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- rkettner, on 06/17/2008, -5/+152I dislike McCain as much as the next guy, but I can't stand videos that are edited in this manner. They take such small quotes to express their views... and they can EASILY be taken out of context. McCain says "I would not require them to"... but who knows what he says after that (as it sounded like he was mid sentence). It MAY have been negative, but the viewer is left unsatisfied as to what he was going to say. What if he was going to go on with "... but I would give strong incentives". That would completely change the quote... and the message of this video IMO.
How are you supposed to convince republicans to take this seriously when it is presented as propaganda. - inactive, on 11/13/2008, -7/+53I am digging but still think some of the mash up videos on the therealmccain.com need to be removed. These mash ups are not credible and come off as a joke. e.g. The dr strangelove video needs to go. The fake interview "ABC's Stephanopoulos interviews John McCain" is also pretty bad. You can't convince someone to move across party lines with those lame ass videos.
- digitalflash, on 06/17/2008, -31/+74Dig it good. If the general public knew the literal dead end into which Mr. McCain wants to lead us with his energy policy, his campaign would grind to a halt.
- justinx0r, on 06/17/2008, -13/+43Yes, McCain needs to start taxing oil companies and continuing to bar companies from drilling for oil in the US. That will surely make gas prices lower.
- inactive, on 06/18/2008, -8/+33Reading these comments remind me of something my children would respond with. Apparently most of you aren't realizing who profits most off gas. Ding-ding-ding....that's right kiddies, it's the government! They tax the ***** out of fuel and then blame it on "big oil".
Go ahead, tax the windfall profits. Who the hell do you think will end up paying for them? You think the oil companies aren't going to pass that tax off on your back to keep their shareholders happy? Is this concept that difficult to understand?
Do you truly think that getting the government involved will actually make things better? Every time the government puts its paws into anything, it only gets worse. Pointing a gun at someone's head and demanding their money only exacerbates the problem. Get the ***** government out of the way and things will work themselves out. - LeekMibles, on 06/17/2008, -7/+30Hopefully. But it's hard to estimate the intelligence of many Americans. Some people are just flat out ignorant.
- inactive, on 06/18/2008, -5/+27Obama wanted to run a clean campaign as does McCain. You aren't doing Obama justice by supporting this crap.
- Luigison, on 06/18/2008, -5/+27Quoted for truth:
"I am supportive of your efforts but I do not like cheap shots. McCain said something after he said "I would not require them to." In order to be fair you should have included what he said. Context is very important. I am very critical when the other side takes cheap shots so I don't want to do what I condemn." - Kenny B. - glennbah, on 06/17/2008, -27/+46This is just one other policy that McCain would lead us along the same Bush road that has continued for going on eight years. He talks with a quiet, easy going manner in his attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of those who refuse to do a little research on all his policies that are basic just a continuation of the Bush regime. Get Real!
- alx1507, on 06/18/2008, -7/+26I'm am pro-Obama, but only because I'm anti-McCain. Digg has hundreds of articles about how McCain is so bad, and I completely agree, he would be a nightmare president. But there is rarely any things about what Obama is going to do, or what Obama thinks about these topic's. I want to know where Obama stands on this oil issue, would he force them to use there profits to look into alternatives? Honestly, can someone give me a link? I want to be able to explain to people why I'm voting for Obama. Thanks to whoever does.
Unfortunately, since the Digg community usually bury's comments that they disagree with instead of using it the way it was meant, by burrying comments that are inappropriate, insulting, or irrelevant, my legitimate question will probably never see day light. - Ryan166, on 06/18/2008, -5/+22A company should be able to do whatever it wants with its profits. They can't be forced to spend it how the government tells them to. How unamerican is that? And I hope that McCain and Obama realize this.
- withincontext, on 06/17/2008, -2/+18Ignorance knows no borders, sir.
- jimrin, on 06/17/2008, -16/+30I agree. I am digging this but the quality of the videos need to improve... and I agree, more factual information would be helpful. For example: The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) rates members of Congress by their voting records for environmental issues.
If you look at the map found at http://presidentialprofiles2008.org/scorecard/sena ... you’ll notice that the states which have the worst voting records (0-19%) tend to be the "red" states. Gee, is that a coincidence? With Republican senators/representatives representing those states, it is not.
In fact, of the top 40 senators, only 2 were Republicans… And of the top 40 representatives, only 4 were Republicans. And who was dead last of 535 senators/representatives? John McCain. He was somehow absent for every single key environmental vote.
Based on the information that he gets quite a bit of political contributions from Big Oil, it's no wonder he somehow misses every key environmental vote. - qXdc, on 06/18/2008, -5/+18Does anyone want the government to have the power to push around business into doing things?
