McCain missed all 8 votes on energy legislation

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by oklavol

I think it's telling. The energy issues aren't a priority for him, look no further then his voting record.

He's like most of the U.S. Congress, they did not forsee the energy crisis coming and for McCain, it's not one of his top priorities IMO. He's never provided leadership in Congress on this issue. He simply doesn't have a background for it.

wait a minute. Let me guess.

The economy is about to implode, oil will be priced per oz. like gold soon and we're soon to be overrun by barbarians from the Northern Hinterlands.

Sound about right? I just don't know any more since I haven't seen your glee in the $100 oil thread of late. Wonder why that is?

[MG1968]

Originally Posted by oklavol

I think it's telling. The energy issues aren't a priority for him, look no further then his voting record.

He's like most of the U.S. Congress, they did not forsee the energy crisis coming and for McCain, it's not one of his top priorities IMO. He's never provided leadership in Congress on this issue. He simply doesn't have a background for it.

guess what? the "oilmen" in the White House did see the energy crisis coming.

note the date of the article

The GOP Tries On Jimmy Carter's Sweater - TIME

In May, convinced the nation was terrified of going California and hungering for a steak-and-eggs energy plan, Bush sold his plan as an aggressive drill-and-dig, anti-regulatory prescription to shoo away the tree-huggers and get the nation — and the economy — humming again.

Two months later, a New York Times/CBS poll released last week found that not only do two-thirds of the nation think Bush and Cheney are too beholden to oil companies, 60 percent think the pair made the whole energy crisis up.

And why not? Energy prices are falling, both in the market and at the pump, and Alan Greenspan, in a post-rate-cut speech Thursday in Chicago, said energy-price inflation was the furthest thing from his mind. In the isolated areas that have a genuine crunch — California and New York — political forces have turned against Bush; the FERC has put price caps in place in on the left coast and will allow New York to activate "circuit breaker" spike-prevention measures if it needs to.

In addition to the new lights-off White House, Bush will now ask Congress to provide $377 million for renewable energy programs, a $100 million increase over his original budget request.