Posted on 09/28/2008 8:38:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Two high-profile Colorado Republicans took aim at Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden today, calling the Democrats too liberal for Colorado and a threat to the state's energy needs.
Seizing on a recent comment Biden made in Ohio that he and Obama don't support "clean coal" plants in the U.S., former Gov. Bill Owens and Scott McInnis, a former member of Congress, said the Democratic ticket owed an "explanation" to voters about where the state's energy is going to come from.
"They are coming to a state where 73 percent of the energy needs are met by coal," said McInnis during a conference call. "Coal is a very critical resource for this nation."
Obama will be in Westminster on Monday for a campaign event. Colorado and its nine electoral voters has emerged as one of the most competitive swing states in the country. Owens said that "whoever wins Colorado will be the next president."
Immediately after Biden's comment, his campaign had tried to backpedal, saying Biden was attempting to draw a distinction between the U.S. and China's outdated technology and that the U.S. should lead by developing better clean-coal methods.
The misstep, however, has caused headaches for the campaign in a number of battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Virginia, where the western part of the state is dominated by coal production.
Obama has said that the country must explore all renewable sources of energy, including solar, wind, biofuels and safe technologies for clean coal and nuclear power.
Matt Chandler, spokesman for the Obama campaign, said claims that the Illinois senator doesn't support clean coal is "another false attack" from the McCain campaign and its surrogates.
"Senators Obama and Biden are committed to investing in clean coal and developing five 'first-of-a-kind' commercial scale clean coal-fired plants in the U.S.," he said.
Colorado produces 36 million short tons of coal per year, ranking it seventh in the country. About 70 percent of the state's electricity is generated by coal, according to the federal Energy Information Administration. Wyoming is the country's leading producer of coal, and Montana is the fourth-biggest producer.
Owens said that although Obama was trying to move to the center, he is more liberal than U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York.
"The policies of Barack Obama and Joe Biden are too liberal, too left wing and not right for Colorado," Owens said.
Gore wants protests and boycotts of coal mines. Gee, I wonder if the United Mineworkers of America, once led by marxist Richard Trumka (AFL-CIO leader today), really want to be out of jobs, thanks to their Democratic buddies?
Wake up guys, the Dems don’t give a damn about you and your family. They only want to be politically correct and environmentally stupid.
Dig here, dig now, and that is not just for oil!
The backpedaling will not work..”if” people listen to what Biden said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ55UzAsp6M
Biden said “we are not supporting clean coal”, most people skip over that and try to spin it with “No coal plants in America” Biden OBama are not supporting even clean coal...
Notice how the Rat goon squad said that McCain is lying about Obama’s position on Coal.
What did the Gaffe Meister say last week in Ohio. We don’t need clean Coal. China is building two plants a week and will give the US 300 years of pollution from China.
No Clean coal for the USA....
If Obama loses CO, VA, and OH he will not be president. We need to push coal big and hit them on their flip flops.
BTTT
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