Jindal Contrasts McCain/Obama Energy Proposals

I watched this, they also had Bill richardson on, he looked so uncomfortable when giving his answers and it was kind of scary cause I think almost every sentence he spoke started out with senator obama such and such. Jindal looked comfortable I think he was very knowledgeable and was able to present his own ideas and told where he differed with McCain but why he still supports him. Bill Richardson just said well senator obama yadda yadda yadda didnt have the guts to offer any differences he had with Obama.

Jindal has it right. Dems – alternates which will take years to develop, which is OK, but WE ARE IN CRISES NOW AND NEED SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS… NOW!! THAT MEANS BUILDING REFINERIES AND DRILLING NOW. Price HAS and WILL DROP as soon as we stop fooling around and take a serious attitude toward increasing our domestic oil supply. If Israel hits Iran this fall with Pelosi, Reed and Obama still talking about air in tires and windmills are going to look PRETTY STUPID!!

Why is Obama sponsoring a bill in Senate that will require Dept of Interior surveys of underwater oil and gas deposits to only use TWO DEMENTIONAL EQUIPMENT (1970s era), RATHER THAN THE THIRD AND FOURTH time lapse) DEMENTIONAL? TALK ABOUT MASTERS OF DECIET? OBAMA, PELOSI AND REED AFRAID OF WHAT THEY MIGHT FIND OUT THERE?

I hope McCain picks Jindal for VP, it would be handing for exorcisms of mCcAin him he flips out.

Jackson, I don’t think Obama is the president right now, is he?

LeeLee, Well I am not sure why Obama his Bill Richardson out talking for him. Does any remember Richardson’s endorsement of Obama I do. Richardson said and this is almost an excat quote there is something about this guy I am not sure what it is yet. I laughed out loud and said what a ringing endorsement. Jindal is smart, I mean its great that Bill Richardson has decided to help Hillary with her debt(err her husband gave him a job) but I don’t think he’s doing any good as surrogate.

“But we need to go beyond condemning the violence and actually offering solutions,” Jindal said.
Oh Jeez, McBush is going to send in troops, oh wait, he isn’t the President is he? Neither Obama or McCain are President you neo-con idiots, they can’t DO anything. You people keep trying to blame Obama for not acting to stop Russia, well I don’t see mcCain doing anything either or does hot air count?

As I Democrat I hate to say it, but Richardson came off as a buffoon and Jindal came off as a class act. The Democrats are in trouble if McCain decides to bring Jindal onto the ticket. He’s bipartison and smart.
Meanwhile, the roundtable crew was declaring Evan Bayh as the veepstakes winner. Evan Bayh has never lifted a finger to help my family, unlike Hillary Clinton. To select Evan Bayh, an undistinguished Senator, just because he’s related to Birch Bayh, is a slap in Hillary’s face.

Westcoastmanager, you just gave away Obama’s plan he will do mostly because it would be a slap in Hillary’s face. I don’t know that much about Evan but he will have his work cut out for him if he has to go up against romney, huckabee or jindal.

we need more of Bill Richardson on tv. The more he speaks the worse it gets for the O.
Jindal was thinking on his feet and his answers were crisp and sensible.
The O still can’t believe what he did to his grandma, lot of making up to do..
Mccain 08
Hillary 12

I hope McCain picks Jindal, have you heard the baggage that man will bring? His own writing, hundreds of pages will fuel enough to sink McBush with out any trouble. Just the exorcism thing alone will take care of McCain/Jindal.

What is McCain saying in Las Vegas about the Russia – Georgia conflict? Probably hoping they don’t do to Atlanta what Sherman did.
Jindal never said what McCain would do and I assume it is the same as Bush is doing now — nothing.
The only thing I like about McCain’s energy thoughts is more use of nuclear power. Drilling won’t provide the US more oil, it will provide the world with a little more oil. Make no mistake, any new oil on US territory goes to the world market at world prices. The only people to have a guaranteed benefit are the oil companies who get to sell relatively cheap oil at world prices.

