Lindsay Graham Seeks to Bail Out General Electric and Rescue Obama’s Energy Policy

Town hall ^ | February 20, 2010 | Tom Borelli

[opentalk]

By advocating for a renewable energy bill on the eve of the demise of the man-made global warming theory and for its legislative offspring, economy killing cap-and-trade legislation, progressive Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) is simultaneously seeking to bail out GE and to rescue Obama’s energy policy.

Graham is working with GE lobbyists to draft the ‘‘Clean Energy Act of 2009’’ – legislation to establish a federal mandate requiring that an increasing amount of electricity must be derived from so-called “clean energy” sources over the coming decades.

Specifically, the draft bill demands that 20 percent of electricity come from “clean energy” sources by 2020 and 50 percent by 2050.

Coincidentally or otherwise, Graham’s definition of clean energy matches GE’s business strategy in clean coal technology and renewable and nuclear energy.

...“Several sources said General Electric Co. helped Graham in crafting the legislative language. GE has the world's largest gas turbine manufacturing plant, in Greenville, S.C.

...Disturbingly, Immelt does not want to compete in the open marketplace. Rather, he wants to game the political system by working with Congress to mandate demand for GE’s products, either by increasing the price of fossil fuels through a cap-and-trade system or via a Graham-type bill that requires power generation from renewable energy sources.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Damn RINO!

[Sprite518]

RINO POS!

[windcliff]

Just go away.

[Jim Robinson]

Lindsay Graham is an idiot.

[C19fan]

Damn you Graham! I expect this BS from the likes of Boxer and Feinstein not a senator from SC. Calhoun is tossing around in his grave.

[cripplecreek]

This guy is just plain pathetic.

[StopObama2012]

The photos at this new page clearly prove Lindsey Graham is "not straight" --

Hostile Gay Tyrants

[doodad]

Bail out GE? WTF? They are scum.

[freekitty]

No more bailouts with our money. We will no longer allow you ro steal our money so that you and your buddies can run your crimminal enterprises.

[Scotsman will be Free]

AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!! I just sent that a$$hat an email telling him to give up on the global warming crap, and got a nice response along the lines of ignore, ignore, ignore, now if there is anything else I can help you with, why feel free to call, bless your heart.

[americanophile]

We don't need more mandates...we need the federal government to stop throwing up purposeful bureaucratic roadblocks to nuclear energy development. China plans on building a dozen more nuclear power plants by 2020...the U.S. hasn't built a single one in the past 10 years. That's our problem. It takes longer for 1 U.S. company to open a plant than it does for China to build 12 plants.

[dcgst4]

As if I could like him any less - Gov’t Electric is one of my company’s chief competitors -GRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrr!!!

[Will88]

Doing the work Juan won’t do (while running for reelection).

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[mimaw]

Follow the money.

[RnMomof7]

Isnt that "special"

Graham needs to go ...

[TexasTransplant]

Is there not some mechanism that Steele can use to remove the “R” from this Clowns Moniker?

[rodguy911]

A true village idiot!

How the heck does this guy get elected in what should be an extremely conservative state? I just don't know!

[Seaplaner]

Political cross-dresser Lindsey Graham does a half-twisting, reverse double-Arlen.

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NYT will give him high marks, but voters from his (alleged) party just might be planning a ballot surprise.

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