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In corn country, McCain says no to ethanol support
AP via SFGate ^ | 8/8/8 | MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 08/08/2008 1:06:29 PM PDT by SmithL

Des Moines, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain didn't mince words Friday at the Iowa State Fair, telling corn producers he didn't want to subsidize their ethanol but was eager to help market farm products around the world.

"My friends, we will disagree on a specific issue and that's healthy," McCain said as he stood near bales of straw at one of the nation's premier farming showcases. "I believe in renewable fuels. I don't believe in ethanol subsidies, but I believe in renewable fuels."

McCain has never been shy about speaking against subsidizing ethanol when he is in farm country, though that stand helped to make him unpopular enough in Iowa that he skipped participating in its leadoff presidential caucuses . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2008; biofuels; corn; energy; ethanol; ia2008; mccain; mccainlist; straighttalk
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1 posted on 08/08/2008 1:06:30 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Good for McCain.


2 posted on 08/08/2008 1:08:42 PM PDT by rightinthemiddle (The Mainstream Media Controls Our Party. Go, RINOS!)
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To: SmithL

Good for him. That’s actually being a maverick in a good cause.


3 posted on 08/08/2008 1:08:48 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: SmithL
This is one of the few things that makes me inclined to hold my nose and vote for the SOB. That and his courageous vote against the Medicare prescription drug giveaway to geezers.
4 posted on 08/08/2008 1:09:27 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: SmithL
Wow!

A non-pandering stand by McCain?

I didn't think it was possible.

5 posted on 08/08/2008 1:11:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Public policy should never become the captive of a scientific-technological elite. -- Ike Eisenhower)
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To: SmithL

Are those pigs trying to get out of my butt. Those wings hurt.


6 posted on 08/08/2008 1:14:38 PM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: SmithL

I agree with him, and I’m impressed that he would say it frankly to their faces.


7 posted on 08/08/2008 1:14:40 PM PDT by marron
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To: SmithL

Wow, I like the crusty “white haired guy” more and more.

How many pols would have the stones to do this. Not very many at all.

Bravo, BIG JOHN!


8 posted on 08/08/2008 1:14:42 PM PDT by swarthyguy (Osama Freedom Day: 2500 or so since September 11 2001! That's SIX +years, Dubya.)
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To: marron

Bold.


9 posted on 08/08/2008 1:17:22 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: SmithL

What ever happened to the french fries grease thing that Willie Nelson was supposedly using to propel his BIG tour bus down the road?


10 posted on 08/08/2008 1:17:35 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("I'm trying to save the planet!" - Nancy Pelosi ..........ROTFLMAO! What a dumbass!)
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To: SmithL

Thank you John McCain. More subsidies? NO!!


11 posted on 08/08/2008 1:19:06 PM PDT by sarasota
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To: rightinthemiddle

Right on.


12 posted on 08/08/2008 1:20:52 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: SmithL

On the other side, the messiah is telling oil producing states to stop drilling.


13 posted on 08/08/2008 1:22:39 PM PDT by lormand
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

that was his position from the beginning. Free trade and no corporate welfare.


14 posted on 08/08/2008 1:23:09 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Obamuh uh uh uh uh uh uh ummmmmm)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I am no fan of McCain, but I’m genuinely impressed to his showing some backbone to the ethanol lobby in Iowa. Now, if he would only do the same to the illegal alien lobby, I would not only vote for him, but enthusiastically support him.


15 posted on 08/08/2008 1:36:22 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: ari-freedom

Subsidized labor costs by supporting illegal immigration is the ultimate form of corporate welfare.


16 posted on 08/08/2008 1:38:03 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: rightinthemiddle

Wow. This actually took guts. It may cost him IA, but he’s absolutely right.


17 posted on 08/08/2008 1:38:22 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: SmithL
Looks to me like corn is doing just fine.


18 posted on 08/08/2008 1:45:56 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: SmithL

That’s actually a conservative position he took. What’s going on here? Am I being punked?!! ASHTON!!!


19 posted on 08/08/2008 1:47:06 PM PDT by Nomen Klatura (Just a typical white person who's not not voting for a Democrat)
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To: SmithL

What the frick is wrong with using OIL?

It’s a natural substance that replenishes and we have plenty of it. Ethanol is not.

If we don’t use it, it will boil up from the earth and THAT would be a real big mess. LOL Maybe not so funny, hmmmm?


20 posted on 08/08/2008 1:56:45 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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