Subject: [big campaign] McCain agrees with Obama on tires, yet his campaign continues ignorant tire gauge attack
From: "Berning, Nick" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:56:22 -0400
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http://action.foe.org/t/4027/pressRelease.jsp?press_release_KEY=411

For Immediate Release

August 6, 2008

Contact:

Nick Berning, 202-222-0748

McCain Agreed With Obama on Tires Yesterday, Yet McCain Campaign
Continues Ignorant Tire Gauge Attack Today

Properly inflated tires improve fuel efficiency and are one piece of
puzzle to help Americans use less gas

WASHINGTON, D.C.-John McCain agreed yesterday
<http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/08/05/mccain-takes-air-out-of-tir
e-pressure-debate/>  with Barack Obama's suggestion that Americans
should check their tire pressure as one way to use less gas, but
McCain's campaign continues to attack the idea today, offering "Obama
Tire Gauges" on its website.

According to Reuters, during a telephone town hall meeting yesterday
with voters in Pennsylvania, McCain said: "Obama said a couple of days
ago says we should all inflate our tires. I don't disagree with that.
The American Automobile Association strongly recommends it."

Yet the www.johnmccain.com <http://www.johnmccain.com/>  campaign
website continues to mock the idea, trying to raise money by offering
"Obama Tire Gauges" to potential contributors.

"McCain's double-speak is very revealing," Friends of the Earth Action's
David Hirsch said. "McCain's campaign is attacking Obama for supporting
what McCain himself acknowledges is a good idea.  McCain is clearly
interested in scoring cheap political points instead of supporting real
energy solutions.  This is the tired old politics of the past, and for
decades, it has prevented us from reducing our consumption of fossil
fuels.  No wonder voters are demanding change."

More on McCain's comments yesterday can be found at:
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/08/05/mccain-takes-air-out-of-tire
-pressure-debate/.

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