New Obama Ad. McCain “In the Pocket of Big Oil”

Not a particularly good move for Obama. He’s the one who voted for the Cheney Energy Plan and he’s certainly inviting closer scrutiny into his blundlers which includes Big Oil …

Good ad. It’s nice to see that Obama is responding with ads that stick to the issues. Hopefully the American people are smart enough to see that McCain has nothing to offer but more Republican plans and policies that help the rich stay wealthy at the expense of the middle and working class.

you guys cant fool me,90% of the posts here are all posted from within, Jake and co get lost!!!!

It’s about time. Let’s focus on the hypocrisy’s of John McCain for a while, much more shocking and entertaining than anything pinned on OBAMA. Big Oil, big War this is the hallmark of the McCain strategy. Remember he said he does not understand economics so that he thinks this is a good strategy, is normal. You do not need war to have a good economy, look at the Clinton years. It makes sense now that McCain has been touting more freebies for big oil in his ads, they paid for the ads!

Hey Barack,, I have an idea,,,Why not debate John McCain one on one over this issue? It was you who BOASTED you would be happy to debate John McCain,and George Bush anytime, anyplace, just this May. Youre not a man of your word Barck. You have ZERO credibility.

people without conscience,the gullible vote for mcCain,after voting for bush twice,i now know majority of the electorate are stupid if not fools

Oil companys are no longer just American. They’re world wide. Sure they want to drill for oil off our coast, but once they get it, they’re under no obligation to sell it in the United States.
Why sell it her when China can pay six dollars per gallon. Then, if the United States wants it, we’ll have to match what China pays.
Don’t you dopes get it?

Good ad.. tie McSame to Bush’s failed policies. We’re in this mess because
of the conservative brand so might as well
point that out.

My god 3127 and bush still has credibility with you??? Open your eyes man.

It’s nice to hear about issues, instead of meaningless talk of McCain. Why doesn’t he just go to a nursing home!

…talking about ad, I am very pleased to see that at least one of McCain’s contributors actually slapped him on the wrist for his Ad making fun of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.
Great ad. from the Obama campaign. stick to the issues.

stop2think; the reason people get so angry at big oil is that it is not fair capitalism. They are a global cartel that controls supply and demand. Plus their deliberate attempts to stop the education of the American public on global warming, is criminal. And anybody that thinks different has been brainwashed at the alter of big oil and has an unhealthy lilly white view of how the real world works. Now we will suffer with inflation caused by the Bush oil and war economy. When oil gains everybody else looses. At least McCain can admit he is ignorant on economics and this reality. Your statement that OBAMA is tied to terrorists is outrageous, over the line and disparaging. Prove it just don’t make stuff up like McCain!

Boy i can’t wait till the RNC get their Ad up and running showing where Obama has gotten alot of his money .And what about all that money his wife got right after he got in office…This was one really bad move for the Obama campaign…Now the doors are wide open for McCain and the RNC to really show who Obama really is and where he got all that money. I’m loving this.

It’s interesting that the McCain supporters are calling Obama a flip flopper on offshore drilling. In June 2008, both McCain and Obama were against offshore drilling. McCain completely flipflopped from against to for offshore drilling. Obama is still not “for” offshore drilling, he will support a compromise bill that includes limited offshore drilling and many of Obama’s plans for alternative energy and investing in American car manufacturing to produce non-gasoline dependent cars. Obama understands that one of the biggest reasons we are in the mess we’re in is because the Republican administration is unwilling to compromise. There would not be a United States of America if the country’s founding fathers were unable to compromise. It’s what grown ups do.

Your links do not Work!
I want to see the ad also!

Obama doesn’t mention that most of the 143 mil profits go into the 401Ks and retirement funds of millions of americans.

I was an Obama supporter..but I am waking up to his lack of substance..and the media’s blanketing his flaws. I am in no means a McCain supporter..but a vote for him will be a vote against Obama…I am sorry if Europe doesn’t agree with me

At least Obama’s so-called negative ad is about issues. It doesn’t exploit people like Britney and Paris for political gain.

Also not mentioned is the $400,000 from big oil contributors that Barack Obama has already pocketed in this election.”
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Compared to the $2 million McCain got? That is a HUGE difference!

Obama is indebted to teachers’ unions. Most public schools suck (I used to be a teacher) and Dems only response to this is more money and less accountability. As for both candidates, carbon credits will be the demise of the economy as energy prices sky rocket.

Its time to take over the oil companies. “Country First’ as McCain would say…if he wasnt the worlds biggest hypocrite, that is.

It is Charlie Black, Phil Gramm(who is still working with the campaign) and Randy Sceunemann
all past lobbyists…including oil and energy (and banking)
who make John McCain in debted to big oil.
Since they are thrww of the leads on his campaign.
anyone who say John Mccain isn’t…isn’t reading history..and asking themselves to name one time that we have heard John Mccain take bug oil to task (for anything)anywhere during this campaign.
Again I ask anyone to point to one time during this campaign that John McCain said “the oil executives have to…” …anything
His two big proposals…are the two the oil companies have been proposing for years.
Read.

memo wrote:
Dem alert! Dem alert!
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You are kidding, right? LOL! No Dem I know would post this nonsense. But at least they are smart enough to see an snow job!

If anyone thinks that Bush’s 8 year presidency was not bee the worst in history. You would have so be so rich that nothing could touch you financially. Some of you suggest if Obama is elected, the USA and the world would somehow get into darkness and dispair. Under Bush we are already in darkness and dispair and would continue that course if McSame is elected.

Obama’s call for taxing windfall profits is right up there with the Senator who wants the return of 55 mile speed limit. Shows he really dosen’t know what he is doing, just working for votes. Using his windfall idea, how able taxing farmers for the windfall or increased profits from corn and wheat. Percent increase in profit are large for them also.

Our country has been sold to the war and energy industry for a while. The Founder of this country warn us, so.

Good for Senator Obama to strike back. Why not have more eye-opening commercials to publicize McCain’s little-known achievements: voting in line with Bush 97 percent of the time in 2007-8; his cheating on his first wife; graduating near last place at the Naval Academy; calling his wife vulgar names; owning four luxury homes with jet access and wearing $525 Italian shoes. That would be a good start.

Exxon made well over $11 billion profit in 3 months. That’s over $5 million an hour every hour of the day 7 days a week. And that’s just 1 company. This is PROFIT. After any and all costs as well as all money they spent on exploration and alternative energy research. There are HUGE forces at work to keep the status quo and to keep these huge profits in place for oil companies. They see their future is in danger and will pull out all of the stops to make sure they are safe. That includes calling in support from their people in Congress just like they have always done.

I guess Obama conveniently forgets that his “clinging” to guns comments in San Francisco were at the home of Ann Getty, billionaire oil heiress. Getty was taken over by Texaco, and the family continues to earn billions. Let us not forget that many of his unions are heavily invested in oil stock, as are his hedge fund crowd of George Soros, etc.
Obama went to big oil, asked for money, and insulted the white worker in Ohio and PA. Who is out of touch?

dont you think it is funny how whenever there is a storm gas prices go up—but now in electon year THE PRICE DOES NOT GO UP DO YOU THINK PERHAPS THE REPUBS ARE IN BIG OIL POCKETS—-you can drill to hell and back and it will make no difference—-opec will just lower production and keep price anywhere they want to have it—do your homework as of 70s oil embargo.still cost the arabs approx 2.00 yes two dollars a barrel to produce—-we must put an end to big oil and move on to alternate fuels—–cuba one of the greatest producers of sugar cane great for biofuel and we embargo them—–but china is ok –yes big oil and the repubs have it all under controll.big oil and china and iraq war are bankrupting us.

