The Sierra Club endorses Crist and Meek. Meek says no thanks.

[flpoljunkie]

Sierra Club endorses Crist and Meek, and Meek says no thanks

Because Democrats aren't conflicted enough over Kendrick Meek and Charlie Crist ... the Sierra Club said today it is endorsing both of them.

UPDATE: Meek says no thanks. Implies group has no backbone to back a candidate who once espoused "drill, baby, drill" and signed legislation, SB 360, that environmental groups said would cause more sprawl. Said Meek, "This election is about taking a stand and fighting for principles you believe in. Today's Sierra Club co-endorsement is an insult to Florida's environmental community."

The Sierra Club announced its endorsement today of both Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek in the 2010 Florida U.S. Senate race. The announcement comes after a detailed endorsement process, including questionnaires and interviews with the candidates and careful review of the candidates’ records on environmental issues.

more...

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2010/10/sierra-club-endorses-crist-and-meek.html

[young but wise]

1. Go Meek!

[RockaFowler]

2. The tide is turning

Go Meek!! The Meek shall inherit the Seat!!

[K8-EEE]

9. Oh man I hope you're right!!

After seeing that debate I'm completely mystified at what anybody sees in dumbass Rubio or pandering Crist...Meek is the real deal!! COME ON FLORIDA!

[K8-EEE]

10. Oh man I hope you're right!!

After seeing that debate I'm completely mystified at what anybody sees in dumbass Rubio or pandering Crist...Meek is the real deal!! COME ON FLORIDA!

[KaryninMiami]

13. Really? Which polls are showing that the tides are turning?

As of this morning, things looked worse then ever for Meek. Unless Crist drops out, there's very little hope- sorry to say, of a Meek win and even without Crist, it would be pretty bleak. Rubio is too far ahead AND they own the voting machines. Rubio is going to win-doesn't matter at this point who we vote for.

[lunamagica]

3. K&R. Go Mr Meek. You SO deserve to win. nt

[Parker CA]

4. Meek is a good man. Hope he figures a way to win this thing. nt.

[DrToast]

5. Ouch...that's pretty brutual. I like it.*

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[vaberella]

6. I'm so pissed with DU. A great leader who's losing the vote---chickenshit voters. n/t

[flyarm]

7. What was Obama's stance? Oh yeah..Drill Baby Drill 3 weeks before the BP gusher !!

[dionysus]

14. what a load of fucking garbage.

[flyarm]

15. Please read it for yourself..the only one full of garbage was Obama who promised Floridians he would

not open our coasts to off shore drilling in the 2008 campaign ..then he did it anyway!

Approx 3 weeks before the BP Spill!


Obama Oil Drilling Plan Draws Critics



By JOHN M. BRODER
Published: March 31, 2010

WASHINGTON —President Obama’s proposal to open vast expanses of American coastlines to oil and natural gas drilling drew criticism from both sides in the drilling debate.


Open for Exploration
Video
Obama on Offshore Drilling Plan (CNBC)

Risk Is Clear in Drilling; Payoff Isn’t (April 1, 2010)
Obama’s Remarks of Offshore Drilling: Text | Video via CNBC
Times Topic: Offshore Drilling and Exploration
What’s Behind Obama’s Drilling Plan?
The political trade-offs of offshore oil and natural gas exploration along the U.S. coastline.

The plan, which Mr. Obama said would balance the need to produce more domestic energy while protecting natural resources, would allow drilling along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska. It would end a longstanding moratorium on exploration from the northern tip of Delaware to the central coast of Florida, covering 167 million acres of ocean.

snip:

“We’re appalled that the president is unleashing a wholesale assault on the oceans,” Jacqueline Savitz of the environmental group Oceana said on Wednesday. “Expanding offshore drilling is the wrong move if the Obama administration is serious about improving energy security, creating lasting jobs and averting climate change.”



snip:

The proposal is also intended to generate revenue from the sale of offshore leases and help win political support for comprehensive energy and climate legislation. Mr. Obama and his allies in the Senate have already made significant concessions on coal and nuclear power to try to win votes from Republicans and moderate Democrats.. The new plan now grants one of the biggest items on the oil industry’s wish list — access to vast areas of the Outer Continental Shelf for drilling.



edit to add..I will accept your apology ..


check the dates out on these..and please do read them so you do not get caught looking ignorant again!

