McCain says solve it now with a balanced plan: Alternative energy, conservation, suspending the gas tax, and more production here at home. He's pushing his own party to face climate change. But Barack Obama?
ANNOUNCER: Record gas prices. A climate in crisis. John McCain says solve it now with a balanced plan: Alternative energy, conservation, suspending the gas tax, and more production here at home. He's pushing his own party to face climate change.
But Barack Obama? For conservation, but he just says no to lower gas taxes, no to nuclear, no to more production. No new solutions. Barack Obama: Just the party line.
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1 comment
#1 Matthew Burton Jul 8, 2008
I suppose there's nothing wrong with trying different approaches, nor is it wrong to call this "balanced."
However, the ad attacks Obama unjustly: "For conservation, but he just says no to lower gas taxes...no to more production." This is completely consistent. I don't see how anyone FOR conservation would encourage us to keep buying oil, and that is exactly what McCain is doing by trying to lower the gas tax.
Obama's energy strategy may not provide quick fixes, but it is certainly more consistent than McCain's.
For more on whether the gas tax cut would actually work, go here.