Genius, I really dislike Obama and will mourn the day if he gets elected but this is a brilliant move, if there is anyway to get people riled up its to get to talk about oil prices.

I really hate the term “Windfall profits” only a lawyer would use that term, I wonder where in the profits the “Windfall” starts.

The media is following John McCain right into the gutter of American politics. McCain and the media want to talk about anything (including race and Paris Hilton) EXCEPT THE ISSUES, because McCain and the media lose when Americans look at the issues.
McCain’s was the major Senate advocate and supporter for the war in Iraq– McCain’s mistake in judgment cost America more than $1 Trillion and 4,000 American lives. You ought to vote for Senator Obama if you think that the war in Iraq was wrong and harmed our economy during the past 5 years.
Our economy is in huge trouble and McCain wants to perpetuate Bush’s foreign policy and tax cuts for the wealthy – including a $4 billion tax cut for the big oil companies that are eating YOUR lunch. In contrast, Senator Obama will get a windfall profits tax (on those excess Oil Company Profits) that will be rebated to you.
Senator McCain voted with President Bush 95% of the time during the past eight years.
Ask yourself – Are you better off today than you were 8 years ago?
If you think President Bush has done a good job, then McCain is your man. If you like the results of the past 8 years, then vote for McCain, because you will get more of the same for the next 8 years.
At all events, please focus on the issues that are important to you – not the media sideshow.
In the end, just ask yourself – Are you better off today than you were in 2000?

Obama o8 landslide there is nothing negative about the truth.

I HAVE CUT MY FUEL USAGE IN HALF AND YOU ALL CAN DO THE SAME—get your speed down and do not make unnecessary trips–carpool etc –we have the brains to do it—-we had cars in the 70s getting better fuel mileage than today–and they were not super expensive hybreds—something called volkeswagon rabbit diesel—who is giving the shaft to us.and yes it could be ran with biofuel.big oil and the repubs must go.

SADDLES
most people do not realize that if they add one passenger the fuel usage will be cut in half. yes 50% i would pay 8.00 per gallon for domestic biofuel as the benifit would be our own economy.

THAT IS ELIMINATE BIG OIL–PLEASE DONT BE TAKEN IN BY REPUB–B.S.

The 55 speed limit saved lives and reduced gasoline consumption a great deal. Everyone seems to always want to get there faster and quicker but for the safty and ability to be less dependent on Foreign oil 55 is not a bad idea. Had R Reagan left in place the energy policies J Carter had implemented after the Arab Oil crisis back in the late 70′s we’d be a great deal less dependent and Detriot would already have produced that 50 plus mile per gallon engin.

MAKING THE OIL COMPANIES PAY FOR HIS PLAN WILL ON BACKFIRE AS THE OIL COMPANIES WILL ONLY INCREASE THE PRICE OF OIL. BUSINESSES JUST PASS THE TAX ONTO THE CONSUMER. HOWEVER IF WOULD PASS THIS OIL REBATE WHO RECEIVE A CHECK. WHAT ABOUT THE INNER CITY PEOPLE THAT DONT HAVE CARS? SHOULD THEY RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT? SHOULD YOU ONLY GIVE TO EACH OWNER OF REGISTERED CAR OR MULITLE CARS? SHOULD BUSINESSES THAT USE COMPANY CARS BE REFUNDED? TRUCKING COMPANIES? IS IT FAIR FOR SOMEONE THAT USE MORE GAS THAN OTHERS TO RECEIVE THE SAME REFUND. WHAT IF YOU DRIVE 100 MILES A DAY VS. 20 MILES A DAY. NOT A VERY THOUGHT OUT PLAN, BUT ONE TO GET THE MASSES EXCITED ABOUT MONEY FOR YOUR VOTE. MR.OBAMA AKA ROBIN HOOD TAKE FROM THE RICH AND GIVE TO THE POOR. GOOD PLAN MR. OBAMA HOW MUCH IS YOUR VOTE WORTH AND AT WHAT COST.

The oil industry has too much influence in Washington. Our government should reflect the will of the people, not a few billionaires.

Notice how Obama sticks to the issues, while McCain uses character assassination tactics to distract from the issues and his disasterous record.

To all you completely clueless Republicans FYI the Oil Companies are drilling off shore & on inland waters. They have rigs drilling right noe in Alaskan, Texan, & Lousianan waters. With new starts every month. They are also drilling on U S land sites from Alaska to Maine and all points in between. Just this years so far they have started 25,000 plus new drill holes. So to each side of this idiotic debate your both full of it. They aren’t being prevented from drilling and they are drilling on those 68 milliion acres.

McCain has made the choice to run ads with oil rigs in the background. This undeniably ties him to the oil industry and will destroy his campaign as the majority of Americans have had it with the record setting profits by the oil industry while at the same time receiving tax breaks from the government. A very poor polictical strategy that will cost him in the long run.

Let’s get real. The TEXAN named GWBush is the one who is, and always has been, in the pocket of big oil. After all, GWB is OIL! Pretty unfair to blame McCain for GW’s doings for the past 8 years. And, if blame needs to be placed, then place it on all administrations in the past 30 years who have not had the foresight to develop alternative energy!!!!!

His ad is a huge lie and is a cover-up. BHO needs to come clean and be upfront with the voters. The truth is that he has received more money from contributors than McCain. How much more has BHO received than McCain from campaign contributors?:
* 500% more from Halliburton
* 300% more from Shell
* 50% more from Chevron
* and more from Exxon
It is apparent that the DNC candidate has nothing to offer for solutions, so he can only make derogatory unwarranted statements. One more reason it’s Time to Change to McCain!

beebop you are correct. he did vote for the bill and now he is making it sound like he did not have all the information. We are all suffering in some way and this guy Obama has no clue what we are going through. He campains in other countries I guess for president of the world and cares less about us. Now he is for drilling oil because 69% of Americans want it. He is now the new king of the flip flop.

Attend a town hall and debate this and other issues, Obama. Show some spine.
If you can’t stand up to a 70 year old man in a civil debate, how do you expect us to believe YOU can take on Big Oil?
You can’t and won’t because you are also in their pockets.

Wake up…until your man becomes president(God forbid). I have the right to say what I want. Of course if your man wins that could change….

PCC wrote:
Farrakan is the guy that wants the government….
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When he runs for POTUS, we will debate this. Until then, what is YOUR point?

My number one issue is healthcare and that’s why I’m not voting for McCain. He doesn’t care about the little people, just the millionaires and corporations. I liked Hillary and voted for her in the primaries, but I’ll settle for Obama because at least he cares about healthcare. Last year we lost our son to leukemia and our crappy insurance wouldn’t cover hundreds of dollars worth of treatments. I’m not talking about deductables, but all sorts of BS, bureacratic reasons not to cover necessary treatments. My husband and I have worked hard and done the right thing our whole lives and we sacrificed everything for our son. Now he’s gone and we’re facing bankruptcy because our insurance system is completely broken. We need relief. We need help. We don’t need more crocodile tears from either party. I sincerely pray that Obama wins and does something about our broken healthcare and insurance systems.

Hey, Jake.
How about a article on how the Republicans blocked an oil speculation and alternative energy bills?

