McCain Breaks Sharply from Bush on Environment

Ah good job John, lets see the John of campaigns past. I like a maverick and you will be our next president. Since the the DNC chose to destroy Hillary you are the next best person we can vote for, I will.

A big “0″ for 2007 on environmental issues for mc-more-war. I can understand why he wants to distance himself from the rest of the GOP who claim global warming is just a cyclical thing. Does an OLD guy like him really care about what happens in 2050? Obama 2008!

Kudos to him for some common sense, he will need to keep this up if he hopes to win.

Well, it certainly seems we ARE doing something about global warming now. We have taken much of the world’s food crop and converted into ethanol which only provides maybe only 3% of the world’s oil. As a result we have a world hunger crisis.
Isn’t it ironic. In an attempt to re-engineer the climate, we actually created the very situation the activists said global warming would create.

It will be interesting to see how far McCain will distance himself from the Bush Administration across the board – the war, economy, social issues, immigration reform, etc – without further alienating his Conservative base. Can he win without his base, hmmmm? The McCain and Obama campaigns will conduct their “elevated” policy discussions in those town hall meeting TBD, while their respective surrogates and 527s RIP into each other’s candidate.

“It’s sad when your own party doesn’t fully support you.”
Then Obama must be the saddest of the sad right.

It amazes me that racism has vanished from conscious published thought during this contest.
If Obama loses it is not likely to be because he is less “qualified”.
Anybody want to be honest and weigh in on this?

At last! A candidate who is depoliticizing a technical subject. And allowing activists in both parties in Congress to get credit.
That’s the difference between talking about “bringing us together” and acting by giving respect to all parties so they will really come together. And on a subject that is a slam dunk to all but those who want to use it for vote getting.

An honest reply to Ronwel.
Racism never should have been a part of any discussion of candidates any more than gender or age should be. All should stay gone from now on.
But of course if Senator Obama loses it will be because he is less qualified! All three candidatess backgrounds have little executive experience (which is why the predominance of recent Presidents have been governors) but some have more Federal experience than others.

Global temperatures have been falling since 1997.
The level of sunspot activity last year dropped to zero; the new 11-year sunspot cycle has failed to start. The last time this happened was the Maunder Sunspot Minimum (1645-1715) and was called the Little Ice Age.

First on McCain’s voting record on the environment people need to look at his record. His lifetime rating from the League of Conservation Voters is a dismal 24 percent, and he’s generally more likely to side with miners, developers, and loggers than the EPA. Then he also just traded off prime National lands in Arizona for used up farm lands. The trade will benefit a lobbyist supporter of McCain and cost the state millions and create a water shortage in the area. From the “McCain Pushed Land Swap That Helps Backer”
Washington Post…”the public would not receive fair value” for its land. A formal appraisal has not yet begun. A town official opposed to the swap said other Yavapai Ranch land sold nine years ago for about $2,000 per acre, while some of the prime commercial land near a parcel that the developers will get has brought as much as $120,000 per acre.
The “straight talk express”!?!?

Oh boy! I hope that this does not hurt Johns chances, everyone just loves President Bushs enviromental policies.

Wouldn’t it be nice if “global warming” was actually discussed, analyzed and/or proven/disproven by actual scientists instead of “environmentalists”,… where did these people get their degrees anyway,… business college,… on-line diploma factories? The most important part of the scientific method is independently confirmed experimental proof. They have none. Its an opinion, a beleif, and like all beliefs, should never be used to destroy a culture, imprison people, destroy wealth, or justify wars,… oh, wait, that’s what religion is for,… maybe the enviro-nazi’s should have themselves declared a religion, then they’d be protected. Until then, vote AGAINST ANYBODY who buys the lie.

I’m voting for McCain since I just love punishment. Yeah, nothing like a 100 year war, trillions and trillions down a bottomless pit, more and more soldiers dying, total destruction of the economy, paying 20 bucks for a gallon of gas, waiting for the ship to come from overseas because nothing gets made here anymore, health care for the rich, and people everywhere losing their homes. Yeah, a vote for McCain is a vote for McPain.

McCain may be good, let’s just hope he doesn’t forget where he is, what he said, where he was going. In other words can we live with all those “McCain Moments”?
McCain is no maverick, never was. Now he is simply a old relic from the past, like Nader, that refuses to go away, like Hillary!
Does any one really think he has a chance? Come on, who wants 8 more years of a republican in the white house. NOT gonna happen!

NewYork, McCain has a good tract on global warming for a Republican. His voting record is not too bad, but hardly a strong one either.

Wow, there are some pretty bad comments about all three presidential candidates. The only reason Hillary is being given such a rough time is the long-standing hate campaign against women…it began so long ago with the editing of the Bible, got worse during the time of James I of England, with some more Bible editing and a whole lot of witch burnings, and continued through the 20th century, finally women got to vote (keep in mind black male voters got that right first, though it was not necessarily de facto..)and now Hillary is being denegrated almost like a “witch.” White male persecutors will get theirs own day…I hope it’s this November!

McCains only chance to win is to distance himself from Bush. In the end it all comes down to the numbers.
The war in Iraq, the stock market is down, unemployment is up, the national deficit is rising, our infrastructure is crumbling, and the dollar is falling.
Obveiously the policys implimented during the Bush administration have not been succesfull.