Then go and read or watch the video's of Obama while campaigning in Florida and promising not to allow drilling of oil in my state of Florida!!!!!!!!!!!


Barack Obama Reverses Campaign Promise and Approves Offshore ...
Mar 31, 2010 ... Drilling in the gulf of Mexico near the coast of Florida for a possible ..... The US transportation system for the most part does not allow people to live .... The right hates Obama because he's black AND more right-wing than ..... The price of oil will go up independent of drilling but Obama is ...

www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/31 - Similar
President Obama: Drill, Baby, Drill - Political Punch
This is not hate speech. It's sarcastic, to be sure, but if you're .... Rich N, he didn't make a campaign promise to not agree to .... Will obama's administration let the American oil engineer .... Obama's reversal his word on Florida offshore drilling is only one of the more benign broken promises. ...

blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/03/president-ob... - Similar
Barack Obama reverses campaign promise and approves offshore ...
Mar 31, 2010 ... Obama Gives Speech At Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility ... Obama said the decision to allow oil rigs off the Atlantic coast was a painful .... On every major issue, he's not just squarely on the side of industry -- he's in their pocket. ... You think he opted for more off shore drilling? Hah! ...

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/31/barack-obama-dri... - Similar
Obama Oil Drilling Plan: East Coast, Alaska Waters Could Open ...
Mar 31, 2010 ... Around the Web: Obama to allow oil drilling off Virginia coast ... He proposes to expand the eastern gulf 125 miles from Florida. ... it's a reversal of his 2008 campaign strategy in which he argued that allowing ..... Drilling for oil off the coast will not only be costly, and not happen for many ...

www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/31/obama-oil-drilling-... - Similar



the BP explosion happened APRIL 20,2010 the rig sank on April 22,2010

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YouTube - Barack Obama on Offshore Oil Drilling ( to Florida voters while asking for their votes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8fkbEuCQss ...


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Obama: “Oil Rigs Today Generally Don’t Cause Spills”


Obama Repeats Katrina Oil Spill Myth To Defend Offshore Drilling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm8gLmuTvJ4 ... ...


By: David Dayen Thursday April 29, 2010 1:42 pm

snip:

What a difference 18 days makes. Here was Barack Obama, on April 2, before the BP oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, claiming that oil rigs are safe to justify his position on offshore drilling:

I don’t agree with the notion that we shouldn’t do anything. It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don’t cause spills. They are technologically very advanced. Even during Katrina, the spills didn’t come from the oil rigs, they came from the refineries onshore.

Not only does this quote look ridiculous in hindsight, it wasn’t true at the time, as Brad Johnson points out:

Obama’s claim that oil rigs did not cause any spills during Hurricane Katrina is simply false, as the Wonk Room reported in June, 2008, when Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and other conservatives made the same false claim:

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Caused 124 Offshore Spills For A Total Of 743,700 Gallons. 554,400 gallons were crude oil and condensate from platforms, rigs and pipelines, and 189,000 gallons were refined products from platforms and rigs.

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Caused Six Offshore Spills Of 42,000 Gallons Or Greater. The largest of these was 152,250 gallons, well over the 100,000 gallon threshhold considered a “major spill.”

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/04/29/oba ... ... ’t-cause-spills/

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. I agree with Meek.

Now that I know, I won't renew my membership.

[Chan790]

11. If you're really serious about that,

and I completely understand why you would be, please direct that money to other worthy environmental charities, there are many that could use more money and are solidly protectionist of the environment and wildlife. Good organizations that would never endorse Crist because he's bad on environmental policy.

Might I recommend Defenders of Wildlife? They went to war with Palin when she was governor of AK over her policies on wolves...and they won. They've been opposed to deepwater drilling for years, were some of the first people on-scene for wildlife clean-up in LA, have advocated for protections for marine mammals including manatees.

Disclosure: I'm a proud member so I'm biased as to their awesomeness.

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. Thanks for the info.

I'll look them up.

[Honeycombe8]

16. It looks like that race is over, unless something earth shaking turns up about Rubio.

Rubio has been double digit ahead of both Crist and Meek for a long time now, and the trajectory is upward. It looks like this is one race that may be over.

Even if it's not, I hate to say it, but Meek doesn't have a chance. This was apparent from the start. As one poster pointed out, even his name, "Meek" is harmful to the Dems in that race.