McCain is a fossil, no wonder he still embraces fossil fuels! More than enough reason to vote for Obama: the romance between Big Oil and Bush’s GOP. The answer to the energy crisis for Big Oil and the GOP: let us drill everywhere and anywhere we want. Alternative energies now!!! – we have the technology, we have the political will. Let’s throw the GOP out and get the job done.

terrys mom,
So sorry to hear about your loss. Most people don’t realize that every year their healthcare cost go up and yet the coverage is going down. McCain’s plan does not cover pre-existing conditions, so MY son, who is type 1 diabetic will not be covered. When it was pointed out to John McCain that he would not be covered under his plan, his response was “Huh”.

But wasn’t it Obama who voted for Cheney’s Oil Bill and McCain who voted against it? You remember, that’s the bill that gave massive handouts to Big Oil.

MI Voter – that’s so typical. I get so angry when I see how little the GOP cares about the average American. My husband is a vet and we both work hard and it seems like the GOP only cares about people like us when they need people to fight their wars. The rest of the time they screw us at every turn and laugh at us from their country clubs and boardrooms. I don’t know if the democrats are much better, but at least they don’t despise us and exploit us like the Republicans.

Who is going to pay that big wind fall profit tax Obama wants to put on the oil companies? The comsumer is going to pay at the pump. Oil companies are still going to make their big profit.

marylou – they’re paying for the Republican’s costly war in Iraq. $10 million/ day. Thanks for asking.

Lee S – so you would prefer that Oil companies make windfall profits and our government get no taste of it? That’s just stupid.

BR594 – Didn’t McCain also flipflop on offshore drilling, too? The difference is that McCain got millions of dollars from the oil companies for his flipflop. Nice try.

marylou wrote:
will someone ask the Dem-controlled Congress what it’s doing with the billions in taxes it collects on each gallon of gas?
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It’s going to the Iraq war. You know, the illegal invasion of a sovreign nation. The war that Cheney claimed would make oil $4 per barrel. The war that John McCain said would be easya nd over in 4 months? The war that McCain claimed we would be greeted as liberators. The war that declared “Mission Accomplished” over 1,900 days ago. The war that has killed more than 4,000 American troops.
You remember that war, don’t you?

Obama is in the hip pocket of BIG OIL, the contributations prove it. What a hypocrite !

Fact stands. Obama voted for Cheney’s Oil Bill which pandered to Big Oil and now accuses McCain of being beholden to them. So which candidate would a thinking person support? The one whom Big Oil is trying to buy (but who didn’t give them his vote) – or the one who gives them his vote (and by the way is being paid by them too, just not as much at this point in time).
Obama is the candidate who voted for Big Oil.

Obama followed McCain’s lead in off shore drilling. Now, we see who is the leader. At least Obama is learning, who is the leader and next president.
********* GO MCCAIN *********

Does the CITIZEN OF THE WORLD {more like the planet of Jupiter } not realize that the big oil companies will pass along that windfall tax increase on to us – the consumers- and we will be paying more ?? What part of Illinois did this nit wit come from ??? Rockbama – you just don’t get it and thats why your ratings are going down!! Let us all rejoice in this and call out Rockbamas favorite preachers to give the sermon !!! Buye bye to the Obamas and their cult !

Wake up America, I am not in favor of the oil companies making the profit. I am just stating a fact that the comsumer is going to be the loser.

90210:”Obama is in the hip pocket of BIG OIL, the contributations prove it. What a hypocrite !”
So what, exactly, does big oil giving 500% MORE to McCain say?
“I suspect 90210 is just another kid having fun by seeing how stupid a line he can get people to react to.”

marylou – allow me to explain how things work for you, since you seem very confused. The gas tax goes into the overall federal budget, which pays for many things, including some Iraq war spending. It doesn’t cover the entire cost of the war, obviously, since that cost is astronomical ($10 billion/day) and Bush prefers to borrow the money abroad (mainly from China) and leave that debt for future Presidents to deal with.

Lee S. – the consumer has already lost. We might as well ask the oil companies and the speculators to at least give something back to our public treasury and help ease our tax burden.

First of all, how much does Obama consider to be a windfall? How much does the oil company have to make in order to be taxed with this? What is his “excess profits amount”?? He doesn’t ever say that! So it’s just a ploy to get the little man thinking he’s winning but the promise is so vague that he’s not telling the people at what point oil companies will be taxed…they never will be! And WHY for that matter is a company … any company for that matter … punished for being successful?? If they make the money why are they being taxed a so called “windfall tax” to give to the poor…how about reward people who go out and make their own money rather then the people who sit around and wait for the handouts!!!

If you TAX the OIL companies they will pass the cost of the TAX onto the consumer. That is one little BIG detail Obama is not telling you.
Yes it sounds good to TAX the oil companies. But no matter what the consumer will pay the TAX

Well I really don’t care what anybody says. I hate all liberals and democrats anyway and I will do or say anything to get McCain elected and keep a Democrat out of the White House. No amount of logic or arguments will ever change MY mind!

pigs slop – so the oil companies should keep on making ridiculous profits without ever giving anything back to our government? That’s just stupid.

If Obama is elected, what would stop the oil companies from moving to Dubai where there are no taxes, meddling governments and a political party bent on revenge? One way or another, if elected, the unholy trio of Obama, Reid and Pelosi will attempt to crush the oil companies. Big Oil’s response will be to stop exploration (remember they pay millions to do this not the government) and let the price of oil soar. Or, as I said, they can go off shore and tell the Congress to shove it.

Jeff Saeli – what’s stopping them now?

Amazing how Republicans will defend to the death the very corporations and politicians who are screwing them royally, but will rabidly attack the people who are actually trying to help them. No wonder our country is in such a mess. All these brainwashed Republican-bots are destroying our country with their ignorance and stupidity masquerading as “common sense”. So sad.

2 wars, a recession, mission accomplished GOP scumbags, a massive credit crisis, a massive housing crisis, bankrupt america, John mccain is how old?? 71? He should retire, he is a total looser

I seen ads for Obama, fast-track alternative energy, what a waste. Then we have McCain, drill, wind, nuclear, hydro-electric, ect. is the answer. This is the military in McCain, he wants energy to free our country from the arabs. I’ll vote for the McCain, the winner !!!

Obama thinks the government with higher TAXES that create wasteful programs can figure out ways to Alternative energy.

anne c.
Lets talk Bill Clinton and now McCain who said Obama is using the RACE CARD

This past Friday I heard McCain announce his plan for combating crime in America, I can paraphrase it into two words; “The Surge”. He wants to “fix” America like he thinks he is “fixing Iraqi”! Funny how Conservatives can afford $30,000 a year to house prisoners, but they cannot afford $20,000 to educate citizens so the prisons will not be needed in the first place. Oh yes and lets not forget, once the poor are educated and employed they can afford to pay for their own educations!!! McCain and the Republicans are facilitating the return of Feudalism to western society!!!

I’ll go with the McCain energy deal, at least we will have energy in the near future. Obama will self-inflate his tires, he has the hot air.

I think all this screaming about the Windfall Tax is not really helping anybody. The Carter administration did sign it but it wasn’t appealed until the LAST YEAR of the Reagan administration when oil prices were low. I wish people would do research before they jump and say that the Windfall tax will increase gas prices. First of all the tax is not on profits itself. I could try to explain it but it’s so complicated that I would recommend people to “Google” it and see which explanation is the most clear. Why do people jump to the first assumptions without doing any research? This is especially embarrassing considering that you need to use the internet to discuss on the blog. Would it take less than a minute to look up something you know little about?

