Industry Gushed Money After Reversal on Drilling

Industry Gushed Money After Reversal on Drilling

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Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling.

Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month -- three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban -- compared with $116,000 in March, $283,000 in April...

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What a surprise!

One could almost (sarcasm) assume that McCain was bought by big oil.

Looks like McCain's constituency is the highest bidder and not 'wqe the people' after all.

McCain could buy himself a new add with all that $$:

"Will Flip-Flop for Cash!"

Though to most this is no surprise, this is McSame after all.



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reply to post by Desert Dawg


Wow you could not be more off topic

The topic of this thread is on the response to McCain changing his stance, which was originally AGAINST offshore drilling.

You see when he opposed it he was getting something like 1/4 the contributions he got AFTER changing his stance to PRO offshore drilling.

See what I am getting at?

The fact that McCain changed his stance on drilling is a GOOD thing. Now if we could just get those goonheads in congress to do the same thing, we will be one step closer to solving the energy crisis in this country.

If you want this country to survive and become energy independent, then we must drill...now.

I think it's perfectly legitimate for someone to change their views on drilling with oil at $130 vs $80/barrell.

Anyway for comparison here are two separate links from the same source showing money recieved by both candidates sorted by industry.

McCain

Obama

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reply to post by jefwane


First off you still are NOT getting the point of this thread, it is not about how legitimate drilling is or is not; it is about McCain's contributions from the oil industry sky-rocketing when he changed his stance.

Secondly, the links you provided have each 'industry' lumped together so there is no way to compare accurately where the money is coming from so it proves little.

Please note that the campaign contributions came AFTER McCain changed his stance on drilling. You can accuse McCain of flip-flopping to gain support from the oil companies all you want, but the evidence clearly suggests otherwise. It looks to me like McCain changed his stance because he understands the wisdom of allowing this country to tap into its own resources. It actually makes good sense if you think about it. It certainly makes more sense than continuing to import our oil from foreign countries.

Also, it is not very surprising that the oil industry executives would lend their support to a canidate who will help them to do their jobs more efficiently. It makes more sense than doing nothing while the country gets brainwashed by the opposing canidate whose policies would do nothing but prevent this country from getting the energy it needs to sustain the economy.

reply to post by Animal


So what, we all know money is the lifeblood of any political campaign. I don't like it but it's the way it is. It is legitimate to question the motives for the changed stance, but to imply that the change in position was solely motivated by a desire for more contirbutions from that industry is in my opinion partisan. If the price of oil were the same now as when he opposed drilling you'd have a point but it's not and only someone dogmatic about the issue would not modify their position on the issue.