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'Often contradictory stances'
Mainstream media realizes that McCain's energy rhetoric and record don't match up |
Kate Sheppard |
01 Jul 2008 |
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| The mainstream media has started to pick up on the fact that John McCain's energy policy is totally inconsistent. Bloomberg: As a senator, John McCain has condemned policies that pick market winners and losers, aiming particular criticism at government ethanol subsidies as a taxpayer rip-off. As a presidential candidate, the Arizona Republican himself is backing specific industries in proposals for relief from high energy prices and foreign oil dependence. ... |
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| Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, mainstream media, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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