Way to go BHO. By opposing and now supporting limited drilling, you’re working to increase the profit for Big Oil. By increasing supply, as it was in the 90s, Big Oil nearly went bankrupt. Now, he’s trying to construct alternative reality for us. This man’s arrogance is exceeded only by the temperature of his hot air, which when placed in our tires wouldn’t buy us cheaper gasoline. May the Lord help us should this neophyte socialist gets elected because high energy is only a minor problem then.

bedy – If elected McCain will continue this disasterous war and occupation. And, he promised to continue the borrow and spend policies while allegedly balancing the budget. (Some economics!) The Democrats control of Congress is very tenuous and thin…not enough to exert much balance of power…especially since Lieberman is really an R. Much too much is being made of “experience” if all it means is pursuit of the same failed policies. I’m reminded that Cheney, Rumsfield and the rest all had “experience” and “gravitas”. Big deal if your ideas are bogus and dangerous!

If Obama wants additional tax revenue from the oil companies, who will pay the price of gas, when they raise the prices? Will Obama give this money to his Southside Chicago residents? No more handouts – vote McCain.

marylou <<< My guess is your wrong, McCain will lose. In the end it will come down to one thing, America will reject him along with every other Republican they can. The Dem's will not win despite their celibrations, no marylou it is the Republicans that will loss and lose big. They are on the wrong side of a history they themselves created!

Rev. Wright knew Obama, all to well. He said Obama was a “typical politician”, he was right.

Obama says he will tax the oil industry heavily, which is somehow going to reduce our costs at the pump. Huh?! Just google it. Google “OBAMA OIL AD” and it will actually lead you back to March 28th, where he says he will tax Exxon heavily (even though they Exxon has to buy oil at record prices). If you believe in big government, then this is your Jimmy Carter of the 1970s.

Patrick
I would rather have big government than big corporations that are allowed to gouge the consumers unrestricted. At least the government we potentially have some control over.

Democrats pushing the old “republicans and big oil” boring line that the uninformed and environmental activists tout. Dems depend on ignorance to fuel this fire as they know people can do some easy research and look at a couple of simple numbers such as:
1. Oil company profit margins are at or below the typical profit margins of most companies. They make large profits because they are a huge industry that employee a lot of Americans and they have a lot of assets and infrastructure.
2. Oil companies have paid 3X in taxes then they’ve made in profit over the last 20 years.
“We can cut utility costs with solar and wind yet we are sitting at the mercy of all these greedy politicians who have their pockets lined with special INTERST Groups and big corporations.”
Go look up the per kilowatt hour cost of solar and wind and try saying you can cut costs. This might sound like a gread ideal but solar and wind are several times as expensive and they still require a backup coal fired plant because they are inconsistent and left on their own would cause blackouts. Moving to alternative energy and conserving is desirable but please don’t tout these technologies in their current state as they are very immature. We need a comprehensive energy strategy including transitional technologies like more nuclear, liquid coal, natural gas and more oil drilling. If you try to deny this you basically endorse $5-10 gas in the transition since there is no other feasible way.

Obama. We read. We understand profits and we know how much the Federal Government skims away in taxes and how much the states skim away in taxes from oil companies so please give us a break on all of this and start talking about how the Government(s)should take a cue from these profitable companies and do more with less.

It’s not rocket science to know McCain is the oil industry’s favorite. McCain talks a lot of BS when it comes to energy policy. Elect McCain and you’ll see why they “donated” 2 million dollars to his campaign. They ain’t doing this from the goodness of their heart. McCain, big oil, and Corporate America are all partners. McCain gets the money, big oil gives them their shopping list, McCain gives them what they want. Thats how simple this is. Not very different from prostitution. Wake up America, this man struts around in $500 shoes, you think he gives a rats #### about you? It’s all about him and his quest for his never ending thirst for power.

I’d rather have this ad than one that features brittany spears, paris hilton or Chuck Heston.

Couple other questions I have regarding democratic politicians.
Why is it that democrats always seem to criticize american companies but you don’t see them criticize foreign companies? The US companies have less clout than foreign nationalized companies and other large foreign corporations but democrats always blame the american companies. Could it be democrats are on the payroll of “foreign big oil”?
What about the word “strategic” do the democrats not understand? They want to deplete our refined reserves and replace them with unrefined oil that only a few US refineries can refine yet not drill for any more oil? How stupid do they think we are? If there was a major oil supply problem REFINED oil is the key to keeping us from a national crisis. I sense ulterior motives with the democrats on this one.

Toothchipper55, you wrote: “In contrast, Senator Obama will get a windfall profits tax (on those excess Oil Company Profits) that will be rebated to you.”
What do you consider excess profits? Are you aware that the profit margins that the oil companies receive are well below the average corporation? The only reason their total profits are as high as they are is because their sales volume is so high.
Congress already tried a windfall profits tax on the oil companies from 1980-1988. During that time U. S. domestic production of oil dropped between 1.2% and 4.8%. Less supply means higher prices. Windfall profits taxes are wrong economically.
These are private corporations. Their primary obligation is to their shareholders. These shareholders invest their hard earned money in these oil companies in order to make more money for themselves. When the government steals from the profits that lowers the dividend potential of the stock. That will cause fewer individuals to invest in these companies. That may eventually cause even more of the oil companies to move abroad and make us even more dependent on foreign oil.

Hey, jhw539, I am not an oil expert. However, I lived in Saudi Arabia for two years (did not work for the oil companies). Moreover, my mom actually owns a couple of acres of land in Texas that pumps enough oil to earn about $60 to $80 in royalties every couple of months! Wow, break the bank! It costs a lot of money to pump oil…the equipment, environmental issues, etc – it’s not cheap. Refinery capacity is limited. It’s going to cost a lot of money to expand our infrastructure. But taxing it to death is not going to help anybody.

Cryos – We criticize American oil companies because they are the ones gouging us at the pump. You know, those little names in the signs at the gas stations? It’s kind of a clue.
Nobody is talking about using up the all of oil reserves; just a very tiny precentage? What is it there for anyway? A crisis? Guess what, we got one.

Unfortunately democrats can spout garbage like this and the modern liberals will suck it up (many moderate democrats and classic liberals are too smart for this shallow of rhetoric)
Guess what. It’s not the 50s where its “corporations versus the people” its corporations versus foreign corporations. I hope most people on this thread are smart enough to know when there are major foreign competitors with support of their government taxing our companies more will only put the burden on american taxpayers and continue to strengthen china, india and our other competition.
Hopefully a lot of the democrats fooled on these issues by their politicians can adjust to the concepts of globalism and realize the economic reality is not that simple. China has its hands in both political parties’ pockets but they have heavily had their hands publicly in the pockets of democrats since Clinton during the 90s when we conveniently “accidentally” transferred ttechnology to them.
One more great hypocrisy is how democratic politicians are against US drilling but “demand” that OPEC increase production.
Regardless of transportation we will need oil for a long time for plastics, cosmetics, etc so to be realistic the only way to get off of foreign oil is to increase domestic output and cut usage by switching to alternative energy.

I’m sick and tired of Obama and his “big oil” rhetoric. Big oil maybe makes 8 cents a gallon while the government takes more than double than that on taxes. Oh yes its for infrastructure…Oh really???!!! Haven’t seen any new major highways being built with federal money lately. I’m voting McCain..

