Posted on 09/15/2008 5:52:14 PM PDT by bobsunshine
I'm hearing disconcerting rumors that McCain is planning to endorse the so-called Gang of 10 16 20 energy legislation. That would be a huge mistake. In terms of its effect on the conservative base, supporting the Gang of 20's energy bill would be like McCain pouring a big bucket of cold water on the fire he started with the Palin pick.
(Excerpt) Read more at corner.nationalreview.com ...
Yeah, but, remember, this “Gang” stuff was his doing over the past 4+ years.
Why should he stop following his own plan, now?
If McStupid does this I will NOT be casting my vote for the ticket in November.
And he will in fact be pouring ICE water on the fire he started with Palin.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO McCain! PLEASE!!!!!!!! Don’t back this bill!
Supporting this bill would undermine a major point of your campaign. We can’t let the liberals win this!
Sarah, convince McCain otherwise, and HURRY!!!!!!
Here’s what the editors had to say about the gang last week:
The bill would open up a tiny little smidgen of space on the Outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas exploration — just enough that Democrats who vote for it can claim to be pro-drilling, neutralizing one of the Republicans’ most energizing issues going into the November elections. But the benefits of the bill’s meager drilling provisions would be negated (and then some) by $30 billion in tax hikes on U.S. oil companies, placing our own domestic producers at an additional disadvantage compared to their overseas competitors. In exchange for very little new supply, these companies would pay higher taxes related to the crucial activities of exploration and refinery-capacity expansion. To nobody’s great surprise, the industry is not eager to accept this trade.
The money raised by taxing U.S. oil companies would go to pay for $84 billion in new spending on dodgy renewable energy projects — mostly tax credits for hybrid cars and research grants for biofuel production. If you want to know how much of an impact this multi-billion-dollar giveaway for special interests is likely to have on gasoline prices, consider this: Since 2005, Congress has passed two energy bills chock full of subsidies for renewable energy, and gas prices have increased nearly $1.50 per gallon.
Boy, I hope this is a “Lieberman VP” style head fake.
say it ain’t so! this isn’t reform - this is capitulation
Where’s that one pic of that Star Trek guy with the ridged forehead putting his head in his hand in disgust?
Why not? He came out today criticizing Obama for NOT supporting his amnesty bill.
This guy is clueless.
This election is a race to the bottom by two buffoons who are trying to outdo each other in losing. And they are both being very successful. It will come down to which one does the dumbest thing last - and based on his history, it will probably be McCain.
He’s got the scoundrels on the run, why let them off the hook with another reach around?
If he does this he might just as well pack it in now and concede the election to Obammy.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
McCain is a dolt. I have promised myself all along that I would vote for him only if he picked a conservative VP candidate and that I would then hope from the country’s perspective that he has a physical or mental breakdown shortly after taking office. In fulfillment of my promise to myself I will hold my nose and vote for him, but I am fully prepared to be pissed off a lot the entire time he is in office.
McCain is a dolt. I have promised myself all along that I would vote for him only if he picked a conservative VP candidate and that I would then hope from the country’s perspective that he has a physical or mental breakdown shortly after taking office. In fulfillment of my promise to myself I will hold my nose and vote for him, but I am fully prepared to be pissed off a lot the entire time he is in office.
Nooooooooooooooo! Don’t be an idiot, John, and undo your Sarah good will. Look around you, for crying out loud. Figure out why the crowds are so large and there is a new spring in your step.
McCain is a dolt. I have promised myself all along that I would vote for him only if he picked a conservative VP candidate and that I would then hope from the country’s perspective that he has a physical or mental breakdown shortly after taking office. In fulfillment of my promise to myself I will hold my nose and vote for him, but I am fully prepared to be pissed off a lot the entire time he is in office.
I simply cannot believe McCain would even consider this. Actually, what has he to gain? McCain / Palin this is perhaps your biggest test. Please do not let us down now!
Yikes, sorry about the multiple posts. The servers are awfully slow tonight.
Let’s hope it isn’t so. The article is long on the defects of the Gang of 10’s plan—which we already knew. But no indication of where this rumor comes from.
Let’s hope it isn’t so. It would have much the same effect as driving along in a car with an automatic transmission around 60 MPH and then suddenly jamming it into reverse.
NOT a good idea.
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