Thank you McCain -- Your Offshore Drilling Talk Puts Florida in Play

[rhombus]

McCain has a small lead in FL right now. Why take a position like this which could hand Florida to the Democrats so easily? Very dumbfounding to tell you the truth. Floridians are dead set against offshore drilling off their coasts. It's a very unpopular position in this state. Crist and McCain are going to pay dearly for this.

I can't wait for Obama's ads tying McCain to offshore drilling.

[enfield collector]

1. with gas over $4/gallon this might be a smart move for those

of us without access to mass transit or large bank accounts.

[islandmkl]

2. ??smart move??...how do you mean that??

[thewiseguy]

3. Just like the Holiday Gas plan?

:sarcasm:

[FrenchieCat]

4. You think that it is going to help your gas prices in the near future?

Guess again.

[PoliticalAmazon]

7. I live less than a mile from Calif.'s coast...

Gas here is now $4.59/gallon. We are not rolling in dough in our household, but I don't care if gas reaches $8.00/gallon. I don't want anymore drilling on our coasts. It's a cheap stop-gap method, and--if the oil companies are driving up prices to force us to allow drilling in our few remaining protected areas--it is playing into their hands, for very short payback.

We need to cut the strings to oil. It won't happen with a GOP president, but with Obama as president I believe we will start seeing the kind of programs and incentives that will REWARD companies producing alternative methods of transportation and energy.

[MadMaddie]

13. The US oil companies drill more than enough oil on and off

US shores.....the catch is they export about 60% of it. Since it is apparant that we went to war for Oil....that we should identify any oil drilled on American soil part of the infrastructure and should be dispersed in America. We don't need new oil fields.

[redstate_democrat]

14. The current gas prices don't have a thing to do with supply and demand

What needs to happen is that the Enron loophole be closed, the Commodities commission needs to do is ENFORCE the law and crack down on these speculators, investigations need to be launched into this speculation, and gas prices will drop overnight.

The fact is, most of these oil companies aren't even utilizing all of the leases they have NOW. They are shutting down refineries NOW. WHY? Supply is not the problem. They have access to the oil. The Repugs are just trying to FOOL people with these gas prices into thinking that off shore drilling (something they've been trying for YEARS) will solve the problem. It won't. The oil extracted won't even be usable for a decade. What kind of stupid shit is this?

McCain will LOSE on this argument. All the Democrats need to do is explain in simple terms: Republicans LIE. The oil companies have access to oil fields they aren't using; the oil companies are shutting down refineries; the oil extracted from off shore drilling won't be available for a decade; and gas prices will go down if we start cracking down on speculators who are artificially driving gas prices up.

SIMPLE. McCain is DONE in Florida.


I'll say it again. John McCain doesn't know what he believes in. He is following the lobbyist running his campaign on the economic side and the neocons on the foreign policy side. He is such a dumb ass joke. When we get done with him, his old ass won't know what hit him.

[tritsofme]

5. With $5+ gas coming this summer. I wouldn't be so sure.

nt

[skooooo]

10. what makes you think the public would benefit from...

...more drilling? it would just end up as more profit for the oil companies.

[tritsofme]

12. What makes you think most voters think like that?

nt

[skooooo]

15. then explain more thoroughly..

....what you meant by saying "not to be so sure"

[tritsofme]

17. I was disagreeing with the OP, saying that issue alone makes FL more competitive for Obama.

nt

[sufrommich]

11. I agree,and I'm not defending this idea.

Even Floridians might tolerate oil derricks if they believed it would ease the economic burden.It's easy to imagine that most would vote for principle,but in reality,a promise(phony as it is)to lower the price of gas(and thus the price of food and other necessities) by drilling in your neighborhood may not be as clumsy as it appears.

[PoliticalAmazon]

6. ITA! This is a gift from the GOP. If they think they have a lock on FL....

IMO they are incorrect.

Of course, there is always the possibility that they feel they can do what they want in FL because they still hold the keys to stealing elections in FL.

Let's hope not. But, damn, it makes no sense what McCain is advocating.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Heck, let's even open the Everglades up, right John Boy?

[JimGinPA]

9. To Be Fair To McCain - He Was Misquoted On This Statement...

He was actually talking about a planned trip on a lobbyist's yacht involving Viagra.

[TahitiNut]

16. (Boo!)

I wonder if I'm the only one with a mind sick enough to get it. :dunce: