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RNC Ad Blasts Obama on Energy– But Forgets Facts

The Republican National Committee just dropped a TV ad on energy in four battleground states — PA, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio — and it’s got enough whoppers in it to make the Midwesterners cough up their leftover Fourth of July potato salad.

The intro starts with a Global Warming Name Check. “Record gas prices. A climate in crisis. John McCain says solve it now with a balanced plan: Alternative energy, conservation, suspending the gas tax, and more production here at home. He’s pushing his own party to face climate change.”

The RNC is again trying to work the McCain-is-greener-than-his-fellow-Republicans theme, which, as we’ve noted before is true, even if that bar is pretty low. Not only does the nonpartisan League of Conservation Voters grade McCain low according to its standards, the Sierra Club says his greenspeak doesn’t match his votes. Or his shoes. McCain’s lifetime League score: 24 percent.
Then the ad turns on Barack Obama and, as have previous spots, tries to paint the O as abyss of good ideas, saying he’s “for conservation”(true that, but really, who isn’t); but asserts that The O said no to lowering gas taxes (true — but economists agree that’s NOT a good idea); said no to nuclear power (not exactly true), and worse - The O proposes “no new solutions” ( which is waaaay not true.).

The kicker is an on-screen line that reads: “Barack Obama: 97 percent party line voting, 2007.” Yep, that’s true — but McCain voted with President Bush a very unmavericky 95 percent. So they’re both partisans in a supposedly post-partisan world. Yawn. Color us surprised.

The RNC dropped $3 million on this, its first anti-Obama TV ad of the general campaign. While the Obama camp may have scads more cash than McCain’s outfit right now, the RNC has tons more to drop than their Democratic counterpart. That means that the GOPers (and the Dems when it’s their turn) can say all kinds of stuff — even incorrect assertions like the above — about their rival and not have it dirty their candidate’s hands.

“they’re both partisans in a supposedly post-partisan world. Yawn. Color us surprised”

Ok, but isn’t Obama running as this big change, above the fray, I’m different kind of candidate?

I think people would be surprised he is not as bi-partisan and moderate as he is presenting himself. You can’t make that a focus of the campaign and then Yawn when it is proven otherwise.

BHO isn’t offering any new solutions. Check his ideas with that of the Carter era…. Does Barack have a brother named Billy???
McCain voted 95% with Bush, OK. 5% with the democrats. Obama’s record…. 100% with democrats. I’m not a huge McCain fan but his ability to reach across the isle blows you argument out of the water.
McCain has always been a bit on the “GREEN” side so he’s not pandering to the left. Unfortunately, it’s what he believes.
McCain realizes the country’s constituency wants drilling and he ADMITTEDLY changed his mind. Anytime Obama has changed his mind, it has come with an argument of denial on his part.

silent E’s last blog post..Yep……. Change…..

Catch that Obama sign: “CHANGE”

As in “CHANGE” his position, that’s the only thing he’s changing. But fear not. It’s an Obama two-for-one special - that is, if you call now. he’ll “CHANGE” twice. Once now to make Joe Lunchbucket and Susie Beerframe think he’s normal and not a MoveOn.org elitest whackjob - and then CHANGE again after the election so he can back to worshipping at the MoveOn altar.

The question is: with the voters fall for it?

And another thing:

Wow, John McCain didn’t cut the mustard with the Sierra Club? Horrors! Whatever vestige of non-partisanship they ever had got left by the side of the political road decades ago. The League is a little better, but it misses the whole point anyway. We’re mired in 25 year old energy policies because of some of these groups. No offshore drilling? Funny, we can watch off the shore while the Chinese do it 60 miles off our coast while the sweater wearing liberals are putting solar panels on their doghouses.

Regarding campaign bucks - get serious. Even most of the mainstream media is now admitting the obvious; McCain is going to be outspent, probably massively as the ever-hypocritical O man raises the most money in history-and then makes it sounds as though the nasty Republicans are making him do it. What a charlatan. Is anyone dumb enough to believe this nonsense? If so, George Soros will buy you a drink.

If you believe the Big O nonsense, Soros won’t buy you a drink, he’s bougth your vote!

Shoebox’s last blog post..RIP, Tony Snow

Thank you for a very interesting post. It has given me some food for thought.