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That weak-kneed presidential hopeful
McCain reveals cynicism, hypocrisy with call for summer gas-tax holiday, energy budget freeze |
Joseph Romm |
15 Apr 2008 |
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| Any remaining glimmer of hope that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) might be the principled, non-cynical politician to transform our energy policy and avoid the dual calamities of peak oil and climate catastrophe died today. The Associated Press reported that: John McCain called Tuesday for the federal government to free people from paying gasoline taxes this summer ... aimed at stemming the public's pain now from the troubled economy. ... To help people weathe ... |
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| Topics: Congress, economy, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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