McCain's new Web ad misrepresents some of the Democrat's positions on energy.Summary McCain released a Web ad that distorts Obama's positions on clean-energy innovation and nuclear power.
The ad portrays Obama as saying "no" to energy "innovation" and to "the electric car." In fact, Obama proposed a $150 billion program of research into a wide variety of clean-energy technologies last year, long before McCain proposed to award a $300 million prize for developing a commercially viable battery package capable of powering automobiles.
The ad also has Obama saying "no" to "clean, safe nuclear energy." In fact, Obama has said, "I have not ruled out nuclear... but only
so far as it is clean and safe."
Analysis
Sen. John McCain's campaign announced the new Web-only ad on June 25. It portrays Obama as "The Dr. No of energy security." We find that some of the claims in the ad go too far and misrepresent some of Obama's positions.
No to Innovation?
The most glaringly inaccurate claim in the ad is that Obama opposes "innovation" in general and "the electric car" in particular. The claim is based solely on Obama's dismissal of McCain's proposal to award a $300 million prize for development of a battery package capable of powering plug-in hybrids or electric cars at a fraction of current costs. Obama called McCain's approach a gimmick, but it's not true that he opposes innovation or electric-powered cars.
In fact, Obama was criticizing McCain for not going far enough. He said in a speech in Las Vegas on June 24:
Much more at link
http://www.newsweek.com/id/143344
They showed that "web only" ad several times on M$NBC this morning but somehow failed to mention how inaccurate that "James Bond" style ad was.
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