Jindal’s pre-2001 writings include several articles in the New Oxford Review, one of which dealt with the subject of exorcism. In that 1994 article, Jindal described witnessing a friend seemingly being possessed by a demon and participating in an exorcism to remove the demon.
hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Republican News Bulletin: Proper inflation of energy tires does not constitute an energy policy.
What a hoot! No kidding it doesn’t. This is just the latest in the series of Republican distortions.
First, proper tire inflation was mocked as some kind of stupid idea. Then, when it became clear that people weren’t drinking that kool-ade, it became the basis of an energy policy.
Well, that is a bunch of garbage, too.
What it represents, though, does constitute a responsible energy policy. That being increased reliance on and investment in conservation and increased efficiencies. Combined with development of cleaner/greener alternative sources of energy such as wind, solar, and sustainable biofuels (as opposed to corn-based ethanol). Also, combined with drilling and a use it or lose it approach to leasing out areas for drilling.

Jackson said “This fighting between Russia and Georgia is pretty scary. I just don’t think Obama is ready to deal with things like this”.
… And McBush is ready to deal with this conflict exactly how? … Nuke somebody? I am all ready to see it…
Many civilians died on Friday in South Osetia, do you have any mercy and don’t pretend it about Obama and McCain..
And what freaking Jindal knows about Osetia to run his mouth. Maybe, he also need to explain what his native India need to do with Pakistan. They are killing each other for decades, I don’t remember Jindal said a word about that conflict.. Just another *** politician!

This is a perfect time to get out of Iraq! We can save those Halliburton, and Blackwater jobs and send them to Georgia

kat
How much do you think gas will fall when everybody’s properly inflated? Thinking people want to know!

Where do you get your facts Aston, your asss. Obama’s statement was that if everyone in American kept their cars tuned up and tires properly inflated, we would save just as much as we could gain from increased offshore drilling. You neo-cons want to make that some kind of joke, but every state and federal agency has said the same thing. Even McBush came to that statement after someone corrected him, as usual. But here you are still trying ti make it an issue.
Your an idiot, neo-head, plain and simple, and you and your neo-con clones deserve the country the way it is. We democrats don’t and come November we’re going to see you and your kind shoved into the background where you belong.

Ghost, keep your bigoted views to yourself. Jindal was born in the US. As such his native is USA, as much as your native might be USA. His “parents” native however is India. Get it??? Going by your theory, Obama’s native is either Kenya or Indonesia.
McCain 08
Hillary 12

Jackson said
“This fighting between Russia and Georgia is pretty scary. I just don’t think Obama is ready to deal with things like this.”
do you realize that all John Mccain’s aggressive language and his push to invade other countries (for whatever reason) has left us pretty much incapable of calling for any country to back out of aggression tactics “in the name of their own sovereignty”
do you realize that mcCain has Randy Scheunneman …a lobbyist for Georgia as his main foreign policy guy…and if you understood the situation you would know that the President of Georgia…partly because of kissing up to people like Bush and Mccain felt he has the ba!!s (at least standing behind him in red white and blue) to play a psycholgical game of chicken with the whack job that’s running Russia?
so the question you should be asking is…is John mccain stupid enough to keep playing Mr. Bravado and threatening military force and putting us in a situation that has left us hobbled to deal with a growing Russian threat to stability in the rest of the area?
People need to read more.

and since we can’t deal with this issue with georgia because of lack of credibility on the world stage now…
gas prices will go up.
and has much to do with Johnnie McCain and his stupidly aggressive and myopic foreign policy stance.

kat and other O’supporters just don’t get it. Mccain and jindal are not mocking the practice of inflating tires. Instead
They are mocking the O for making this a major deal in his so-called energy policy
They are mocking his condescending attitude toward the American people on this issue
They are mocking the O naivete on continuing to make this an issue by bringing it up on the campaign trail
They are mocking his math skills as his math assumes nobody in America inflates their tires
They are mocking their PR folks that they would even allow and push a story that has the words “Obama, inflate and air” in the same headline – very fitting for the great O.
McCain 08
Hillary 12

again yadda yadda yadda. People realize that this drilling for oil is not a permanet fix, but it could ease the pressure until a real soultion is found. I mean how long will it take to really get electric, battery opperating cars, alternative fuel, to be the norm with american people probably awhile so thats not an immediate solution either. While we are on the subject the moderater asked bill richardson why he didnt do this while in bill’s adminstration and we could have seen the results by now and he gave some bland answer. Nothing is going to give us immmediate results and I fail to see the option as well we wont drill cause it will take a while.

