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About 100 Protest McCain in California
June 24, 2008 12:55 PM
ABC News' Bret Hovell and James Gerber Report: The largest assemblage of protestors to gather at a McCain event this election cycle greeted the Arizona Republican this morning in Santa Barbara, California.
The group of about 100, largely assembled to protest McCain’s environmental policies, awaited him outside the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, where McCain is set to deliver remarks and receive a briefing on the environment.
Watch video of the protest HERE.
McCain has received flack in recent days for reversing his position on U.S. off-shore oil drilling. The presumptive Republican nominee has long opposed it but switched positions this month, citing the need for relief from high gas-prices for American families.
Santa Barbara residents are particularly sensitive to the issue of off-shore drilling. An oil spill off the city's coastline in 1969 sparked intense protests and landmark legislation.
Chants of "no new drilling" could be heard, as well as a guy on a bullhorn talking about how "shortsighted" McCain’s plan to drill for more oil is.
One sign read: "McCain: Some Nerve. Coming here to try to sell Earth-desecrating policies to us!!!"
There were also some protesters holding signs about McCain's anti-abortion position, and one sign read: "Abstinence vows break more easily than condoms."
Once he got past the throng, McCain spoke about the environment. In his speech he talked, among other things, about longer term solutions for getting the country off of fossil fuels. He acknowledged, as he frequently does, that he believes climate change is real and needs to be addressed.
"We now know that fossil fuel emissions, by retaining heat within the atmosphere, threaten disastrous changes in climate," McCain said. "No challenge of energy is to be taken lightly, and least of all the need to avoid the consequences of global warming."
McCain has spent the last several weeks talking about energy and the environment, promising that if elected, he would propose a $300 million prize for the development a car battery that weans America off oil.
June 24, 2008 in Hunter, Duncan, Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (70)
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just found out where mccain is going to get his 300 million from to grant the super battery car computer machine google maker
and that is by stopping the government from letting people like the 22 year olds sell weapons to our enemies!
"Turns out 22-year-old arms dude from Miami was on State Department watch for years before he got that $300 million grant."
Posted by: bhrandon | Jun 24, 2008 2:02:49 PM
As Republicans see it, the return of the Elian Gonzalez debate to the Spanish-language media will only strengthen traditional GOP loyalties among Cuban Americans at a time when there may be a generational divide between older hard-liners and younger voters who are receptive to a different direction in American policy toward Cuba.
“Every four years, for at least the last 20 years, some media and some pollsters always predict that the Democrats are going to make inroads with Cuban Americans,” said Otto Reich, who is advising John McCain on Latin American affairs and who served in a senior capacity for the administrations of the last three Republican presidents. “Perhaps one day that might be true. But I don’t think this is the case now. Barack Obama is not the kind of candidate for a people who tend to be very traditional in their values and very hawkish in their foreign policy support.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11295.html
Obama is on the wrong side of EVERYTHING!
Posted by: Jack, Chicago, IL. | Jun 24, 2008 2:02:53 PM
actually as you have quoted an article jack, it has obviously been reported on
something that isnt reported on is mccains illegal flip flop on campaign finance
which do you think is a bigger story?
and do you think its a good idea for mccain to be a hypocrit and call out obama for his backing away from it while he broke the law
also how is obama outspending mccain,
up until last week obama wasnt on the air against mccain, and has only started runnign national ads, meanwhile mccain has spent the last three weeks on the air
if mccain is so great and gets a free ride in the press... which he does, then why isnt he beating obama
meanwhile, you can count those polls as whatever you want, but i have serious doubts about any poll for this election as the polling comes from past election cycles
and as we have seen obama has reformed the political world and how campaigns are organized, funded, and tactful.
jack, thanks for voting in bush the last two times so that the american people nwo see what a terrible job the republicans have done with americas image
Posted by: bhrandon | Jun 24, 2008 2:08:42 PM
The Democratic National Committee is filing a lawsuit in US District Court in DC to force the Federal Election Commission to investigate McCain's decision to opt in the public matching funds system for the primaries, secure a loan based on those public funds, and then withdraw from the system after becoming the GOP front-runner. McCain, though, never actually received those public funds before opting out.
"The chairman of the FEC," the lawsuit states, "has already advised Sen. McCain that he is not free to withdraw unilaterally from his agreement with the FEC and to ignore the legal requirements of the Matching Payments Act, without the FEC's approval. Yet Sen. McCain cannot obtain such approval, because he already violated a key condition for dispensing with the Agreement by which he entered the matching funds program: he has pledged matching funds as collateral for a loan to his campaign."
Posted by: becky | Jun 24, 2008 2:10:55 PM
Because of the Democratic Congress, since 2006, gas has risen over $1.50 per gallon, over $78.00 per barrel. And now, Obama, with his idiot self, is wanting to keep the same standards that Pelosi and company endorses. If Obama is elected, get ready, we'll all have to ride bicycles, of course, he won't have to because he doesn't have the intelligence or coordination to steer and peddle at the same time...! Oops, I forgot, I am talking about Obama riding a bicycle, oh well, I guess that goes for his issues facing America as well. Obama, face it....Chicago doesn't want you and neither does America!!!!
Posted by: Jack, Chcago, IL. | Jun 24, 2008 2:11:35 PM
Only 100 people, that's funny.
Posted by: tww | Jun 24, 2008 2:12:05 PM
bhrandon......you always make me laugh! Keep it up, I needed a poster with good jokes! Most of you Obamabots have no clue because you have drank waaaayyyy tooo much Obama Kool-Aid!
