As each day passes, I am more and more convinced that MCain is not getting my vote. I only wish there was someone with a pair of balls and a plan in the wing somewhere. Problem is, to keep people from dying this coming winter by the tens of thousands, we needed action a couple of years ago.
He’s not an idiot - he’s trying to get the jump on Obama by telling the public what they want to hear: that evil oil companies and speculators are at fault, and it has nothing to do with their own stupidity in reelecting morons to term after term in Congress. Objectively it’s a dishonorable strategy, but what else works in this time of MSM brainwashing?
When they passed out brains he thought they said trains and he missed his.
“Presumptive” GOP Presidential Nominee - is there anything we can do to change that? Or is it too late?
West Texas Crude oil has been bouncing around between 125 and 135 for a while. You might think speculators are having no effect at all by now.
“I believe there needs to be a thorough and complete investigation of speculators to find out whether speculation has been going on”
Stone cold moron.
Angry? As angry as an old man returning soup at the deli . . .
Its actually very easy to determine the cause of the oil speculation. Stopping it is also a simple task: Stop sending messages that you will make the oil problem worse.
First, The reason for the oil speculation is the speculators are counting on people like you getting elected and thus real market supply solutions will not be introduced. Thus far, they have predicted correctly. Neither you nor your Democrat counterpart will provide any real solutions.
Second, you already said you were pretty light in the area of economics. Your recent speech demonstrates this quite adequately. Get someone on board that understands supply and demand and follow his advice no matter how much it goes against your populists instincts.
Third, You always tout yourself as a "national security" candidate. News Flash, energy independence is a major factor in our national security.
You can either be part of the solution or part of the problem. Right now, you are part of the problem.
“How am I supposed to vote for this idiot? He’s not making it easy.”
Agree! Just recently heard Romney on two different radio programs and he is against closing Getmo and the court decision, against Cap & Trade, against amnesty, and FOR drilling here and now in America. He is still out helping to elect McCain because Obama should not be anyway near the White House due to the damage he would cause! How I wish McCain would pick Romney for VP, but doubt that will happen since Romney is a conservative and McCain isn’t! My choice is still clear. I will hold my nose with both hands and vote for McCain.
McCain has to face the fact that OPEC is a cartel out of reach of American law and that many of the speculators on world oil markets are not in the US. Saying that an investigation of the speculators will reduce the world price of oil is about like King Canute commanding the tides to stop.
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity.
Frankly, McCain has plenty of both.
I recall a lot of folks wanting to get novices out of the speculation game. I don’t even come close to understanding it, but it seems the McCain wanting to look into it is a good move.
Welcome to the GooP nightmare.
This tells me that he is easily manipulated by pushing his emotional buttons, and is therefore a poor prospect for the Presidency.