“People need to read more”
That’s a good suggestion, dl. but most of these peole get their news from the American media and aren’t aware of how easily they are being manipulated. Bobby Jindal is just another smooth-talking politician who is good at reciting the GOP talking points and appearing to be “non-partisan”. John “Bomb,Bomb Iran” McCain is IGNORANT when it comes to foreign policy. He has actually called for Russia to be expelled from the G-8 which most foreign policy analysts referred to as “dumb”. He has also espressed concern that Russia has reduced energy supplies to Czechoslovakia, which hasn’t existed as a country since 1992. Yeah he’s a real foreign policy expert!

Besides being pretty much a political hack, what scares me the most about Obama is that the people WHO OWN HIM will bring San Francisco values to every hometown in America. ALSO, EVERY CITY AND TOWN A SANTUARY FOR ILLEGALS

Chad22
I voted for GB twice? How do you know that I’m even an American? DEDUCTIVE REASONING I SUPPOSE?

Chad22.
I didn’t understand your last post. What is a repulsive-can?

O.
PROFOUND

Temagami
Looks likes the opposition is scared of Jindal – don’t blame them – he is a sharp one!!

chad22
Check out Manitu’s post at 4:07 PM – makes sense to me. CAN YOU RESPOND IN AN INTELLIGENT MANNER BY STICKING TO THE ISSUES INSTEAD OF BS – DO YOU GOOD!!

paris got it right—dont vote for the wrinkled old dude—the keeper of the crypt

jimbo—where can you drill and come up with the 70% we import—-be honest

CHAD 22—–I WOULD NOT GO THAT FAR—just uninformed and delusional.

wish i could make all understand that foreign oil has the power to destroy our way of life–and that it must change–we have the tec and the ability—the first that has to change IS THE GOVERNMENT RED TAPE THAT STALLS AND OR DISCOURAGES ANY PROGRESS….THE BIG OIL BUSINESS AND ALL THE MONEY GOING OVERSEAS HAS TO STOP AND STOP NOW.

Bill Richardson, this time, sold out Zero-bama for giving him a good advice of powering plug-in cars using electricity generated by burning coals and natural gas. He deceives you by this plug-in hybrid “long-term” energy strategy, but he is making Al Gore awake in his dreams for the amount of green gas 0bama is going to make to sabotage his saving the Earth from global warming plan.
Richardson said he could use “clean carbon coals” to generate electricity. 0bama apparently thought coals can be clean.

JOKEROUS
TRY BURNING COAL IN YOUR CAR—CLEAN COAL WOULD MEAN SCRUBBING THE POLUTANTS OUT –AND KEEPING AIR CLEAN

As far as oil drilling goes, any oil we now find in the US goes to the world market not exclusively the US market. IT WON’T BE OUR OIL. BASED ON US CONSUMPTION BEING ROUGHLY 25% OF WORLD TOTALS, 75% OF THE OIL McCain WANTS TO ALLOW TO BE PUMPED IS GOING TO BE OUTSOURCED TO CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
We of course get to pay world prices for our 25%. The oil companies get 100% of the profit of course.

mr coffee
thanks
it is unbelievable that people think that the psychological approach will work—something like wishfull thinking—-

like her or not pelosi has the right attitude as we will simply fall back into the same old oil trap—-the 70s should have taught us something .WE MUST BECOME INDEPENDANT AS WE ONCE WERE
THANKS GANG
GOODNIGHT

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006…LOOK IT UP. Opened up 8 million acres of Continental shelf, with estimated 40 billion barrels of oil. So far 7 billion found.Still no drilling… and when this was passed oil was $60 a barrel. Drill Drill McCain can BS all he wants…cheap gas is gone forever. We are not going to drill our way out.

