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McSame's Bad Day
The old guy just can't get a break.
My grandmother used to say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Today McCain took my grandmother's maxim to heart and dusted off the 2004 Bush/Cheney play book. Because Obama has the Audacity to Hope that the Constitution applies to all people, McCain's camp trotted out the tired trope that Obama somehow believes that the GWOT is nothing more than a "police action". A line of argumentation used successfully against Kerry during his campaign run. All because he pointed to the successful trial and incarceration of terrorist suspects in 1993. How dare Obama suggest that the current legal black hole concerning the fate of the alleged terrorists in Guantanamo be foreshortened by reason and sound jurisprudence?
After the McCain camp opened this can of worms, Obama responded forcefully that he wouldn't be lectured by the same idiots that decided that the perpetrators of 911 were secondary to some neo-con wet dream of democratic utopia in the middle east--okay, so I'm paraphrasing here ;-) All in all, Obama's response was an upper cut that clearly sent McCain's dentures into the stratosphere.
The McCain camp then released an "environmental" ad touting his independence from the poll-afflicted Republican Millstone also known as The President of the United States. Just to flex his atrophied muscles on the environment, McCain changed course and suggested that the federal government should lift its moratorium on off-shore drilling - a move that is sure to send the hearts of the environmentally concerned independents he is courting all pitter-patter.
To top off his day, this same Republican Millstone decided that he too supports the idea of lifting the federal moratorium on off shore drilling, thus demonstrating all too clearly that McCain's independence from He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is nothing but a sham.
A bad day for McSame, a great day for Obama!
Comments (4)
Hate to say it, but I think off-shore drilling might have more appeal than you imagine.
Supply and Demand still being coupled, and true renewable energy being a long way off, people are looking for the producers you disparage to find more supply. Support for that is not really tied to Bush as much as you would like.
As for the terrorism issue - I hope like hell Obama counters that GWOT bushit forcefully and effectively. That is doing more harm to the world than any off or onshore drilling will ever do.
Yes We Can
June 18, 2008 1:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
We just need to remind people that the oil companies already have leases on millions of acres of land they don't develop as it is.
June 18, 2008 10:36 AM | Reply | Permalink
Elliottness,
It has a visceral appeal, but anyone that actually scratches the surface of it realizes that it will not bring about any significant reduction in the price of gas which is ostensibly the reason this pander is being floated.
Furthermore, any sort of reduction--which would be measured in pennies mind you--wouldn't be seen for a minimum of five years, and likely closer to ten years. By that time this current crisis will have abated largely as a result of changed purchasing behaviors as more folks buy gas efficient cars and trucks.
It's a sham, but I will concede, it has a temporary appeal. So politically, McCain will get some traction, but as more people become acquainted with it, it will be short lived.
And finally Elliottness, my post is rather short. Where did I "disparage" producers? I don't view them positively or negatively, they are simply companies providing a service, just like the company I work for. So please demonstrate to me how I've disparaged them. I've disparaged McCain, and I'll stand by that.
Cheers,
Chris
June 18, 2008 7:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
Corrected I stand
I interpreted this as a negative statement about producers. Which it is not.
June 18, 2008 2:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
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