchet down the volume of carbon emissions, which contribute to greenhouse gases. He also enthusiastically endorsed nuclear power -- though he barely mentioned such "well-known drawbacks" as the problem of how to safely store spent nuclear fuel. As a guest of Vestas, he spoke warmly of wind power and went on to mention solar power, fuel cells and cleaner-burning fuels.
He vowed to cooperate with other nations to help big polluters such as China and India reduce their emissions. He promised that federal purchasing practices will reflect his administration's "low-carbon" policies. He said his energy policies could benefit rural America, which could store carbon in the soils of farms.
His speech was immediately assailed by critics from Hillary Clinton to conservation groups, who said that McCain isn't aggressive enough in seeking to reduce greenhouse gases or in developing a credible plan to wean Americans from fossil fuels.
But what's noteworthy now is that McCain has joined his Democratic rivals in pronouncing global warming a serious problem that requires prompt and concerted action and international cooperation.
After months of jogging toward the right, so as to outflank such Republican rivals as Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani, McCain on Monday angled sharply toward the middle of the field, closer to the Democrats' position. He even went so far as to applaud the leadership of Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, the Democrat who introduced Vestas America President Jens Soby, who introduced McCain.
Fights will surely follow about how a cap-and-trade system is constructed, what safeguards are needed to expand nuclear power production, how and whether to subsidize the development of alternative energy technologies and how to engage China and India on global warming. But for one day, at least, McCain's new tune played well in Portland.
Politically very smart of McCain to distance himself from a lame duck President with a 25% approval rating. I think Bush would whole heartedly agree. McCain knows that in politics, rhetoric is everything. God Bless McCain. God Bless President Bush.
He wants us to be second world if not third, all on the basis of a hoax. At 71, he won’t live to see that possible legacy, he just feels good now about doing something.
We are even more screwed
Maybe he’ll be just like Bush on being energy independent and all the other conservative stuff he said back in 2000. You know, say one thing while campaigning and do something completely different when in office.
If McCain makes it choice between liberal-lite and a real liberal, the real liberal will always win.
What a maroon!
Sarcasm?
He might just get me to switch my vote - from third party to Obama. He’s making me wonder which would be worse for America. (Caveat: I cannot, nor will not, vote for any one of the remaining three Dims, even the one sith an R by his name.)
>> “I will not shirk the mantle of leadership that the United States bears,”
Right, John. It’s a tough and thankless job, screwing US and our economy, causing us pain for NOTHING because you let China and India off the hook, raising our taxes and the cost of everything we buy.
Of course, Cindy’s pot is pretty full, so that will take the sting out of it for you personally, John, you ignorant pandering ba$tard.
If he is indeed the lesser of three evils he won't be getting much conservative votes, maybe I'll just write in pissant and have done with it.
I’m with President Bush, McCain can go to hell.
I got a call from the RNC last night. Trolling for cash, the caller stated that we can’t “afford” to elect Hillary or Obama.
My response was: “We can’t afford McCain either, he’s a piece of crap!”...and hung up the phone.
Any serious ideas about what Conservatives/Republicans can do at the convention to prevent this guy from running on OUR ticket?
“I’m with President Bush, McCain can go to hell.”
Hear, hear!!
Unfortunately, even President Bush has gone a little soft on the GW hoax too.
How in the world do you vote when you have two idiots running for president? What in the world are we coming to?
He finally did it. I was going to vote for him holding my nose, but this attack on Bush was the last straw. I’m so frustrated with this a-hole that I will vote down ticket, but not for President.
This is why trying to outlib the Dems is doomed to failure. It ticks off the R base, and gets criticism instead of votes from the moderates and lefties, who, when offered pandering from the "R" or pandering plus $$ from the "D," will go with the "D" every time. That is the lesson the Pubbies SHOULD have learned form 2006, but obviously didn't.
Kind of sad that these three stooges are the best that is left for this great country to choose. That semi conservative in Canada is looking better every day.
