Johnny boy must be crazy to be putting out an ad like this... blaming Obama for the high gas prices, lolololol... and McCain actually said he would run a respectful campaign and go away from the attack ads, then he does this. Desperationnnnnn!
McCain ad says Obama's the guy to thank for emptying our wallets at the filling station. We say that's ridiculous.
Summary
McCain's new ad accuses Obama of keeping gas prices high, all by himself. That's absurd, and McCain knows it – he has said repeatedly that our current problems were "30 years in the making."
The ad also tells us that gas prices are high because "some in Washington are still saying no to drilling in America." Not true. The federal government's estimate is that if the moratorium on offshore drilling were lifted today, it would be 2030 before we'd see a noticeable effect on supply and prices.
For the same reason, it's simply not true that drilling more now will "rescue our family budgets."
Analysis
Sen. John McCain, who's expected to receive the Republican presidential nomination in September, goes after Sen. Barack Obama, his Democratic counterpart, with a new ad that focuses on the cost of gas. According to McCain's campaign, the spot will air on national cable channels and in unspecified "key states."
The ad opens with a shot of an old-fashioned gas pump standing on a shimmering, moving, body of – water? desert sand? petroleum? It's hard to tell. The female narrator says: "Gas prices – $4, $5, no end in sight, because some in Washington are still saying no to drilling in America. No to independence from foreign oil."
"Some" are indeed opposed to lifting the moratorium on new drilling in the waters of the Outer Continental Shelf, and they include Obama.
What's not true, however, is that current opposition to lifting the moratorium has anything to do with today's gas prices. They aren't high because any one individual is against ending the ban. As we have pointed out previously, the Energy Information Administration estimates that if the go-ahead were given right now for such drilling, it would be 2030 before there would be enough oil flowing to have a "significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices." Is there "no end in sight" because of opposition to ending the moratorium? No more so than because of opposition to hastening the development of alternative sources of energy and new kinds of cars. But most experts believe that if we haven't implemented other strategies well before 2030, we're in deep trouble.
As for saying "no to independence from foreign oil," we suppose someone, somewhere, might be saying that – quietly, to themselves, in a small, soundproof room – but no major-party presidential candidate that we're aware of is doing so.
the reason the gas prices are 'high' is because the dollar is getting weaker and weaker, lol..
i saw some clip on youtube where like someone compared the value of silver -> dollars in 19xx year and the price of gas, then compared how silver-> dollars was nowadays and noticed silver was worth almost exactly what it would have to be to explain the high prices (due to weaker dollar)
anyway, stop moaning u fuckin nits we get raped over here $8/gallon is standard
that ad is pretty pathetic
also arent they not drilling in america because of the whole idea that once the 'world runs out of oil' that america will still have SOME left to be drilled or whatever...?
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wakeboarrder United States. Jul 22 2008 13:55. Posts 444
we need drilling in america its sfobv or gas prices are going to continue to rise higher and higher. Gas prices arent higher because the dollar is weaker lol look at the prices over in europe? UHHHH theyve been doubled ours for years. Its all the middle eastern countries choices to charge however much for oil. By the time oil runs out we will have different ways of powering vehicles, heating homes, etc. This ad is the truth.
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
On July 22 2008 13:51 wakeboarrder wrote:
i hate obama bottom line. Could be because im a business man and not some poor piece of shit. always been a republican and always will.
poor piece of shit?
u should adore poor people, you are rich because of them
new shit has come to light... a-and... shit! man...
On July 22 2008 13:51 wakeboarrder wrote:
i hate obama bottom line. Could be because im a business man and not some poor piece of shit. always been a republican and always will.
Well unless you're a top business man (like 260k +) Obama is likely to be giving you a tax cut, as well as lot's more people below you than mccain will help.
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DarkDevildog United States. Jul 22 2008 15:47. Posts 1764
I think whoever would propose making this affordable to the country would win the election. either of these.
On July 22 2008 12:55 wakeboarrder wrote:
we need drilling in america its sfobv or gas prices are going to continue to rise higher and higher. Gas prices arent higher because the dollar is weaker lol look at the prices over in europe? UHHHH theyve been doubled ours for years. Its all the middle eastern countries choices to charge however much for oil. By the time oil runs out we will have different ways of powering vehicles, heating homes, etc. This ad is the truth.
Honestly this is the guy that I added the FactCheck.org article for - so he could read it and see why the ad was BS. Why is it that ignorant people prefer to stay that way =(
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