Thursday, October 16, 2008

More on the debate

It's no secret that I'm not a fan, but John McCain seemed a bit out of control to me last night. Repeated attacks on Obama aside, he yelled at Bob Schieffer when he referred to climate change as climate control. Who yells at Bob Schieffer?

Both candidates were very vehement about reducing the our dependence on foreign oil from the Middles East and Venezuela (but "Canadian oil is fine," said McCain).

Obama agreed with McCain that a 10 year reduction plan to eliminate foreign oil imports from "places in the world that are threats to national security (McCain again)."

Unfortunately, both candidates touted domestic oil as the answer.

Sure, McCain brought up nuclear (as he always does) and Obama talked about solar, wind, and geothermal energy as possibly driving the economy "for the next century," but the big oil money seems to still holding quite a bit of sway, both on Capitol Hill and with those striving to conquer it.

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