To this date, none of the Kyoto signatories have abided by Kyoto. Conversely, had Kyoto been universally implented, it’s estimated that by 2050, the earth might be one degree Centigrade cooler.
I saw a show a couple of weeks ago (can’t remember which one) and they had a guy on who had done some kind of study on what cap and trade would cost each household per yr. They came up with $3500 for a yr. but said it could possible be even higher.
I am an old goat and this is the worse thing I have ever undergone in my life time. These three or maybe I should say two have no more business being president than I do.
“His speech was immediately assailed by critics from Hillary Clinton to conservation groups”
By “conservation groups”, the author means environmental lobbies in Washington that have a hammerlock on Congress.
Politically very smart of McCain to distance himself from a lame duck President with a 25% approval rating.
So he should distance himself from one of the few things that W actually did right?
I think Bush would whole heartedly agree. McCain knows that in politics, rhetoric is everything.
If rhetoric is everything, you're suggesting that McCain doesn't believe what he's saying. You may be right - he may well be a liar. It's either that or he's a moron, and neither option makes me likely to vote for him.
He wants us to be second world if not third, all on the basis of a hoax.You're right. Sort of negates his patriotic support of our troops.
It's not very patriotic to work whole-heartedly towards the economic destruction of America.
McCain is a nincompoop trapped in the body of a human.
It’s a tough and thankless job, screwing US and our economy, causing us pain for NOTHING because you let China and India off the hook, raising our taxes and the cost of everything we buy.He's not alone in this. How many rich scumbags push the GW "solutions" knowing they'll tend to impoverish the rest of us but not caring because their own nests are pretty well feathered?Of course, Cindy’s pot is pretty full, so that will take the sting out of it for you personally, John, you ignorant pandering ba$tard.
He's not alone, but he's conspicuously at the top of that scum-bag heap.
I will not vote for this lying, scurrilous, sanctimonious poser.
I am rapidly moving from “don’t know if I can vote for him” to “no way in hell will I vote for him.” He better wake up, or I will be voting for Bob Barr.
Bush’s 25% approval rating means that LOT of Conseratives disapprove of him as well. He brought this on himself.
If I was a delegate to the RNCC, I would be dragged out for my obcenity laced tirade at the mental case getting our nomination. Can a candidate be labeled Non Compus Mentis and be removed?
Here’s hoping it snows today on his hike....or at least rains.....someone from Washington, the STATE, needs to tell him that Mt. Rainier has snow accumulation (pack?) about 40% ABOVE normal....and they are not done counting yet. (July to July). And, that the US normal temp has dropped in the last 10 years.
LOL. BTW, did you know that Mt. Rushmore, Bugs Bunny, Alaska, McDonald's, and both of Barack Obama's parents are all younger than John McCain?
Last night he briefly spoke with Glen Beck and I liked everything he said.
Don't sell yourself short.
I'd vote for a Freeper in a minute.
I’m pretty sure this is his official site. Can’t say I can disagree with much either (although, his policy of non-intervention needs to be fleshed out a bit). Time will tell. But again, if McCain continues to sell out conservatives, I’m voting for Bob Barr!
http://www.bobbarr2008.com/about/
McCain loves Al Gore and wants to have his baby
Tsk, tsk, such “ageism” is contemptible and certainly most politically incorrect for a leftist-in-good standing like MM.
Perhaps you should be focused upon getting the obvious Democrat CORRUPT fossilized deadwood like Byrd, Murtha, Lautenberg, et al into a comfortable retirement before you expend energy attacking a 71 year old man who probably still has better bowel movements than any of your Demagogue politicians. [maybe you should do a personal first-hand study of that subject]
I’m no McCain fan but he’s better than just about any of the Demagogues, hands down.
My post was the opposite of ageism, mocking McCain for claiming that his age is a handicap equivalent to the hate and prejudice Senator Obama is daily subjected to by bigots more influenced by his race than by the strength of his ideas.
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