From Sarah Palin’s speech at the RNC:
America needs more energy; our opponent is against producing it.
According to Obama’s website, his plan specifically calls for continued energy production through renewable sources. Obama’s also stated a willingness to pursue off-shore drilling:
“My interest is in making sure we’ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices,” Obama said in an interview with The Palm Beach Post during a tour of Florida.
“If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage — I don’t want to be so rigid that we can’t get something done,” Obama told the newspaper.
Obama may not agree with McCain’s energy plans, but it’s hard to consider explicit plans for increased energy production a plan “against producing” energy.
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September 16th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
This website is complete crap. In this instance you would have to know the meaning of “producing energy”. The Obama plan calls for “renewable energy sources” which in my opinion cannot be interpretted as a viable energy source for the country. Palin on the other hand is talking about legitimate energy sources like oil, coal and natural gas which are proven.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
I checked the Obama energy plan and found specific calls for coal, oil, and natural gas production.
Obama does spend a lot of time talking about renewable energy, but it’s important to note that even if he only talked about producing energy from renewable sources (which according to his energy plan and the quote above, he does not) Palin’s still lying about Obama’s stance on energy production.
September 16th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
“which in my opinion cannot be interpretted as a viable energy source for the country”
Well I’ll rest easy you’re not in any position to make that call. We should be pouring federal money hand over fist into renewable energy because it’s terribly important for the economy, national security, the environment, and a whole host of issues.
To claim Obama is against producing energy is not spin or half-truth; it’s a deliberate lie.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:31 am
[...] As we noted before in Palin’s false claim Obama was against energy production, Obama offers conditional support for offshore drilling: “My interest is in making sure we’ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices,” Obama said in an interview with The Palm Beach Post during a tour of Florida. [...]