Thursday, February 18, 2010

McCain Caught in Yet Another Lie

Aren’t you glad McConJob lost last year?

McConJob-liar Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) — who is facing a primary challenge from former right-wing GOP congressman J.D. Hayworth — played along with Fox News host Sean Hannity’s uninformed idea that the recent snow storms in the mid-Atlantic region disprove that the earth’s climate is changing. “I think they made some movie that showed that the earth was going to freeze over as a result of global warming. I never quite understood that,” McCain said.

Yesterday, a local Arizona conservative talk radio host [ideologue delinked] told McCain that “80 percent” of global warming science “is based on fraud and misinformation.” Despite having previously refuted such nonsense publicly, McCain again remained silent. Pandering to the far right, the Arizona senator later said he “never” supported capping carbon emissions:

Q: If we knew then what we know today about these scientists and this fraud, would you still be in favor of capping carbon emissions at 2000 levels?

MCCAIN: I’ve never favored it at a certain level. I’ve favored reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the good of — I mean we all know that greenhouse gases are bad! But I’ve said, in order to achieve that we have to have nuclear power as a component of it…

...In fact, McCain has actually co-sponsored cap-and-trade legislation. “We need a successor to Kyoto, a cap-and-trade system that delivers the necessary environmental impact in an economically responsible manner,” McCain wrote in a 2008 op-ed. And during the his 2008 presidential campaign, he delivered a major speech on his plan to address climate change. “A cap-and-trade policy will send a signal that will be heard and welcomed all across the American economy,” he said in the speech. And he specifically outlined his plan to cap carbon “at a certain level”:

McCAIN: We will cap emissions according to specific goals, measuring progress by reference to past carbon emissions. By the year 2012, we will seek a return to 2005 levels of emission…by 2020, a return to 1990 levels…and so on until we have achieved at least a reduction of sixty percent below 1990 levels by the year 2050.

This isn’t the first time McCain has tried to run to the right on this issue to fit his political objectives. During the 2008 campaign, he tried to claim that by supporting cap-and-trade, he wasn’t endorsing any “mandatory cap.” But of course, a “cap” is in fact a “mandatory” limit. The New York Times noted last week that McCain “is likely to keep his distance” from his previous support of cap-and-trade and addressing global warming, an issue he “once led” on, because of Hayworth’s primary challenge… [emphasis original]

Inserted from <Think Progress>

The once great maverick transformed himself into just another GOP liar in his quest for power.  Wasn’t it bad enough that he put our nation in peril by attempting to put Bimbo Barbie a heartbeat away from the presidency?  He’s has now turned his back on all the good things for which he used to stand.  Even more pathetic, he’s the best of the Republican leaders.

6 comments:

the walking man said...

All of them, even them who support cap and trade are full of shit when it comes to the ELIMINATION of human produced green house gasses. the only way to eliminate something is to STOP producing it.

Cap and trade for no longer than a decade while other forms of energy come on line, including nuclear. Hell Detroit has a labyrinth of abandoned salt mines that could be lined to accept the waste.

McCain is no more a punk than any of them on both sides of the aisle who fail to recognize that people want servants not masters. If these boy and girls are more concerned with what's is right for them rather than the the people then re-electing them will change nothing on any issue. I personally hope the next congress has very few incumbents left.

TomCat said...

Mark, were your wish to come true, I trust that the new bunch will need two months at most to become as corrupt as the old bunch.

Mike said...

About cap and trade: Actually, a simple tax on carbon emissions would work best. But I understand how cap and trade is more politically palatable.

About McCon: When did that guy have principles? Not when he sucked up to the nutjobs at Liberty University and Bob Jones University. Not for a long time, as far as I can tell. Seeming like a nice guy when he's on The Daily Show is no substitute for principles.

Unknown said...

Not surprised. He's being attacked by his own fellow republs and is fighting for dear life.

I'd retire if I were him and just enjoy Cindy's company.

Kevin said...

Can't wait for him to lose his seat, but at the same time, I do not want Hayworth to win...

I am reminded of the calls for McCain to run as a Democratic presidential candidate back in 2004 because he was not considered a contemporary Republican... Oh how things have changed.

TomCat said...

Stimpson, I agree about a straight carbon tax. Cap and trade was a Democratic attempt at bipartisanship. It was, after all McConJob's position. He had principals before he decided to run for President.

HB, what I'd most like to see is for him to return to the old McCain.

Kevin, I'd like to see McCain win the primary and Hayworth run as a teabagger candidate.