McCain killed renewable energy bill EIGHT times

[varun]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/opinion/13friedman.html?em

...It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill — S. 3335 — that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for building wind turbines and other energy-efficiency systems.

Both the wind and solar industries depend on these credits — which expire in December — to scale their businesses and become competitive with coal, oil and natural gas. Unlike offshore drilling, these credits could have an immediate impact on America’s energy profile.

Senator McCain did not show up for the crucial vote on July 30, and the renewable energy bill was defeated for the eighth time. In fact, John McCain has a perfect record on this renewable energy legislation. He has missed all eight votes over the last year — which effectively counts as a no vote each time. Once, he was even in the Senate and wouldn’t leave his office to vote.

“McCain did not show up on any votes,” said Scott Sklar, president of The Stella Group, which tracks clean-technology legislation. Despite that, McCain’s campaign commercial running during the Olympics shows a bunch of spinning wind turbines — the very wind turbines that he would not cast a vote to subsidize, even though he supports big subsidies for nuclear power...

[Gabi Hayes]

1. can't wait to see the next time Bumiller asks him if he's 'angry'

I also can't wait to see what kind of ad Obama turns this into (he whispers hopefully into the ear of their campaign muse)

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=y2D_mhqDRBY

[FrenchieCat]

2. Oh my! Seems like an awful lot!

[eleny]

3. Bring on the debates

[Occam Bandage]

4. It would be nice if there were people who could buy ads saying this.

You know, sorta like a campaign or something out there, that could raise funding and run ads against John McCain.

[MagickMuffin]

5. Off to the Greatest

Wouldn't even leave his office to go and VOTE.

What a useless tool.

[central scrutinizer]

6. "Congress, get to work"

McW in Sturgis just before he screamed at his wife, "Show us your tits!"

[nc4bo]

7. wow. how pathetic. a world class hypocritical bullsh*tter. nt

[autorank]

8. Kick & Bookmark. Sorry I'm late.

This is one of the key arguments against McCain. This should be a household phrase.

Wow, powerful stuff. :)

[Uncle Joe]

9. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, varun.

P.S. Too late to recommend.