- inactive, on 06/18/2008, -8/+21Burried for sensationalism.
- Tex2002ans, on 06/18/2008, -2/+15Seems like many here do, because they know how to spend other people's money better than other people know how to spend their own money.
- inactive, on 06/18/2008, -15/+282 of Obama's biggest bundlers are oil executives. Where's the outrage?
- sindex, on 06/18/2008, -3/+15It's not the government's job to force companies to spend their money how the government sees fit. I despise McCain, but in this particular instance, no matter how much I hate paying these prices at the pump, he's 100% correct. No President should require oil companies to invest in alternative fuels. They should do it because the people demand it. Bang your drum, get worked up, but put the pressure where it belongs - on the market, not the federal government.
- inactive, on 06/18/2008, -8/+20oh my god! states having the right to develope their own resources = evi!!!!
god you people are sad. - Robart, on 06/18/2008, -4/+16I'm not a McCain fan but why should oil companies be forced to spend their profits in a particular manner? Why not force Apple to spend their insane profits on energy research instead of the next generation of worthless consumer gadgets. This is class envy rhetoric. Let's move on to real issues.
- thelif, on 06/18/2008, -3/+14I can dig this to a billion and the general public wouldn't even flinch. You have a better chance shouting your political views into a Pringles can.
- bobtaylor1, on 06/18/2008, -7/+17I love the reaction negative McCain posts get on Digg. If you don't get it I'm being sarcastic. Are you all just as angry about the special interest and Soros money that Obama gets?
- rkettner, on 06/18/2008, -0/+10No, the republicans and independents that can actually be swayed (which is likely the target audience of this video) will ignore this as blatant propaganda... as all it contains is a short *chopped* quote as it's entire foundation. They aren't the extreme republicans that are spreading those kinds of lies... they are more "on the fence".
There probably is a REAL story here, but this video does a poor job of conveying the message without looking like biased editing. So sadly, in the end... it has no real effect on people it could have potentially reached. - p9s50W5k4GUD2c6, on 06/18/2008, -4/+13McSame's full non-response to Harwood's question:
"SEN. MCCAIN: I would not require them to. But I think that public pressure and a lot of other things, including a national security requirement that we reduce and eliminate our dependence on foreign oil — and we stop the contamination of our atmosphere, which is — and climate change, which is real and is taking place."
The video clip got it right: he would not require them to. The rest of his verbal mirage response was nothing but status quo *****. - rkettner, on 06/18/2008, -1/+9Exactly... that is my point. No democrat will even be phased by those smear campaigns because it is obvious propaganda. This sort of cut+paste video ends up being passed off by republicans as the same sort of propaganda... and thus, it really has no effect (aside from perhaps strengthening those that are already democrats). Especially when this clearly *chopped* quote is the foundation of the entire video.
- operatorc, on 06/18/2008, -0/+8It doesn't matter which party you support or ideology you believe in, this wisdom should be heeded by all.
- IslandDog, on 06/18/2008, -0/+8The President doesn't control gas prices. If you look back and see that democrats have opposed our drilling and nuclear efforts for years.
- bparkey, on 06/18/2008, -4/+12Yeah because things are way more fun when it is just a bunch of people who agree with each other chiming in on the evil Bush administration. Heaven forbid anyone have a viewpoint different from that.
- smacksaw, on 06/18/2008, -6/+14We should make lobbying a crime of treason against the USA, punishable by death. That would solve a lot of this. At the very least it's racketeering and organised crime.
- inactive, on 06/18/2008, -8/+15So is he implying government should mandate what a private or public owned company should do with it's own profits? WOW. That is sooooo not the role of government as defined in the constitution and all of its amendments. I hope thats not what Obama is talking about doing.
- zacharytelschow, on 06/18/2008, -0/+7I think you're mostly right on, but I'd like to respectfully disagree with you on one point. While the government is certainly making more money off the sale of gas than the oil companies are, it is the oil producing nations that are making ridiculous profits on the current price of oil. I've heard from various sources that it costs the Saudis between $2-$3 to pump a barrel of oil, while that same barrel sells for ~$135, or ~$3.21 a gallon (depending on the day). The Middle Eastern countries, who to say the least don't like us, are realizing huge profit margins on a massive volume of sales that would make any corporation envious.
- matt247, on 06/17/2008, -6/+13I saw him on Today show last week and he was talking about how we need alternative energy and that he would have some sort of summer gas relief program. So I don't really know what to believe. I don't really trust the video though since it looks likes propaganda, but I guess that's politics. I don't think McCain has a chance unless Obama messes up big time.
- inactive, on 06/18/2008, -3/+10I totally agree. You shouldn't be forcing companies to do things like that anyway.