Luke: “Anyone who took Econ 101 knows that higher prices indicate inflation, not recession.”
Higher gas prices by themselves do not define a recession, but they sure can be counted on to lead to one!

Cryos:
I agree with you on transitional energy solutions. As you mentioned the “alternative” energy sources are immature. But what about pumping money into research now so that somewhere down the way the alternatives can become a viable source to our situation now. D-Obama said that he’ll want 150 billion to invest in the future of biofuels and other energy that could be considered transitional under your definition. So I would just say the Democrats as well as the Republicans are looking for a better strategy. But this is a non-partisan issue for the country and it should likewise be for Congress. The solutions are not as simple as “more drilling”. The idea of more nuclear energy makes sense but what about all the nuclear waste that would be produced? What would we do with it? So there are always two sides to any idea and I wouldn’t be quick to jump to any solution that could be summed up in two-to-three points.

Very sucpicious…
When this blog referred to John Mccain’s Paris/Britney ad it provides a link to pla the ad.
When it talks about Obama’s Ad there is no link….
Biggest story is the Media is in bed with “My Friend” Mccain but is running reports to opposite.
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That is B.S. I tried to watch the McCain ad the other day here and it was disabled as well.

MI Voter – You’re response to marylou is incorrect. She was speaking about the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (nicknamed Cheney’s Energy Bill – and a HUGE giveaway to big oil), not the Energy Act of 2007. Obama voted for EPAct 2005, McCain and Clinton did not.

“I really don’t understand this notion that corporate profits should be defended at all costs, even if they are hurting the American people. So much for Republicans caring about the “little guy.”
I’m sorry but this is a really poor response. Maybe you just don’t realize our companies are being buried in the global economy and the “little guy” is being screwed more by foreign competition than the american companies. Your answer of screwing the american companies will just put more american companies out of business and make us export more and more of our wealth to foreign companies for their profits they reinvest in their host countries. Then they can charge us whatever they want knowing we don’t have domestic production to compete. Kind of like with oil now where they can charge us what they want and we can’t produce it domestically because people like Pelosi are trying to “save the world.” Hopefully you are able to see that this is not a desirable approach.

Wouldn’t it be a shame to get your $1000 from Obama and then later learn that your 401K, mutual fund, or pension fund lost $11,000 because it was invested in some “Big Oil” stocks. Of course that doesn’t matter to Obama. His pension will be funded by tax payers.

Obama ad back in March said this:
“I’m Barack Obama. I don’t take money from oil companies or Washington lobbyists, and I won’t let them block change anymore. They’ll pay a penalty on windfall profits. We’ll invest in alternative energy, create jobs and free ourselves from foreign oil.” So, the money is supposedly going to fund alternative energy, but you know it just creates bigger government. Besides that, he’s misleading the public, because he did take money significant sums of money from the oil industry. Now let’s fast forward to the present…

Senator Obama will not give the windfall profits tax on those excess Oil Company Profits back to us. The money collected will go to social programs, not all of which are bad. But, again, there will be questionable programs – do you want your expensive gas to finance liberal social programs – the NRA? Some may be worthy, but at least a few I would not care to finance. Obama wants to make oil less attractive the old fashion way: tax it to heII!

Cutting all corporate taxes from 35% to 25%? That quite literally just might bankrupt the federal government.

Cyros: “Democrats have taken every cheap form of energy off the table somehow thinking we’ll magically skip our way to alternative energy.”
Perhaps you missed the news where Senator Obama was roundly beaten up for stating that offshore drilling was still on the table since any solution will have to be comprehensive and may include elements he didn’t like to gain acceptance from all. He understands compromise and the need for comprehensive policy well – your comments would carry more weight if you directed them at the actual Democrat’s position rather than creating an easy to attack but fictitious strawman. You could check out his energy policy paper at his website (the pdf linked at the bottom of the Energy page). It has enough detail that I’m sure you’ll still find items to object to.

Luke: “Anyone who took Econ 101 knows that higher prices indicate inflation, not recession.”
Higher gas prices by themselves do not define a recession, but they sure can be counted on to lead to one!
Anyone who took Econ 1101 amd passed it knows that a recession is a combination of the following:
involve simultaneous declines in coincident measures of overall economic activity such as employment, investment, and corporate profits.(Except Big Oil) Recessions may be associated with falling prices (deflation), or, alternatively, sharply rising prices (inflation) in a process known as stagflation. A severe or long recession is referred to as an economic depression. Although the distinction between a recession and a depression is not clearly defined, it is often said that a decline in GDP of more than 10% constitutes a depression.[2] A devastating breakdown of an economy (essentially, a severe depression, or hyperinflation, depending on the circumstances) is called economic collapse.
Folks, if we aren’t in a recession, then what are we?

Patrick: “he’s among the most liberal Senators today.”
First off, that oft-repeat ‘fact’ is about as valid as when Ivory soap claimed to be 99.94% “pure soap.” That ‘study’ basically started by defining liberal as what Senator Obama’s voting record suggests. He is definitely no Kucinich and has a history of playing bipartisan ball (check out how he got that videotaping of confessions and interrogations through the Illinois Congress and into law).
As for printing money causing problems, that is a major complaint about the Republican government through Bush’s first six years.
And while most people don’t seem to get it, the money markets understand that the sort of deficits run by spend and borrow Republicans are just deferred taxation and punish the greenback accordingly. Alan Greenspan himself has been quoted as admiring Bill Clinton’s grasp of economics and ability to start paying off the huge debt handed down from Reagan’s unsustainable policies.

Martin: “Drugs made by US companies can be sold for much less in Canada, Mexico and other countries.”
They *could* be sold for less in the US too, except the Republicans’ prescription benefit explicitly forbade the government from making bulk purchase deals with them, as is done in Mexico, Canada, and every other first world nation in the world (and many second). You could consider that a billion dollar gift to the pharmaceutical industry and their very generous lobbiests, but I just consider it the US subsidizing drug research for the rest of world.

At least Obama is sticking to real issues

We need to invest and producing our own oil. In the future when the world needs an even larger supply, the US will be the vendors and make all the money.

“That is an absolutely meaningless statement unless you can define “liberal”
One only has to look at his voting record which makes him the most liberal senator. The fact he is temporarily shifting positions to try to win the middle since democrats’ pushing left wing liberals the last 2 election cycles means nothing.

Does everyone understand who big oil is and what they represent?
Mobile/Exxon is the worlds 14th largest oil co., being dwarfed by the really big oil co’s all owned by foreign governments or govt. sponsored monopolles. They dominate the worlds oil supply.
94% of the worlds oil resources, are owned and controlled by foreign govt’s,many of which are hostile to the US. Mobile/Exxon purchases 90% of it’s oil from these sources @ a devalued dollar, because there is not sufficient reserves in the US.
No wonder obama is so pandered after in Europe and the middle east. They don’t want to stop the largest shift of wealth in history being sent to there countries.
Our future is not in oil, and those who control these oil supplies know it. Both canidates should be in the pockets of research/development for a break through in battery tech.

hey McCain supporters, clearly your the same group that voted Bush in for 2 terms (well we all know he stole the election, it was rigged)
so what do you have to say for yourselves? Look at the state of this country – its horrible. You want to repeat this why?

I have been a little disappointed with George Bush…but I am still very happy I voted for him when compared to John Kerry. Same same, Al Gore.

