Obama Knocks McCain On Offshore Drilling

Says Ariz. Senator's Proposal "Makes Absolutely No Sense At All"

(AP)  Barack Obama said Friday that presidential rival John McCain's proposal to allow offshore drilling "makes absolutely no sense at all" as he headed to Florida to put the Republican on the spot over the issue.

Obama said opening up the U.S. coastline to oil exploration would not give Americans any appreciable savings until 2030.

"Even then you're looking at cents on a gallon of gas," Obama told Democratic governors at a meeting in his hometown. "Who knows 22 years from now, what would gas be at the pace that we're going right now?"

Instead, Obama said he would invest $150 billion over the next 10 years to create green jobs, particularly in the automotive industry and to improve the electricity grid so people can drive plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Obama planned a news conference after his arrival in Jacksonville, Florida, later in the day to criticize McCain on changing his position on drilling offshore. In McCain's 2000 campaign, he said he favored the federal government's 27-year moratorium on offshore drilling. This week, he said he supports lifting it to give states the option to drill.

Obama told the governors he couldn't wait to hear what their Republican colleague Arnold Schwarzenegger of California would have to say about McCain's plan. Told that he'd already spoken out, Obama said, "He's thumbs down, right?"

He is. Schwarzenegger said Wednesday that California's coastline is "an international treasure" that must be protected.

Obama discussed the economy with the 16 Democratic governors. They told him how people in their states are suffering, from high energy and food costs, loss of manufacturing jobs and the housing slump.

"There is a deep recession and frankly I believe it's gaining momentum," said New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, who backed Obama's primary rival Hillary Rodham Clinton. "I don't think we're half way through."

Obama said he would work with them on policies that would help, including a plan to spend billions in taxpayer dollars to build roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects that could create jobs and improve transportation routes. Obama asked if they have projects that were ready to go if they had the money, and there were nods and calls of "Absolutely!" around the table.

"Within three months, you could start putting people back to work," he said.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin responded, "I think we could put a lot of people back to work in one month. We're ready."

[obama8years]

Hi I am Huesain Obama. I would like to show the american people that the old obama is out and the new Obama is here.

I have changed churches , I know longer attend a racist, anti-american and pro-hamas church.

I have quit involving myself with the ISM and have put all my support for Isreal.

I will work hard to make sure that I am not the most liberal senator in congress. I would like to give that honor to Kennedy.

I repudiate any friendship I had with Bill Ayers and no longer serve on the board with him. Bill is a known terrorist and no friend of mine.

I now know that Rezko was a crook, and will be careful next time I deal with shady characters to not get caught.

I will no longer support my cousin in Kenya who is a ruthless ruler who wants to overtake the goverment and place Muslim SHaria Law.

I will no longer appease Hamas or Iran. And will not run from Terrorist.

It is time America see the New and Improved Barry O''''bama, an Irish Gent.

PAID FOR THE BARRY O''''bama Campaign

[taddles3]

"FRIGHTENING AREN''''T THEY? TO RAMALAMAOBAMA - I SAY: DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW, PAY LESS.

Posted by mudrose at 09:17 AM : Jun 23, 2008"



Feel free to try convincing the governors of Florida and California to drill of their shores. Seems they have both come out strongly in disagreement with the idea.

[taddles3]

"Yes, I have read the books and you should too!

Posted by TruUSA at 12:17 AM : Jun 23, 2008"


Actually you haven''t because if you had you wouldn''t be posting false quotes false statements.

I agree, read the books, actually read what Obama wrote rather than the right wing attack points posted by this neo-con tool.

[taddles3]

"And we do know what Marxist and socialism is, it''''s a policy that has never succeeded in the history of mankind...usually leads to communism!

Posted by RowdyWicca at 09:34 AM : Jun 23, 2008"



Really, never succeeded? so countries like Sweden and Finland and France and Portugal have never succeeded...news to them I''m sure.

How about all the "socialist" programs here in the US. How about your police department, and fire department, both paid for with federal funds. Health inspectors, highway department, sewage treatment, municipal water supply, electricity, all subsidized or funded by the Government. Feel free to explain how your "non socialist" government is going to work when the bridges fall down, your water doesn''t turn on, you have no electricity in your house and the cops and the fire fighters don''t show up when there is an emergency.

You always cry about socialism except for the socialist programs you gladly use every day and need to survive.

[taddles3]

""Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English" George Bernard Shaw (Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950)

Posted by terrorislami at 05:35 PM : Jun 22, 2008"


What, no modern quotes about Socialism?

[taddles3]

"More recently, Bill Clinton locked up 1.9 million acres of land in Utah to any future development of resources by the creation of the Grand Staircase National Monument. In that area, there is enough coal to run this country for 300 years.

