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Top Farm Official Warns of a McCain Presidency
Farmers Union Head Says McCain "Vocal Critic of American Agriculture"
By Todd Epp, published Nov 01, 2008

.. "Sen. McCain, in the House and Senate for a quarter of a century, has always been a vocal critic of American agriculture," <Tom Buis, president of National Farmers Union> said.

Buis also says McCain could cripple the alternative fuels industry.

"He (McCain) votes against renewable energy—not just votes against it but speaks out against it," Buis said. "It's a very wrong move."

"This election is too important for rural America to go down that road and not produce alternative energy" ...

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1167892/top_farm_official_warns_of_a_mccain.html?cat=22

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