Lots of ignorance out there about oil.
1. US consumption has decreased due to higher cost of gas plus the faltering economy.
2. The Iraqi government demanding an end to US occupation will lead to a 10% decrease in US demand for oil.
One other example of the economic burden of the flawed invasion of Iraq. Our military presence in Iraq alone accounts for almost 10% of US consumption. Summarized from AP:
The U.S. consumes about 21 million of the world demand of 86 million barrels of oil per day.
The Defense Department is the nation’s single largest user of energy. At 1.6 million gallons a day in Iraq, the war alone accounts for over 7.6% of US demand. If we were to account for total military, let alone government usage we would be over 10% at least.
Getting out of Iraq would cut our consumption almost 10% and likely cut prices too. Iraq has been priced in as guaranteed consumption to this point.

As I Democrat I hate to say it, but Richardson came off as a buffoon and Jindal came off as a class act. The Democrats are in trouble if McCain decides to bring Jindal onto the ticket. He’s bipartison and smart.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Aug 10, 2008 5:02:52 PM
Richardson has always been a “yes” man to Obama in hopes of getting the VP nod. Now, that doesn’t seem apparent and Richardson is confused as usual. This interview will hurt Obama. Jindal is a very smart man, a class act! McCain should seriously consider him on the ticket. He definitely put Richardson and Obama away in this interview….the Dems are in trouble and continue to spiral downward. McCain 08!

Getting out of Iraq would cut our consumption almost 10% and likely cut prices too.
Posted by: Mr. Coffee | Aug 10, 2008
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Man, another zero-bama “long-term” energy strategy. Bet he will come out of his vocation, and re-explain his energy plans. He forgot to tell you if he stops the military using oil, he will save 5 more off-shore drillings. This, plus his inflating your tire and save one off-shore drilling, makes a total of 6 off-shore drilling oil that 0-bama saves you!!!

I re-watched the interview with Bill Richardson and Bobby Jindal. Why in the heck Obama has Richardson out there being his spokesperson is beyond me. Richardson, like Obama, has no clue whats going on between Russia and Georgia. Richardson couldn’t even answer the questions directly, always trying to make McCain look negative. His actions have signalled trouble for the Obama campaign.
Jindal, class act to the fullest. Answered the questions directly,never batted an eye. Stated how McCain would handle the Georgia/Russia violence, lent a lot of respect to McCain in experience, tactics, plans, etc. With this war mounting, and at this time in the campaign, its very clear that McCain would be the better candidate for President. I think Jindal made this clear in his interview.

Yes we need McCain, who can make such intellecutal arguments as Russia must leave Georgia immediately because the Russians violated the sovereignty of another country.
Immediately.
As in a very short timeframe.
Because they violated the sovereignty…
And yet instead of asking the obvious follow-up question of the Arizona senator, the media remained focused on John Edwards’ affair. Sigh.

“‘I think this is another example, during these uncertain times, where we need experienced leadership,’ Jindal told ABC News’ Jake Tapper.”
If McCain’s experience has yielded such wisdom, why did he vote to invade Iraq? It’s blunders like this that have gotten America into the mess it’s in.
“‘We need someone like Senator McCain who will take a stronger view, a more experienced view when it comes to international security and protecting America’s interest.’”
The misadventure in Iraq has *weakened* America’s interests, not strengthened them.
“‘We need to go beyond condemning the violence and actually offering solutions.’”
Solutions like what–kicking Russia out of the G8? Kind of a hotheaded move, don’t you think? How about a cool, calm, collected approach to foreign policy?
“He said McCain has a comprehensive approach to solving America’s energy problems while Obama ‘wants us to inflate our tires.’”
Obama has a comprehensive energy strategy–with an emphasis on building new, green technologies, not on old approaches.
But for what it’s worth, inflating our tires would do more to reduce our dependence on foreign oil than McCain’s drilling plan would–at essentially no cost.