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Blustery irony
Anti-wind McCain delivers climate remarks at foreign wind company |
Joseph Romm |
12 May 2008 |
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| Conservative presidential candidate Sen. John McCain chose a clever but ultimately hypocritical location for his big climate speech. I hope the media aren't fooled by his ironic choice of wind turbine company Vestas as the backdrop, but I have little doubt they will run enticing photos and videos of wind turbines. McCain, however, does not deserve to be linked to such images. I would title the speech 'Not the man for the job' (see 'No climate for old men'). Let's be ... |
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| Topics: energy, John McCain, messaging, politics, wind power (all these topics) |
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