Posted by minnick8 at 11:49 AM : Jun 23, 2008"


Coal?!? Why not just step back a couple more hundred years while your at it. How about we just repeal all the pollution laws and take a leap right back into the industrial revolution of the 1880''s. Tell you what how about we build a coal fired power plant in your backyard, would that be ok with you? How about you think further out than one year and take a look at the reality of what you are saying.

Why is it you neo-cons are more interested in your pocket books than in your children?

[minnick8-2009]

More recently, Bill Clinton locked up 1.9 million acres of land in Utah to any future development of resources by the creation of the Grand Staircase National Monument. In that area, there is enough coal to run this country for 300 years.

I hope the liberals who don''t want the U.S. resources developed will eventually freeze to death in the dark. Unfortunately, the rest of us will be taken along with them.

[minnick8-2009]

Developing our own resources for the long haul should be part of a plan which is inclusive of the development of any resources available in the U.S. It is insane for us to depend on foreign oil and the benevolence of people who can''t stand us and would destroy us in a heartbeat. It is about time that America get off its high horse as regarding development of its own resources. Even if it takes 20 years to realize lower gas prices, if we don''t start now, where will we be in 20 years? It is also good to finally be hearing about the development of American''s coal resources, and development of electric cars, and broader use of windmills, and nuclear power.

In 1976, an attempt to develop coal on the Kaiparowitz Plateau in S.W. Utah was quashed by Robert Redford and his liberal friends. The theory was that the pollution would destroy the views at Bryce Canyon 80 miles to the west. I thought that was an interesting theory considering the trade winds blow from the west to the east, and also, the Navajo Nation had already built a power plant right on the other side of Lake Powell, and that smoke is not visible 80 miles to the west. The greatest dangers to visibility of Bryce Canyon and the Grand Canyon are pollutants that come from California and Nevada.

[minnick8-2009]

Anyone ever notice how the Repubes and neocons must resort to name calling when they can''''t explain or defend their conservative-of-choice''''s position???

Posted by rafl

Ever notice how the Left-wing Liberals resort to name calling when they can''t explain or defend their radical position?

[rowdywicca]

Well said and sadly, 100% correct. Most Americans simply do not take the time to really understand what is being feed to them. If you ask one of them about Socialism most will indeed return with a repulsive knee jerk reaction to the old Soviet system. It''''s this ignorance that leads them to toss around words like Marxism and fascism, without having the slightest idea of how silly they sound.


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Posted by SgtRDS-E4 at 10:08 PM : Jun 22, 2008

Well, there you''re wrong! We do know what''s being fed to us, and it''s a crock of lies!

And we do know what Marxist and socialism is, it''s a policy that has never succeeded in the history of mankind...usually leads to communism!

We knew what the Marxism krap was back in the 60''s...remember? That krap doodle theory died a an ignominous death when people grew up and realized they were living in the freest damned country in the world and began to appreciate it!

Shame isn''t it, Obama and his gas bag wife haven''t grown up yet!!!

[mudrose-2009]

**READ THE BOOKS!***
Posted by TruUSA

FRIGHTENING AREN''T THEY? TO RAMALAMAOBAMA - I SAY: DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW, PAY LESS.

HIS ARGUMENT IS STUPID. IF CLINTON DIDN''T VETO OUR DRILLING WAY BACK WHEN WE WOULDN''T BE HAVING THIS ARGUMENT NOW. BUT SINCE OBAMA IS BOUGHT LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL BY THE SIERRA CLUE AND FINANCED EQUALLY BY GEORGE SOROS, HE HAS TO PANDER TO THESE FOOLS THAT WILL PUT THEIR MANDATES BEFORE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

[kansas1946]

Lordy, the lunatics are out in force tonight. Me thinks the Republican fringe is getting really nervous about Obama to keep upping this hysterical, senseless, blathering. We have two decent human beings running for president, an opportunity to discuss issues, but all we hear is nonsense. I will vote for Obama because I disagree with McCain on too many issues. I guess that is just too boring and we need all of that "swift-boating" to keep the kiddies awake.

[sgtrds-e4]

Sarge: The same holds true with Americans and socialism. The typical person cannot distinguish between socialism / communism / and dictatorship. They hear socialism and they think gulags and Stalin-era state sponsored terror. They do not understand that the "socialist countries" in Europe (i.e. Denmark, Finland, Germany, etc.) practice democracy on a scale that exceeds our own, but they have chosen to opt for a country that makes sure all people have access to affordable (and preventative) health care, university degrees, paid family leave for pregnancies, etc. One can make their own decision about the wisdom of such things. The sad part is how so many make their judgements about such things based on ignorance and misplaced ideology as opposed to logic and intellegent debate.

