Town Hall Debate - Alternative Energy: How should we deve...

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MR. BROKAW: Here's a follow-up to that, one-minute discussion.


SEN. MCCAIN: Sure.


MR. BROKAW: It's a simple question.


SEN. MCCAIN: Sure.


MR. BROKAW: Should we fund a Manhattan-like Project -- that
developed the nuclear bomb -- to deal with global energy and
alternative energy? Or should we fund 100,000 garages across America,
the kind of industry and innovation that developed Silicon Valley?


SEN. MCCAIN: I think pure research and development investment on
the part of the -- of the United States government is certainly
appropriate. I think once it gets into productive stages that we
ought to obviously turn it over to the private sector.



By the way, my friends, I, I know you grow a little weary of this
back and forth. There was an energy bill on the floor of the Senate
loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies. And it was
sponsored by Bush and Cheney. You know who voted for it? You might
never know. That one. You know who voted against it? Me.
I have fought time after time against these pork barrel -- these,
these, these bills that come to the floor. And they have all kinds of
goodies and all kinds of things in them, for everybody, and they buy
off the votes.
I vote against them, my friends. I vote, I vote against them.
But the point is also on oil drilling, oil drilling offshore now is
vital, so that we can bridge the gap. We can bridge the gap between
imported oil which is, which is a national security issue as well as
any other. And it will reduce the price of a barrel of oil, because
when people know there's a greater supply, then the cost of t

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[Keeble99]

Mccain is strait up lying in this vid go look at his voting record

[Signal337]

Understand this fact, Saran Palin stated that "we must get rid of the big spenders in Government (The U.S. Congress). But Why is the U.S. Government paying so much money to "bail out" Wall Street in New York?

[tonoklein]

SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!! What a joke. There's more than 2 candidates running for President. CIA controlled media. Google it - Baldwin, Barr, McKinney, etc.

[mrnopost]

Did this fool say "goodies"......WOW......He may have won if he was running for president in Candy Land. But thats not going to fly here.

[Bluedon1911]

I agree with you 100%

[1jazzsinga]

Who is gonna win! THAT ONE!

McCain irritates me with his show of lack of respect towards Obama and Michelle.

I wish he'd also stop using the insincere "my friends" phrase in his stumpin'. It's as phony as Palin's wink. You betcha.

[1CountryIndivisible]

Weak answer.

[mchtcherbakov]

lol goodies makes me shit my pantzorz