So McCain goes on the attack--again. This latest salvo ("Why doesn't Congress get back to Washington to work on an answer to the energy problem?") is political grandstanding once again. What he doesn't tell you is that the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, filibustered three energy bills & is holding out for off-shore drilling (go to http://www.kentucky.com/591/story/481454.html for more on this). Then go to https://pol.moveon.org/donate/gettowork.html?r=4015&id=13424-7967348-YLNK56x to see just how hard McCain has worked on energy policies.
In the meantime, it has just been discovered that McCain has received suspicious & potentially illegal campaign contributions, many of which stem from oil executives. Go to http://pol.moveon.org/mccain_oil_donors/?r_by=13441-7967348-RVqd8dx&rc=paste for more on this.
Now, face it. I think every Congressperson has, at some time or another, taken BIG OIL money. So, here's a website where you can see who, how much, etc. http://prezoilmoney.oilchangeusa.org/index.php. I'm sure that, given the amount of money the oil companies have now, we'll see much more pour into election coffers. (You know they're not trying to invest in refineries or alternate fuel--most of their profits are going into buying back their own stock to help keep the value up). Now, if you go to http://opensecrets.org/pres08/select.php?cycle=2008, you'll see that Hillary Clinton actually is slightly ahead of McCain. Of the 12 or so Presidential Candidates (both sides of the fence), Hillary & McCain together pulled in more oil money than the other 10 combined.
And, because I enjoy a good laugh, I just had to add Paris Hilton's Campaign Ad (go to http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/64ad536a6d).
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