John McCain: Speech 08/14/08

John McCain
Speech
Aspen, CO 08/14/08

TOPIC: John McCain, oil, independent, gas, liberal

TRANSCRIPT:
"I'm sorry to take a lot of time on this issue, but it is vital. This is a compelling argument, my friends, to become independent of foreign oil. The pipeline that has been cut off is part of the world's oil
JOHN MCCAIN: supply. And although that oil from Azerbaijan through Georgia into Turkey is not directly to the United States of America, we know it's th world's oil supply. And the Russians have used that as a weapon. And the weapon has become more formidable as the price of oil has gone up. And so it's vital that we embark upon what I call the Lexington Project to become energy independent. And I'd be glad to demagogue it with the rest. But the point is, that we must do it. And for us to sit idly by, and go on vacation when people are sitting $3.75 a gallon for gas, is the reason Congress has a 9-[audience laughs] sorry- $5 a gallon in Aspen. See, now that's the classic liberal democratic approach: soak the rich."

LABEL: JM CO 08-14 (JR#68) ACKGX - ClipC

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