Subject: [big campaign] Re: McCain, like Bush, on the side of Big Oil, not American families - research attached
From: David Donnelly <[email-masked]>
To: Jenni Lee <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:27:30 -0400
List-Id: <bigcampaign.googlegroups.com>

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

Since it¹s over a million, I think it¹s 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> .  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 McCain¹s 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/> ,
> 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 McCain¹s gas tax holiday, saying it won¹t help families with gas
> prices.
> 
>  
> 
> ·        McCain¹s 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>  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> .
> 
>  
> 
> > 
> 

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