It's like telling utility companies to build dams, or ISP to build underwater cables or truck companies to build highways. IMHO - TheInformer, on 06/18/2008, -3/+10"It appears that McCain operatives have infiltrated the digg.com comment sections."
Of course no one would ever expect any Obama operatives to be on Digg due to the lack of articles about him. - inactive, on 06/18/2008, -2/+8It's not the corporations people, it's Speculators!
- DestroyFascism, on 06/18/2008, -5/+11For Sale
Going Cheap.
1 Country.
USA
The owners of the country The United States of America are selling their country on ebay to the highest bidder.
Country includes a population of well balanced technically minded citizens, a vaste population of illegal and imported workers and fat lazy slobs who have been hoodwinked for so long you can tell them anything and they would believe it, so long as the telling is done through big media. Invent a president at will and the population will kiss his / her ass, grovel at your and their feet, take pictures and tell stories of you. These of course can be sold for a modest profit.
The country includes a wealth of Military and industrial know how, mountains of resources and 2 shiny seas. Big rivers run wild and there is plenty under the bridge. Politicians are often employed directly or indirectly by the highest bidder and this is where you come in.
Simply outbid anyone else on ebay and you can have the country all to yourself, run it the way you like it, change its laws, employ its judges, dumb down the people and rort the health and taxation systems. Declare bankrupt and later when no one is looking, sell your billion dollar stashes of assets, resources and gold. This will set you up forever as the tax paying workers will have no choice but to hand back all the money you paid them for making your life golden even though you never were actually bankrupt. Its a rich mans paradise, a dog eat dog, I have an really big gun country ripe for the taking.
Lodge your bid now and you can WIN WIN WIN. - jeffhansen, on 06/18/2008, -2/+8Wow - McSame taking money from big oil ... who would've guessed?
We have the best government money can buy. - inactive, on 06/18/2008, -5/+11They're to naive to think anything of it. When you tell everyone what they want to hear, it's easy to overlook the negative or in Soros's case unamerican influences there are wagging the dog.
- camix, on 06/18/2008, -1/+6LOL, dude I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic.
- zacharytelschow, on 06/18/2008, -4/+9As opposed to Obama's no new drilling, no new nuclear power, no new refineries policy? I would refer to that as a no energy policy. That'll probably lead to lower energy prices for everyone... And lower profit margins for our good friends in the Middle East.
- muckemuck, on 06/18/2008, -2/+7Where was the lie? I missed it? It looked to me like it was McCain answering questions. Did he lie?
- abaird986, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4I'm so confused by all the responses to his answer.
1. This is a capitalist society.
2. This is not a socialist society.
3. How is forcing an oil company to fund alternative fuel research any different from forcing a citizen to fund alternative fuel research by the government through raising taxes?
If you're answer to number 3 was: "The Oil companies are profitting in the billions by preying on Americans' dependence on oil; it should be them who funds the research that helps us wean ourselves off foreign oil."
Congratulations... you're a socialist.
If you disagree with the above statement, here's a capitalist solution to your problem:
Stop depending on foreign oil. You're the consumer, capitalism revolve around you (well, the money that comes from you). If the situation is as dire as these responses make it out to be (it is), then of course it makes business sense for companies to invest in researching alternative fuels. But having the government mandate it goes against everything our country was built on. - alx1507, on 06/18/2008, -1/+5Well, what I see on Obama's website is pretty much what I see on John McCains website. They both talk about the Cap and Trade policy.
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/da151a1 ...
And I had already visited Baracks website, and then went to McCains to compare. This is where I get confused, they both seem pretty much the same to me. This is the point where I sometimes do rely on others (sometimes the digg community) to point out what I don't see. - pintomp3, on 06/18/2008, -5/+9offshore drilling will reduce gas prices a whopping 1 penny per gallon, 10 year from now.
- duggtodeath, on 06/17/2008, -6/+10STOP!
PUN POLICE!
Get your hands on your head! - bxblox, on 06/18/2008, -1/+5He was having a hard time keeping his human form in front of cameras. You know, because he's a reptilian shapeshifting NWO monster.
- Baldar, on 06/18/2008, -2/+6Too bad it's congress that makes the laws, and last time I checked, democrats had the majority in both the house and the senate.
- Baldar, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4The same applies to Obama.
- BurningSky, on 06/18/2008, -7/+11Obama is my candidate, but this video sucks. McCain is a ***** candidate, there's no need to use soundbytes and misleading videos, he'll lose on his own...
- facereplacer, on 06/18/2008, -3/+7All those lobbying buddies... guys... you know what they do?
They drink our milkshake.
They drink it up. -
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