I have lived in Illinois all my life, I know about Obama and his corruption. He tried to brainwash Illinoians the same way he's doing America. You have no idea what kind of man you are endorsing! He says what you want to hear, then when he has you, he becomes a camileon and changes....for the worse. He is beginning to be vetted and called on about his flip-flopping and I think its great. The more America learns about Obama, the better......you can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool people all of the time. You will see what I'm stating is true. You don't want to believe it, but when it hits you square in the forehead, you will wished you had listened. I feel sorry for you brainwashed Obamabots!
Posted by: Jack, Chicago, IL. | Jun 24, 2008 2:18:33 PM
Just take the protesters Gasoline from these starbucks drinking latta librals. And they will be ready to put an OIL rig in their back yard.
Posted by: NEWS mad | Jun 24, 2008 2:22:29 PM
Am I voting for McCain 2000 or McCain 2008? Am I voting for the "conservative" McCain or the liberal McCain? Which position did he change just now, from what he said yesterday? Between the flip-flopping and the EnviroNAZI polices, he makes Al Gore look like the safe and reasonable choice. Let alone Obama. He's the worst of the left and the right put together, with the spineless backbone like a Clinton. He's pathetic. Wether how he treats his wife, the middle east or the economy, he is UNFIT for office. Only those who aren't so aware (like in Arizona, and definitely the MEDIA, perhaps) could let him get away with so much, for so long.
Posted by: pity | Jun 24, 2008 2:22:45 PM
The obamas have millions invested in TAX-FREE municipals with the swany Morgan Chase fund
Posted by: geevill | Jun 24, 2008 2:27:33 PM
Jack, Chicago, IL: can you explain better? the brainwashing stuff? what corruption in IL was he a part of? See I am having a difficult time wrapping around what you people have against Obama because you never give details, examples. You blame him but you never seem to be able to back it up.
Posted by: becky | Jun 24, 2008 2:32:27 PM
Hmmm. They managed to scrape up a 100 souls eh? Flip flopping, is this the same as changing your mind when you find $4 gasoline is kicking the economy in the rear and allowing every hoodlum in the middle east to build kingdoms with our dollars?
Posted by: dav_0107 | Jun 24, 2008 2:34:10 PM
Osama bush obama is a liar, appeaser and criminal. Go protest that bunch of whiney loser liberals and whitless dems.
Posted by: barack the coward | Jun 24, 2008 2:54:50 PM
I am sure the good ole USA will be fine when all the citizens who are from 18 - 42 are deployed to Iraq for McCain's 100 year occupancy. Price of Oil won't be a problem with less consumers.
Posted by: DraftThis! | Jun 24, 2008 3:02:12 PM
I wounder if Captian Flop will decide that drilling isn't good. He didn't like it befor. Also I wounder if he'll go back on his 100 year occupation deal because after all "it's not important when americans come home." Is that right Captain Flop? Hope you like the protest! Go warmonger in Burma they like that crap over there.
Posted by: Joe | Jun 24, 2008 3:12:34 PM
Wouldn't it be nice if we had a president who could look at things and be able to change his mind and try a new course if it's clear the current one isn't working. We don't have that with Bush.... but it seems like so many here agree with him by not allowing anyone to change a course.
Posted by: lordy lordy | Jun 24, 2008 3:15:11 PM
I'm a tough Re[u;ican and you guys are just whiney gutless liberals. LOL!! SOme of you repubs acttualy need to come up with soulutions that work instead of insulting people that don't agree with you. Like it or not your pres. and your party has ran this country right into the toilet. And I say don't drill untill they us the 68 millon acres they already got and I want a gaurentee they aren't going to sell that oil to china!
Posted by: Joe | Jun 24, 2008 3:16:14 PM
mccain and the whole republican party is so against what the american people want. i dont care what you republicans say you will lose this fall and obama will be the next president. and there will be alot more democrats elected to the congress. your evil parties grasp on the working class neck will be broke.
Posted by: tom | Jun 24, 2008 3:50:01 PM
What's with the Roe versus Wade sign? Did they get their 5 bucks from the Obama campaign afterwards?
Posted by: geevill | Jun 24, 2008 3:50:35 PM
This crowd of 100 protesters wouldn't be so noteworthy for John McCain if it weren't for the fact that only about 170 people actually went to see him speak today. The guy excites most conservatives about as much as a big bowl of gruel followed by a tax audit.
Already, he's trailing badly in Michigan and in Southern Florida, and Obama has been capable of going to places like Detroit and attracting crowds of 30,000 people in one night, visibly energizing his supporters in the region.
McCain doesn't seem capable of energizing anyone, except maxing out the the obligatory Republican corporate donors... but who is he going to turn to once all of them are exhausted?!
What all this implies is that the longer the two candidates compete against each other, the more McCain's candidacy will tend to fall short at the ground level. His campaign might be able to compete nationally when it comes to advertising, but without actual support on the ground, he's likely to wind up the next Mitt Romney.
And the thing is, Obama hasn't even peaked yet.. there's a long way to go before the Democratic convention and its free airtime, and each step of the way the visible level of support and unity from his party will increase.
Normally, McCain would get a bounce out of the Republican Convention too, but he's increasingly being seen as running in Bush's shoes, and there is literally nothing exciting to be expected from their convention this time around.
Really, you have to conclude that although the long primary has hurt him financially, at least temporarily, it has also helped Obama dominate the news and get the public's attention... and that might be worth a whole lot more in the long run, as it lets him compete and debate almost entirely on his terms.
Posted by: Mark Kraft | Jun 24, 2008 3:59:17 PM
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