“hey McCain supporters, clearly your the same group that voted Bush in for 2 terms (well we all know he stole the election, it was rigged)
so what do you have to say for yourselves? Look at the state of this country – its horrible. You want to repeat this why?”
Posted by: Jason Bralay
Yes we know you hate Bush, but how about you address the real issues and stop using bush hating to allow the democratic leaders to fool you into bad policy. Can you address some of the points in this thread?

If you want to change the subject and talk about deficits, who controls both the House and the Senate? Democrats. From where does all government spending originate? The House, controlled by Democrats (by a large margin, I might add.) Do you think spending will get better or worse if Democrats control the House, Senate, and Executive Branch? You know the answer.

Just one more note. Please do yourself a favor and spend more time analyzing politics than american idol and really dig into issues don’t like the MSM spoon feed you obvious 1 –> 2 –> 3 solutions reality is much more complicated.
Simple mentalities like “omg I’m paying a lot for gas and look oil companies are making a lot of money it must be their fault. Look democrats are blaming them so it must be true and I don’t need any more evidence” are the mentalities that are allowing politicians to screw americans. This happens on both sides of the aisle.
However it appears that on most issues (not all mind you) republicans take american interests over foreign interests and democrats are anti-american interests and act like foreign competition doesn’t exist. That is scary enough in itself.

I’m glad Obama is finally attacking McSlander. It’s about time. The McSlander campaign has no business complaining about hypoecrisy, since they wrote the book on it. Too bad, Republicans. Truth hurts. Too bad.

Perhaps Senator McCain and the GOP need to make an ad showing Obama’s expensive mansion and the $300,000 windfall equity on it with the help of the criminal, government contractor, political fixer and fundraiser Tony Rezko. This ad would be based on facts. Obama has already admitted it was wrong. That is certainly more wrong than getting contributions from oil companies.

sorry jjsmith6575 it is not based on supply and demand it is based on futures period. the week dollar and low interest rate are making it easy for futures to buy up as much as they can and hold it till the price goes up then sell at a profit. There is no shortage of oil if there was then there would not be millions of barrels of oil sitting in oild producing countries the saudies have said it already they arent steping up producion because there is no shortage in the market if big oil would use some of those profits to biult more refineries then the price would go down but why should they. They knw that it would only mean that there would be more gas on the market then and they would have to lower prices to sell it why spend money when they dont need to they can charge 4 dollars a gollan people have to buy it and they make even more then if they spent there profits on refineries in the first place if you think for one second that lining there pockets is not the only thing on there billoin dollar a day minds you are the one thats naive

Good to see Obama punching back at McSlime. Hope it’s just the start. The next ad should be a series of McCain saying things and then denying that he ever said them, e.g., “16 months sounds like a pretty good time table,” “the economy is not my strong suit,” “I’m not running a negative campaign,” etc., etc.

Cryos: “One only has to look at his voting record which makes him the most liberal senator. The fact he is temporarily shifting positions to try to win the middle since democrats’ pushing left wing liberals the last 2 election cycles means nothing.”
Again:
“That is an absolutely meaningless statement unless you can define “liberal.”
You basically just admitted you are defining liberal to be “whatever Senator Obama’s record is.” Don’t you see how vacant such a talking point is? And he does have a record of laws passed in a congressional system modeled after the federal system – the Illinois Congress. In that recored, he is far from liberal unless you are calling the entire Illinois Republican party liberal now. Which I guess your convenient made-up definition of liberal would.

sorry spock but your wrong if we droped the 60 cent tax big oil would simply raise gas prices by 60 cents they know we are willing to pay it so they are going to charge us. Thats what would happen.

devilkev:
“The Rio Tinto-Resolution Mining bill is not the first time McCain has benefited from land Exchanges. ”
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I see McCain’s name mentioned waaaaaaaaaay down in this article…. but I don’t quite grasp how you can say he benefitted from this…or other land exchanges based on the information in your post.

“It takes two sides to compromise. The Democrats were at the table while the Republicans were playing politics.”
2 amendments is not a suitable compromise when there were a couple dozen proposed amendments. The democrats’ “compromise” would have forced voting on bundled up packages and amendments. With an issue as serious as energy you would think if the democrats wanted to genuinely fix it they would do what they could and seriously debate it right? Instead they’d rather that americans suffer so they can have their power trip and refuse to open up any useful discussions. I guess “saving the world” is more important than a bipartisan solution. By the way Pelosi won’t let any vote for drilling by her own words so Senate compromise is meaningless without the house.
“You basically just admitted you are defining liberal to be “whatever Senator Obama’s record is.”
“In that recored, he is far from liberal unless you are calling the entire Illinois Republican party liberal now. ”
I based it off of the only standard way of determining a senators record at a NATIONAL level. I could care less what the Illinois voting record is we’re talking national politics. Illinois is a very liberal state so your obvious bias is apparent as well as your flawed methodology for how you determine a senator’s voting record. You are burying your foot deeper and deeper into your mouth.
Now that we’ve been sufficiently distracted how about you get back on track and debate some of the points raised in this thread about energy instead of changing the subject?

Although last week Obama was against domestic drilling, just today he said: “You won’t hear me say this too often, but I couldn’t agree more with the explanation that Sen. McCain offered a few weeks ago. He said, ‘Our dangerous dependence on foreign oil has been 30 years in the making, and was caused by the failure of politicians in Washington to think long term about the future of the country.” He also said he supported tapping into strategic resources and drilling in the US and offshore if it is part of a strategic plan …. His position isn’t any different than MCCain’s – this ad simply makes Obama a pretty big hypocrite?

John McCain, is this the best you can do??!! Your going to have to do more than your #### speeches as of late.

jhw539, I brought up Europe to point out that in spite of Germany paying a $5.16 tax per gallon of gasoline they still have an income tax.
Now then should Sen. Obama become president; and should the Democrats, as expected, gain 30+ seats in the House and 5-8 seats in the Senate, the country will take a decided Left turn. You can forget about Sen. Obama’s current rhetoric, because the Democrats in Congress will then take us even further Left than what Sen. Obama is currently advocating. Sen. Clinton has already implied that she wants to do away with private health insurance and replace it with a Medicare like bureaucracy. All she has to do is introduce her own version of womb-to-tomb universal health care and the Democrats in both the Senate and House will pass it. A President Obama will NOT veto the bill.

I’m not crazy about taxing the oil companies more than other companies because of some windfall profits. (Do you know the profits software companies make?) Oil is being driven by futures because someone keeps saying there is a limited supply. I don’t like the idea of taxing oil companies just because they make a profit nor do I like the idea of pitting one side against the other. We are all in this together. Obama is pretending to be Robin Hood, all the while he personally enjoys the fruits of capitalism. He speaks with a forked tongue.

Where to you nay-sayers think Big Oil’s record PROFITS come from? They come from all of us have to decide every day whether we can afford to fill our cars to drive to work and eat too. Public transportation isn’t available everywhere in the U.S. and even where it is, it rarely goes where we need to go. McCain isn’t doing much about encouraging alternative energy. Drilling in our wilderness areas and more off-shore wells won’t help beat down $4.00+ gal. of gas any time in the foreseeable future. Big Oil is collecting billions in record profits quarterly. They don’t give any back to the driving public and McCain cheers. It’s the same as him telling the American voter to go hang.

