Obama bankrupting the coal industry?
Responding to the discovery of an audio tape of an old Barak Obama interview Sunday, Sarah Palin accused the Democrat of “talking about bankrupting the coal industry,” as she campaigned through the coal regions of Ohio.
“He said that, sure, if the industry wants to build coal-fired power plants, then they can go ahead and try, he says, but they can do it only in a way that will bankrupt the coal industry, and he’s comfortable letting that happen,” Palin said. “And you got to listen to the tape.”
The audiotape Palin referred to was recorded by the San Francisco Chronicle in a Jan. 17 interview and uncovered by the Drudge Report.
“Why is the audiotape just now surfacing?” Palin said, according to CBS News.
Someone in the crowd shouted, “Liberal media!”
“This interview was given to San Francisco folks many, many months ago,” Palin said. “You should have known about this, so that you would have better decision-making information as you go into the voting booth.”
In the audiotape, Obama reiterated his call for a cap and trade system on carbon and greenhouse gases.
“So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can,” Obama said. “It’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.”
Responding to Palin’s comments, the Chronicle said the tape had never been hidden away.
“Let’s be very clear: The Chronicle did not, and has never, hidden any interview, audio or video, of Obama from its readers,” the paper responded on one of its political blogs.
“The truth: The paper’s January editorial board session with Obama included comments about coal. The entire interview has been in the public domain, available on line to the public — and to the McCain campaign — since early January.”
Are there really still people taking Sarah Palin seriously?
Wow!
Yes, he wants cleaner regulations since they have none, there is nothing wrong with that.
Quit smearing the man and face that he will win the election?
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http://newsbusters.org/node/25829?q=blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/11/02/hidden-audio-obama-tells-sf-chronicle-he-will-bankrupt-coal-industry
Let the people here it for themselves.
Unlike the Khalidi dinner
Ethel you must be kidding, the unions "did", but ask them now.
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Nope, the Coal companies endorsed Obama/Binden ticket. Clean Coal is the best in the west, so says Ohioans
Quit listening to the sound bits from Fox News, they lie to you every time.
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And what exactly do you think that will happen if McCain’s policies with nuclear power occur?
Burning coal is destroying to our environment, it is nothing to be sad to see going away. The jobs will be easily replaced by workers for cleaner energy, not to mention they will have a much safer job than mining coal.
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Are there really still people taking Sarah Palin seriously?
Wow!
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I,like many others in my area,burn coal as a primary fuel source in our homes.I will never switch to oil.
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i will pray for the american coal workers. That is a good job you can support a family on. Thousands of U.S, families depend on this industry. hopefully Obama won’t win
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Energy independence has to come from COAL, wind, solar , ethanol , and drilling,
This is an old campaign trick. Release some voodoo manure at the last minute when it’s too late to refute. Palin is a very desperate demagogue.
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more lies and fraud from the repubs if it was legit it would have come out earlier.
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BOTH Candidates – SAME plan. Nice try though.
Obama and McCain support similar cap-and-trade systems, which would make it prohibitively expensive to build new coal plants with existing, high-emissions technology.
Didn’t bother to research YOUR candidate did you – just start slinging. Was it good for you?
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Well, since coal is not exactly good for the environment I would like to see it be abolished. I understand that jobs are important, but it isn’t like we would be getting rid of an industry and not replacing it. We need better, renewable sources of energy that are affordable. I believe, however, that one system will not work for the entire country. SOme places have more sun, some have wind, some have the potential for hydro-electricity.
Pittsburgh survived the steel mill die out, along with many other pennsylvania areas. It is not as if the coal industry is going to suddenly collapse, it will be a steady decrease, and hopefully a steady rise of more environmentally, as well as more efficient, sources of energy.
Remember, what we do today affects tomorrow. And tomorrow belongs to our children.
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