Sally, I agree, the world’s temperature has not risen since 1998 and recently a group of renowned climatologists indicated that the world will be cooling over the next ten to twelve years. So why all the fuss? Especially since all the money going to solve a non problem could be better spent elsewhere solving real problems.

the further mccain seperates himself from bush the better, in fact if mccain said he will end the war and reinstate the normal tax code for the ultra rich and make them pay there fair share,mccain would have a 50-50 chance of winning,but if he keeps the war crap and tax cuts for the rich he will lose by 30% or more .

Was McCain reading from Senator Obama’s website on the global warming issue? He shouldn’t plagiarize like that

Sue, I totally agree with you. I have never seen the media so biased toward Obama. He is basically an “empty suit” and there will be a LOT of his supporters very dissappointed in the General Election when he loses…that is, if he is the Democratic nominee. I’ve been reading the news story and for some reason, I feel that something BIG is about to break, something that will bring Obama down. I wouldn’t count Clinton out as some are doing. Obama played the “race” card and has divided this country, he will never win the GE and this will come back to haunt him. I certainly feel that McCain will be the next President……if Obama thought Clinton was tough, he hasn’t seen anything yet when the GOP gets hold of him. He will be crying like a little baby. Nobama 08!

I have always been a Democrat, but as I get older (37) I question their policies. The more government that we have, the more inefficiency and waste we have as well. Socializing healthcare will only make things worse…costs will go up, fraud will be out of control just like the guy I saw the other day trying to buy a TON of cooked crab meat from the Deli. Of course he was unable to do so, but what is that guy doing with a food card to begin with? I see so many illegals where I live who are on the WIC program and food stamps. What is going on in this country? I have long felt that the Dems are pandering to the Hispanic community and are not tough on this issue.
I do not want MORE social programs like Obama proposes. He wants to pay for them by ending the Iraq War. He has already spent money that is not even available. Besides, that money will be necessary to keep our military going, especially with what is happening in Afghanistan and other unstable regions, not to mention Obama’s admission that we would need to keep at least 100,000 troops in Iraq. Double the capital gains tax, which experts agree that it does not actually increase real tax revenue. Let’s tax businesses more so that they can pass that cost on to the consumer. Give thousands of dollars in tax breaks to help with college tuition. It all sounds good, but HOW will it be paid for considering our national debt is like nothing ever before seen.
We all agree that some companies, especially oil, are profiting excessively. Raising taxes is not the answer, there need to be other measures in place. Why is natural gas regulated in our country? Electricity? Oil is the ultimate currency and affects the price of everything.
If anyone can work with other politicians to solve this problem it is McCain. Sure he has made mistakes, but who hasn’t? I trust McCain to do what is right for America. He is the best person to bring about real positive change in this country, not just talk about it while the ultra left liberal pull your strings.

Gaffney,
My last comment was in response to your post, not dncsucks.

Simpson,
The European economy is actually outpacing the U.S. at this time. It’s also a shot in the dark to tie any job losses to specific policies. Global warming mitigation will actually create many new jobs in the renewable and possibly nuclear sector.
A total of an 11% increase over 20 years time is very small and manageable, considering the major environmental and national security benefits down the road (not just global warming). Proposals also include an energy rebate for low-income workers.
You also said:
“Also, what about the cost of gasoline and the impact it will have on the overall economy if it continues to go up? ”
That’s all the more reason to push for this type of legislation. Cap and trade policies will create a powerful market incentive to gradually move away from fossil-fuel-based energy, minimizing the impacts of likely continued increases in oil and gas as we approach Peak Oil. Those who don’t accept the virtual scientific consensus on global warming (in reality a long-term problem) should at least acknowledge a variety of other benefits attributed to these types of policies.

We’re not buying it, McCain. You can’t tow the GOP line on every single political issue from immigration to torture to Bush tax cuts to the Iraq war and expect us to still buy the MSM BS that you are a “maverick.”
To those who still have their head in the sand regarding the anthropogenic causes of global warming, over thirty scientific societies and academies of science all agree on this issue. This includes all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries.
While individual scientists have voiced disagreement with some findings of the IPCC, the overwhelming majority of scientists working on climate change agree with their main conclusions.

John McCain?? hell NO. He is a Bush’s junior, who vowed to keep troops in Iraq for another 100 hundred years or longer? This is an insane thinking of McCain. McCain and Bush both are the same careless about the troops and troops’ families. I don’t know what the heck people are thinking. Didn’t Bush ruin the country enough for the last 8 years? and now they wanted to vote for McCain, a mini mini me Bush? People who are voting for John McCain are stupid, dumb, and irresponsible for America next generation. I don’t mind for a few more terms of Clinton. Lot of people criticized Bill Clinton for the sex scandal, but who don’t like sex. Lot of senators who criticized Bill Clinton at the end turned out even worse than Bill. Since a lot of idiots out there still hooked into the old time who don’t want to be lead by a woman (Mrs. Clinton) then the only best one we have right now is Mr. Obama. Time for us to change let the Republican knows that they have caused enough damages to the country and no longer be trusted by American.