Obama latest proposal of a windfall profits tax on oil companies is only more evidence of longstanding Democratic disdain for US energy production by American owned oil companies. How many bloggers remember Arco Oil Company and Amoco Oil Company. Arco was considered a jewell that explored, developed, and owned 80 percent of our Alaska oil reserves. Arco was bought and taken over by British owned British Petroleum Company during Bill Clinton’s second term during the late 1990’s. Nearly all of our Alaskan oil reserves are now owned by a foreign oil company, British Petroleum. Britsh Petroleum also bought Amoco Oil Company which was the successor of American owned Standard Oil Company the former monopoly that once controlled the world’s oil supply. Citco Oil Company is owned by the Venezuelan government which has not been friendly to the United States.
Compare on the other hand, how the British government has supported offshore development in the British channel. If leading Democrats had supported a more pro-US energy based policy, Arco might have been able to buy out British Petroleum instead of the other way around. Shell Oil Company is foreign owned and Citco Oil Company is owned by the Venezuelan government which has not been friendly to the United States.
Look at how Democratic policies have also killed the US nuclear industry over the last thirty-five years. While 80 percent of France’s electricity is generated by nuclear power, only twenty percent in the US is generated due to the successful efforts of Democratic party to kill the US nuclear power industry. The two largest builders of nuclear power plants in the US are General Electric and Westinghouse. Westinghouse sold it nuclear power construction division to Japan’s Toshiba corporation. Now there is only one US ownerd major nuclear power plant builder in the US. Significantly nuclear power is not considered a mainstay of Democratic plans to address our current energy crisis.
Obama’s windfall profits tax will have the effect of undermining US owned energy companies and discouraging future investment in those companies.

Teo: Obviously you were referring to my post. I don’t like posting books either, but it may be the only way to get information to consumers who are being hoodwinked. The average Joe certainly doesn’t take the time to read Business Week, but relies on the rhetoric and half truth spun by Limbaugh, Hannity and others, and never get’s the real truth. Example, Senator Obama stating the fact about tire inflation, the right wing now ridicules, when Rex Tillerson CEO of Exxon virtually stated the same thing in a recent board meeting. By the way, I’m a former Goldwater Republican, and believe me mainstream Republicans are being sold out by the polices of the past 7 1/2 years and the policies McCain wants to continue, just the same as anyone else. It’s time the RNC fesses up and starts to right the wrongs. McCain’s not the one to do it.

McCain has not revealed the “source’ of his false claim he made on Letterman in 2001, that the Iraqi’s mailed the anthrax to NBC and two liberal members of Congress, because McCain is the one who made the whole thing up. McCain is the one who committed treason and led the public to think they had been attacked by a foreign power with a weapon of mass destruction. There was no “source” or surely: such a patriot as John McCain would have reported that miscreant to the FBI the minute he learned that the Anthrax was really sent thru the US postal system by insiders from a Maryland bio-terrorism fort. Is he hiding his “source” (wink!) who committed treason, or did he commit treason himself? He gets to say the truth if there was a source. This can be easy or he should be held in contempt by the Senate Foreign relations Committee and purged from the Senate, NOW.

RIght on politicsandtraditions. Democrats are busy putting American companies under so we can transfer more and more of our wealth oversees.
Unfortunately they know that a large percentage of americans don’t have the intelligence to understand a global economy and will believe their rhetoric. It’s amazing they get away with a naive “corporations versus the people” while foreign competition eats us alive. It is only a matter of time before all american wealth leaves the country and democrats will blame the wealth that is left until it leaves.

As long as we’re talking about windfall profits, how about a windfall profit on Hollywood star salaries. If that ain’t a windfall, I don’t know what is. People with nothing higher than a high school diploma reading some lines in front of a camera and getting $15-20 million. We need to pass a law that takes 75% of Hollywood stars’ incomes over $1 million in a year. The beauty is, most of the Hollywood stars are socialists so they won’t even care (or will they).

Bruce Becker, what was false about Saddam Hussein failing to comply with any of the conditions of the 1991 cease fire for 12 years? That was a material breach in the cease fire…and as such we resumed the war.

devilkev, the French seem to be doing just fine by recycling their nuclear waste. By the way, France generates nearly 80% of their electricity through nuclear power.
In an article by Jon Palfreman (the producer of FRONTLine) he writes:
“French technocrats had never thought that the waste issue would be much of a problem. From the beginning the French had been recycling their nuclear waste, reclaiming the plutonium and unused uranium and fabricating new fuel elements. This not only gave energy, it reduced the volume and longevity of French radioactive waste. The volume of the ultimate high-level waste was indeed very small: the contribution of a family of four using electricity for 20 years is a glass cylinder the size of a cigarette lighter. “

Oil companies want to keep production low and prices high. That’s why they aren’t drilling on the 70 million acres they already have leased. No one else will be able to drill either as long as they hold those leases. That’s why there needs to be a use it or lose it clause if anymore drilling rights are released. The quarterly reports of exxon showed a 11 billion dollar net profit. What does that tell you. The oil companies sure don’t need a tax break.

If you vote for McCain you’re essentially co-signing for a loser and you and your great great grandhildren will end up paying back what he’ll waste on War and more tax breaks for the rich.

Obama’s biggest adviser is Tom Dashle who now lobbies for three giant agribusiness. Guess where Obama’s bread is buttered.
Then, there’s the fact that Obama voted for oil company tax exemptions in 2005. The same ones he now blathers about!
What does this jerk take us for?

McLame is bought and paid for by Big Oil, just like Cheney who was the CEO of Halliburton Oil just before he became Bush’s VP.

Hey 08 after,
Those thousands of homeless now, were homeless 6 years ago. They were given a chance to own for the first times in their lives. They lived an up scale life for over 5 years. The smart ones did not re finance every years and have a five year party. So not all of the bush years were a disaster, only the ones you choose to look at.

“McLame is bought and paid for by Big Oil, just like Cheney who was the CEO of Halliburton Oil just before he became Bush’s VP.”
Posted by: hailmary | Aug 4, 2008 6:41:33 PM
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I don’t know about McClain…. but I DO
know that list isn’t complete without including OBAMA!

What a hypocrite! Speaking out of both sides of his mouth again – voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill, now he is criticizing them and Big Oil. Took Big Oil money himself, now he is deriding McCain for doing the same. Cried Boohoo when he was the butt of negative ads, now he is making negative ads. A real Washington Politician! Spare us, pulllease!

YEP!!! BOTH SIDES OBAMA!!! In Chicago he supposedly hit the wrong button 4 times to vote!!! He not only doesn’t know right from wrong but he doesn’t know yes from no!!! YEP, this is just the man we need to have his finger on the nucleaar trigger!

