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August 19, 2008 12:30 PM

MoveOn Links McCain, Dole In New Ad

By
Brian Montopoli
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MoveOn.org Political Action announced today that it spent half a million dollars to produce and air a new ad, called "Pocket," in North Carolina. The ad ties N.C. Senator Elizabeth Dole, who is in a tough reelection fight, with presumptive GOP nominee John McCain, suggesting that both are "in the pocket of big oil."

Obama has run ads suggesting the same of McCain, also using the phrase "in the pocket of big oil."

"We could have provided clean energy for a million homes," an announcer says as the spot opens on a shot of a young child in front of wind turbines. "Or created thousands of new jobs. Or reduced our dependence on foreign oil."

"Instead, John McCain and Elizabeth Dole allowed big oil companies to keep $13.5 billion dollars in tax breaks while taking huge contributions from Big Oil," he continues.

MoveOn explains this claim this way in its press release: "John McCain and Elizabeth Dole could have voted for cloture on the Energy Bill before the Senate in December, breaking the filibuster that granted $13.5 billion in continued tax breaks for oil companies (the bill, which needed only one more vote for cloture, would have repealed the 2004 and 2005 Bush tax breaks for the top five oil companies)."

The anouncer concludes: "John McCain and Elizabeth Dole: Two more Republicans in the pocket of big oil."

UPDATE: The Republican National Committee' Amber Wilkerson responds: "The fact of the matter is that Barack Obama is the only candidate in this race who voted for the '05 Energy Bill, which gave nearly $3 billion in new giveaways to Big Oil, and he has received more from the pockets of employees at several of Big Oil's largest and most recognizable companies."


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by oldwhiteguy1 August 20, 2008 10:07 PM EDT
oil, oil, oil.
America''s new evil! No wait, the Russians are back. Be very afraid America.
Oh wait, Obama said the Republicans will try to "scare you".
So he''s not only well educated he''s physic, OR its Republican politics as usual.
Either way he''s light years better than the old wrinkly dude!
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by ipublius August 19, 2008 7:04 PM EDT
It is sad that single-issue voters cannot stay on topic. We are being destroyed by the stangle-hold of the Major Oil companies. Instead of drill now, it should be REFINE NOW!! Of course the Republicans won''t vote to remove the subsidies to the oil companies, it would empty their political warchests. Oil has ruled in this country since Standard Oil and now the oil companies aren''t even American companies. The only thing American about the oil corporations is the source of their profit and protection. Their allegiance is only to their god, profit.
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by mattcat25 August 19, 2008 5:51 PM EDT
There has been over 100,000 Iraqis KILLED in the Republican Party%u2019s invasion and occupation of Iraq for Oil and War Contractor Profits.

Iraq was a war (if you can call it a war) that was completely unnecessary and reasons given war created by the Republican Whitehouse and supported by the Republican Congress including John %u201Cwar monger%u201D McCain.


Baby Killers?


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by mattcat25 August 19, 2008 5:14 PM EDT
Bob Dole and John McCain are the same,

they%u2019re both too old to be President.
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by deacon20081 August 19, 2008 4:56 PM EDT
A Truthful Advertisment Spot.
Refreshing to see one for a change.
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