Obama, Romney campaigns trade blows over energy (and Obama hits Romney's windmill on car comment)
Source: The Washington Post
OSKALOOSA, Iowa —President Obama and Mitt Romney traded blows over energy policy in separate campaign appearances Tuesday, as the campaigns settled into a new phase of trying to gain the upper hand on key issues.
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On day two of a three day campaign swing through Iowa, President Obama cast his energy policy as an approach that finds new homegrown sources to replace imported oil and creates jobs in the industry.
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“He’s said new sources of energy like these are ‘imaginary.’ His running mate calls them a ‘fad,’” Obama said. “During a speech a few months ago, Governor Romney even explained his energy policy this way: ‘You can’t drive a car with a windmill on it.’ That’s what he said about wind power. ‘You can’t drive a car with a windmill on it.’ I wonder if he actually tried that. That’s something I would have liked to see.”
Then, Obama offered a biting crack at Romney: “I don’t know if he’s actually tried that,” he said, of driving a car with a windmill on it. “I know he’s had other things on his car.”
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