Posted by clemenhagen1 at 04:45 PM : Jun 22, 2008

Well said and sadly, 100% correct. Most Americans simply do not take the time to really understand what is being feed to them. If you ask one of them about Socialism most will indeed return with a repulsive knee jerk reaction to the old Soviet system. It''s this ignorance that leads them to toss around words like Marxism and fascism, without having the slightest idea of how silly they sound.

[sgtrds-e4]

If Obama is not a Muslim let him renounce it the way a Muslim would renounce it!

Posted by x123123 at 08:30 PM : Jun 22, 2008

If you are not a Muslim, then renounce it the way a Muslim would.

[kansas1946]

Obama tells you that a gas tax holiday is an election year gimmick that will do nothing to lower prices or solve the long-term problem. His plan sounds a heckuva lot more grounded in reality than McCain and the fellow fascist Republicans.



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Posted by clemenhagen1 at 04:51
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The Republicans have no new ideas, and their old ideas were bad. The Republicans had total control of this country for six of the eight years that Bush has been in office and they did nothing but run up the deficit to the largest in history, let Americans worry themselves to death about the cost of health care and insurance, have done nothing to encourage alternative renewable energy sources, in fact, have pretty much done nothing but create a mess to be cleaned up.

[x123123]

Is it the Wright way to have Damnation with Obamanation through Decapitation?
AKA God D_A_M_N America!
Listen all, Jews and Christians, and beware of the practice of the Muslim faith!
Sura (8:12) - "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them"

There is some cool beheading videos online for those who want to see first hand experience of Muslim people who read the Koran that follow the path of the way of the beheading bliss?

The blade goes around your throat as you cry out for this not to happen? You begin to grasp for air as the Muslim cuts deeper and deeper into you throat. You realize that in a few seconds your head will be removed for the purpose of Islam. The last thing you notice is the eyes of the person who is cutting into your bone. You shriek your final breath as you know that time cannot go backwards for this not to happen to you!

This is the Muslim way to a better way!
Do you think Decapitation is the Wright way to have Damnation with Obamanation?
Listen all and practice!

If Obama is not a Muslim let him renounce it the way a Muslim would renounce it!

[clemenhagen1]

HILLARY SUPPORTER SAYS: "If they were good, they wouldn''''t have to deceive us. And this is why we have to take back what has been stolen from us. We can''''t allow the unfairness to win. We have to step back and reclaim what is rightfully ours."

Nothing was stolen from you. Your campaign made serious mistakes and you got beat. Your candidate, who I admire by the way, stood up there and spun a fabulous tale about sniper fire despite video evidence to the contrary. This reminded too many people, such as myself, of the down-side of the Clinton years. While there were many great things that came from the Clinton era (fiscal discipline at the top of the list), the constant lies and splitting of the lawyerly truths got extremely difficult to defend. That is what cost Hillary...the return of Clinton fatigue in a year begging for political change. Had she not had the baggage from Bill"s problems...and her own...who knows? Quit griping and get on board the train. Little separates Hillary and Barack in terms of policy. Little separates Bush and McCain in terms of policy and ideology. You decide.

[clemenhagen1]

"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it" Thomas Sowell (American Writer and Economist, b.1930)

Notice how you every single quote regarding socialism you cite comes from some author prior to 1950. You do not find any quotes from modern intellectual who are actually from the Democratic Socialist countries I mention. Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, and the various other western European countries all implement some form of socialist economy with democratic features. Result: better health statistics, education scores, and crime prevention in those countries. With the American middle-class under constant assault from the neocon Republican vision of unfettered corporate greed, Americans would be wise to return to a view that invested in our infrastructure, health, and education sectors. Privatization and unregulated capitalism, all conducted in the hallowed name of conservative ideology, has done nothing but bankrupt the working-class of this country

[terrorislami]

Posted by clemenhagen1 at 04:45 PM : Jun 22, 2008

"The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer''s money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that it has made things worse. The black family- which survived slavery, discrimination, poverty, wars and depressions- began to come apart as the federal government moved in with its well-financed programs to "help."" Thomas Sowell (American Writer and Economist, b.1930)

"Socialism is workable only in heaven where it isn''t needed, and in hell where they''ve got it" Cecil Palmer

"Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes" Oswald Spengler (German Philosopher of history. 1880-1936)

[terrorislami]

Posted by clemenhagen1 at 04:45 PM : Jun 22, 2008

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)

"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it" Thomas Sowell (American Writer and Economist, b.1930)

"Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion" Richard John Neuhaus

"Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude." Alexis de Tocqueville (French Historian and Political scientist. 1805-1959)

"Most people who read "The Communist Manifesto" probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked a day in their lives, and who nevertheless spoke boldly in the name of "the workers"." surfun Thomas Sowell (American Writer and Economist, b.1930)

"Socialism is simply Communism for people without the testosterone to man the barricades" Gary North

"Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English" George Bernard Shaw (Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950)