Subject: [big campaign] Dishonest McCain ad blames Obama for gas prices
From: "Berning, Nick" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:18:55 -0400
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http://action.foe.org/t/4027/pressRelease.jsp?press_release_KEY=398

For Immediate Release

July 21, 2008

Contact:

Nick Berning, 202-222-0748

Dishonest McCain Ad Blames Obama for Gas Prices

WASHINGTON, D.C.-A new ad from the John McCain campaign blaming Barack
Obama for rising gas prices prompted the following response from Friends
of the Earth Action President Brent Blackwelder:

"It's only July, but we're already seeing dishonest and hypocritical
gutter politics from John McCain.  Flip-flopping John McCain said just
two weeks ago that our dangerous dependence on oil 'has been 30 years in
the making,' but now he tries to blame Obama-even though it's McCain who
has been in Washington for 26 years.  Here's the truth. The Bush/McCain
drilling plan won't lower gas prices but will increase our over-reliance
on oil.  We can provide relief from high gas prices while growing the
economy, protecting our security and fighting global warming by focusing
on conservation, clean energy and transportation choices instead."

McCain's new TV ad contradicts his past statements:

IN MAY, MCCAIN SAID IT 'WOULD TAKE YEARS' TO GET NEW OIL FROM
DRILLING-AND THAT DRILLING WOULD NOT SOLVE DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS

"[W]ith those resources, which would take years to develop, you would
only postpone or temporarily relieve our dependency on fossil fuels,"
McCain said.
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/18/mccains-offshore-drilling_n_10
7872.html)

TWO WEEKS AGO, MCCAIN SAID OIL DEPENDENCE HAS BEEN '30 YEARS IN THE
MAKING'

"Let me give you a little bit of straight talk on energy. Our dangerous
dependence on foreign oil has been thirty years in the making, and was
caused by the failure of politicians in Washington to think long term
about the future of the country," McCain said.

(http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/News/Speeches/4c980d5b-dfd3-40a3-96
63-7d14df1f1468.htm)

TODAY-A NEW TACK IN DISHONEST MCCAIN TV AD

TV ad script:

NARRATOR:  Gas prices 4 dollars, 5 dollars, no end in sight.  Because
some in Washington are still saying no to drilling in America -- no to
independence from foreign oil. Who can you thank for high prices at the
pump? Obama-Obama-Obama.  One man knows we must now drill more in
America and rescue our family budgets.  Don't hope for more energy, vote
for it.  McCain.

MCCAIN:  I'm John McCain, and I approve this message.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiTpS4MK3D8)

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