Subject: [big campaign] Re: McCain, like Bush, on the side of Big Oil, not American families - research attached
From: "Berning, Nick" <[email-masked]>
To: "David Donnelly" <[email-masked]>, "Jenni Lee" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:22:49 -0400
List-Id: <bigcampaign.googlegroups.com>

Is there a link to the $1 million number?

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From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]
On Behalf Of David Donnelly
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 11:28 AM
To: Jenni Lee; [email-masked]
Subject: [big campaign] Re: McCain, like Bush, on the side of Big Oil,
not American families - research attached

We have an updated oil/gas number: $1,069,854.

Since it's over a million, I think it's worth updating the doc...

Thanks,

DD

On 6/16/08 11:15 AM, "Jenni Lee" <[email-masked]> wrote:

MCCAIN, LIKE BUSH, ON THE SIDE OF BIG OIL, NOT AMERICAN FAMILIES

Over the next two days, McCain is holding five fundraisers across Texas.
Tomorrow, Sen. McCain will deliver a speech on energy policy in Houston,
TX.  Instead of offering relief to families who are hurting, McCain only
offers more tax breaks for Big Oil.

*        American families are hurting. The price of gas has hit $4 a
gallon and is only expected to keep rising. 

*        McCain has taken more than $780,000 from the oil and gas
industry according to an analysis by Campaign Money Watch
<http://campaignmoney.org/pressroom/2008/05/12/reform-watchdog-group-to-
mccain-fire-the-lobbyists>
<http://campaignmoney.org/pressroom/2008/05/12/reform-watchdog-group-to-
mccain-fire-the-lobbyists>  .  Shell Oil Company President John
Hofmeister is a donor and some of the biggest oil companies, including
Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Hess, have given thousands to McCain.

*        McCain, like Bush, is surrounded by Big Oil lobbyists.  At
least 15 staffers or fundraisers for McCain's campaign have lobbied for
Big Oil and as a group, they have received more than $6.5 million in
lobbying contracts, according to data from the Center for Responsive
Politics.

*        McCain, like Bush, offers billions in tax cuts for Big Oil, but
no relief for families.  According to the Center for American Progress
Action Fund
<http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/03/27/mccain-petroleum/>
<http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/03/27/mccain-petroleum/>  ,
McCain's tax plan gives nearly $4 billion in tax breaks to the top five
American oil companies, but gives families very little.  Economists have
panned McCain's gas tax holiday, saying it won't help families with gas
prices.

*        McCain's record does not live up to his rhetoric on energy
issues.  McCain has repeatedly voted against and skipped votes
<http://www.mccainsource.com/homefront?id=0004>
<http://www.mccainsource.com/homefront?id=0004>   on renewable energy
and increased fuel efficiency.  

o  McCain has a dismal 24% lifetime rating from the League of
Conservation Voters <http://lcv-ftp.org/LCV/mco.pdf>
<http://lcv-ftp.org/LCV/mco.pdf>  .

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