Posted on 09/30/2012 6:16:33 PM PDT by Red Steel
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has released a new television ad targeting President Barack Obamas war on coal to remind voters in the key swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania the incumbent Democrat is not a fan of the industry.
The ad titled Bankrupt said, President Obama is attacking Mitt Romney because Mitt Romney supports coal miners. In 2008, Barack Obama said building a coal-powered plant will bankrupt you. President Obama wages war on coal while we lose jobs to China. We cant afford four more years.
An estimated 2,000 in the coal industry have lost their jobs this year, another 7,000 jobs are expected to be cut if a new rule takes effect regulating stream buffer zones.
The ad recaps comments Obama made in 2008: If somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. Its just that it will bankrupt them
Policies issued by the Environmental Protection Agency affecting the coal industry have so annoyed leaders of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) they have so far refused to endorse Obama for a second term.
Why he is not POUNDING VERY HARD on this, I don’t understand. JUST WAIT until people (and businesses!) in Ohio get their “new” electric bills after the election. And Ohio, still being industrial, has a lot of high-demand, energy-consumptive businesses. Offshoring and “nearshoring” (i.e., Mexico) beckon.
No person in their right mind in Ohio who does not get assistance in paying their electric bill should vote for Obama.
That soundbite is the gift that keeps on giving..
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