In Energy Policy, McCain, Obama Differ on Role of Government

Arizona Republican John McCain and Illinois Democrat Barack Obama say a lot of the same things about energy and environmental policy: Both want to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil and fight global warming. Both want binding caps on greenhouse-gas emissions. Both see a stepped-up role for nuclear power. Full Story »

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by B.G. Rhule - Oct. 1, 2008

Why did this writer quote Sen. Obama as follows: "That's not-that's not leadership?" No one quotes speech guffaws no matter how slight unless they have an agenda, and that quote distortion spoke volumes for me. When the writer also took exception to the proposed coal-into-fuel production as added pollution, he neglected to state that the bill already contained emissions restraints--thus making it appear that Sen. Obama doesn't know what he is talking about. Having registered voters in Nevada in 2004, I learned firsthand that Bush's Yucca Mountain waste storage proposal was a thorn in the sides of the voters, and ran counter to personal promises he'd made earlier to Sen. Reid. Nevadaans were lukewarm about Kerry but red-hot about Yucca Moiuntain, and may not forgive McCain for riding Bush's coattails on this one. That McCain supports the gimmicky gas tax is a transparent bone thrown to the voters with no meat. McCain is another Bush-stamped anti-science candidate whose views usually run counter to what scientists propose, indicating his inability to listen to logic while playing politics.

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