Over 20 oil industry lobbyists are on the McCain campaign payroll:
1 Rebecca Anderson / Women for McCain Steering Committee / Williams & Jensen / Sunoco
2 Wayne Berman / National Finance Co-Chairman / Ogilvy Government Relations / Amerada Hess
Chevron Texaco American Petroleum Institute
3 Charlie Black / Senior Political Adviser / BKSH Occidental Petroleum Corp. / Yukos Oil Chinese
National Off-Shore Oil Corp.
4 Carlos Bonilla / Economic Adviser / Washington Group / Chesapeake Energy
5 Eric Burgeson / Fundraiser / Barbour Griffith & Rogers / BP
6 Kerry Cammack / Fundraiser C/ ammack and Strong / Exxon Mobil
7 Frank Donatelli / McCain Pick as Deputy RNC Chair / McGuire Woods / Exxon Mobil Dominion
Resources
8 Melissa Edwards / Fundraiser / Washington Group / Chesapeake Energy
9 John Green / Congressional Liaison / Ogilvy Government Relations / Amerada-Hess Chevon
Texaco El Paso Energy American Petroleum Institute
10 Robert Harding / Fundraiser / Greenberg Traurig / Chevron Murphy Oil Phillips Petroleum
Company
11 Richard Hohlt / Fundraiser / Hohlt and Associates / Chevron
12 James “Jim” Hyland / Fundraiser / Pennsylvania Avenue Group / BP America Independent Fuel
Terminal Operators Assoc. Occidental Petroleum Corp. Independent Fuel Terminal Operators
Assoc.
13 Peter Madigan / Fundraiser / Johnson, Madigan, Peck, Boland & Stewart / Shell Oil
14 Susan Molinari / Women for McCain Steering Committee / Washington Group / Chesapeake
Energy
15 Jack Oliver / Fundraiser / Bryan Cave Strategies / Shell Oil
16 Nancy Pfotenhauer / Adviser / Koch Industries / Koch Industries
17 Steve Phillips / Fundraiser / DLA Piper / BP America Occidental Petroleum
18 Elise Pickering / Women for McCain Steering Committee / Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti / Koch
Industries
19 Sloan Rappoport / Fundraiser / Downey McGrath Group / Koch Industries
20 Matt Salmon / Fundraiser / Greenberg Traurig / El Paso Energy
21 Randy Scheunemann / Defense and Foreign Policy Coordinator / Scheunemann and Associates /
BP Amoco
22 Jeffrey Weiss / Fundraiser / BKSH / Yukos Oil Company

Politics is about control. One example is the drilling question. We dont have to lease the land to WTO companies. As some posters mention, 75 million acres are leased already and the accountants run those companies, not Mother Teresa. The accountants are SUPPOSED to make the price be high and the cash flow constant. If we stop leasing our US land, and start creating a sovereign corporation or two, to research, drill and deliver OUR oil to OUR refineries, which do not yet exist, we dont have to wonder how high the Chinese or American speculators are willing to bid up the price. We can own the entire process and the products. Yes, socialism comes to America.
Its Ok. You’ll like paying $1 for gas instead of $4.
Or you can keep on letting WTO run the USA.
As things are, there is now a legal fiction in the USA that corporations have “the rights of persons”. Amazing?! Anyway, oil will be higher and higher if we keep doing the same things. Change can be good. Also, we can go to steam powered cars, tomorrow. Stanley Steamer cars could go 150 MPH.
However they required tinkering. Electronic engineering eliminates all that old-fashioned tinkering, just like it did the hand crank to start gas powered cars eventually. The only technology we need to make the Stanley Steamer completely acceptable is to consider forms of fuel that are not high in emissions. Coal is available, but needs to bve submitted to technology. Anything, even weeds, will make water boil.
Nothing to it but to do it. This drilling stuff is all lies. We have to make real changes in process and techniques. Steam and public ownership are the easy ones. Most of our oil should be reserved for the military now, since it is finite and we can change to steam if we just act like it mattered.
air planes are not going to be steam powered.

I disagree in Obama’s energy policy except for when he said, strategic oil reserve are for emergency only because I believe high cost of fuel is not considered an emergency but Obama has flipped and flopped on his view on the use of strategic oil reserves. I am also surprised in the number of his flip-flops within the span of one week. Is this how Obama going to lead this country? I also disagree in his latest ad “in the pocket of big oil” because both him and McCain are on the receiving end of big oil contributions. In addition, Obama, not McCain, was the one who voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill. Furthermore, it seems Obama and the Democrats are not consistent with each other. I think the ad will eventually backfire on Obama.——————————————————————-***Obama is becoming more confusing, the more he changes his energy policy.
Posted by:
Al4McAttack 12:07 AM

Obama’s economic policy is a recipe for disaster and more jobs to drift away overseas.
1. Windfall profit tax
2. Tax the rich
3. More government regulations
4. Tax more, Spend more and redistribute

It’s negative, it’s negative!! As the Barack Hussein Obama camp cries!
Go for it Barack, because there is nothing to positive to say about you. It’s just a matter of time before he throws all his supporters under a bus, as he has already changed his position on practically everything since the primares. Drill, drill drill!

many guyz here are incredible
Your country’s facing a debt of nearly
500 000 000 000 dollars…Unless you ask China to help you wipe that ,you will have to pay MORE TAXES!!!!!!it’s almost the ONLY way you can manage that by yourself..
RAISE YOUR TAXES and this time , for once CALL YOUR CONGRESS AND GOVERNMENT FOR ACCOUNT…DEMAND!!!!!
Did you know that you need the government to spend around 200 000 000 000 to have any chance to start recovering?
But you don’t wanna hear that don’t you?
…Whoever you decide to put in the White House, good luck to you all because we know that the economy is gonna be …tough on you!!!!

Think about what has happened under 8 years of GOP energy policy. Certainly, it’s easy to see that anything would be an improvement over those policies. Sen. Barack Obama has proposed a comprehensive compromise to get stalled energy legislation through Congress. Now, McCain has decided that he too will support this compromise. This shows who is the leader, and who is the follower. Obama 08!!!

msdttony, a government takeover of the oil industry is NOT the answer. These are private companies. They have the right to make as much profit as they want. What we need to do is rescind the limitations that the government and environmentalists have placed on energy production for thirty years. They have hindered both increasing supply of oil (blocking offshore drilling and blocking the building of new refineries) AND decreasing demand for oil (blocking the building of new nuclear plants) for thirty years. The answer is begin developing renewable fuels NOW…begin building new nuclear plants NOW…rescind the ban on offshore drilling and begin the process NOW.

Obama should know — he was in Big Oil’s pocket first.
By the way, notice how Obama is having his hair highlighted with gray? Trying to look like he older and experienced –LOL!!!

ABC should point out that this ad is a flat out lie. McCain took in $1.3 million from oil companies – not $2 million. Obama himself took at least $400,000.

Right on Ragnar thank you! I hadn’t found the oil company list but that is exactly my viewpoint. Democrats seem concerned with demonizing and punishing only AMERICAN companies which benefits all their foreign competition.
A perfect example is american auto companies used to be the big evil republican supported “big auto” until they fell threw the floor then I guess democrats were satisfied we had another failing industry and moved onto the next. I would guess that if you look at donations closely democrats have huge sums rolling in from China, India, the EU and the middle east since their punish american companies stances directly benefit the foreign competitors at american consumers’ expense.

MIssy M, Republican’s have blocked more energy legislation, and more legislation period than any congress in history. It’s not the Dems do nothing, it’s the Republican’s do nothing congress, they block votes then whine that nothing is getting done rather than attempt to govern as adults.

Not sure about you but my wallet can’t afford another 4 years of GOP leadership. You had your chance…you totally destroyed our country. Now it is time to move aside!

The actual amount received by McCain from Big Oil so far is $1.3 million, it will likely exceed $2 million when the July numbers are released, true Obama didn’t mention the $300 thousand he received from Big Oil, but look what he’s offering them, possibly some new Offshore drilling areas and a proposal to rescind the $17 billion in incentives Big Oil receives from the U.S. Taxpayer and to replace it with a Windfall Profits Tax…..it’s kind of hard to say that Obama is being bought by Big Oil, on the other hand McCain wants to give Big Oil everything it wants including Offshore Drilling leases and bigger Tax Cuts……which candidate do you think is being influenced by Big Oil’s donations?