John McCain vs. Barack Obama on Gas Taxes

As gas prices rise, John McCain proposes a gas tax holiday, while Barack Obama calls it a "bad idea," a contrast from his vote in 2000 as an Illinois state legislator

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[freedomintheus]

HEMP IS FUEL PEOPLE, I like a buck a GALLON.

GOOGLE HEMP.

[YoRapperBitch]

Well it's possible he learned from trying it out in 2000 that it was a bad idea.

This looks like a case of faulty logic on whoever edited and uploaded this video.

[gwengoad]

dumb propaganda

[Pocadott7]

he's been a state senator since 1997. then he ran for the u.s. senate in 2004

[jdonovan90]

i thought obama wasnt a state senator untill 2004?

[cnote602]

In that case ALL politicians lie and change positions at some point. Such as how Hillary "misspoke" about sniper fire and Mccain "flip flopping" about Martin Luther King Day(being against it then being for it) Since in some people's world that is flip flopping...if he was against it then he better be against it now.

But then again you have to vote for the lesser evil. How bout Ron Paul too bad he'll never get the nomination over Mccain.

[cnote602]

I try not to be bias towards a particular party or person. For example I do not like Obama's plan for another economic stimulus package. I do not see how printing more money and getting further in debt to another country is going to help the country in the long run.

Anyways getting off topic I do agree with Soravia over OPEC they control about 2/3of the worlds oil practically a monopoly. And oil can crush our economy easily(look at Japan WWII)We have to find an alternative

[cnote602]

Learning from a mistake example: 5 yrs ago I was for giving teachers guns in the classroom to deter school shootings. After trying it the stats shows it didnt help deter school shootings and innocent students were more likely to get hurt mistakenly.

Now the subject is brought up again, but I vote against it. Thats me learning from a mistake not flip flopping in my eyes. I rather a person man(or woman) up to a bad decision and correct it than KNOWINGLY continue to do something that is a bad idea.

[cnote602]

I never said anything about Hillary "flip-flopping"; the gas tax is just a bad idea. And like I said Obama on THIS topic has a point.

Plus I do not consider learning form a mistake "flip flopping". Flip flopping is constantly changing your position on something or changing it just for the heck of it or to gain support.

Flip flopping example: I think global warming is fake few months later I think its real few more months later I think its fake, then I say its real only around environmentalist

[Tessa92503]

Um...so what if he voted for the holiday in 2000. Do any of you guys think the EXACT same way you did about issues, etc. today as you did eight years ago? Sometimes people do a funny thing...they change their minds. Realize that they were wrong about things.

[Soravia]

So it's OK for Obama to flip-flop but not for Hillary to flip-flop?

The issue is not just about gas tax, it's about how Obama is a hypocrit.

As for the gas prices, it doesn't matter what anyone in US does, so long as OPEC, Russia, Venezuela controls the oil and gas, they will do what they can to suck the economy blood off the US and destroy the nation economically.