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Eye On Ohio: Obama ‘Full Nelson’ and ‘Gimmick’ ads
By Jonathan Riskind
Columbus Dispatch
The ad: “Full Nelson,” 30 seconds.
Producer: Sierra Club Political Committee.
Where to see it: It’s airing in several key states, including Ohio. View it at DaytonDailyNews.com/eyeonohio.
Script: “Big Oil companies have our economy and politics in a choke hold. They are getting billions from the government … raking in record profits … while we pay $4 a gallon for gas. “John McCain’s answer? Another $4 billion giveaway to Big Oil. “But Barack Obama has a plan that breaks the grip of Big Oil. It invests in clean-energy options and gives families energy tax rebates. “Barack Obama. Real relief. Real change. “The Sierra Club Political Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising.”
Video: The spot begins with a shot of people surrounded by oil barrels overflowing with cash. A mountain of money then falls away, revealing the U.S. Capitol and a photo of McCain. The narrator and accompanying music sound ominous. The music then turns inspirational and the narrator’s voice upbeat as Obama is shown in front of the White House before moving to a photo of solar panels being installed while Obama’s energy plan is discussed.
The ad: “Gimmick,” 30-seconds.
Producer: MoveOn.Org Political Action.
Where to see it: It begins airing today, though MoveOn has not decided if it will be shown in Ohio. View it at DaytonDailyNews.com/eyeonohio.
Script: “Sen. McCain, you let me and my kids down. From the very beginning, I told them, ‘This is a principled guy.’ So when you said you were going to help make driving affordable again, I believed you. “And your idea is to do offshore drilling, which I find out won’t produce much oil for 10 years … and then barely save us any money anyway. “That’s not a solution, Mr. McCain. That’s a gimmick. We expected better. “MoveOn.org Political Action is responsible for the content of this ad.”
Video: The ad features a middle-age father, sitting at a desk in his house, talking soberly into the camera.
Analysis: These ads were released in tandem and discussed jointly, during a conference call with reporters, by the Sierra Club and MoveOn.Org.
The political arm of the Sierra Club has endorsed Obama’s candidacy, and MoveOn.org, a liberal political advocacy group, also backs Obama.
Many experts agree it could take up to 10 years to begin seeing significant new oil supplies from new domestic oil exploration. But proponents of drilling say that approving such a step would immediately send a signal to the rest of the world, and to speculators, that America’s domestic supply will be on the rise in the future, leading to lower gas prices in the short and long term.
McCain’s economic plan includes a proposed cut in the corporate tax rate for all U.S. companies, not just oil companies. Obama’s economic plan does not cut such corporate tax rates.
It is true that Obama’s energy plan does not include new drilling and focuses more on renewable energy such as wind and solar, including proposing to spend $150 billion over 10 years on such technologies. McCain, who in the past opposed lifting the ban on new offshore domestic drilling, is now backing that step.
McCain also wants to expand nuclear energy and provide money for technology to cut down on coal emissions.
But neither ad mentions that Obama in 2005 voted for an energy bill supported by President George W. Bush that contained billions of dollars in tax breaks for oil companies, while McCain voted against the measure.
Jonathan Riskind is a reporter at The Columbus Dispatch. E-mail: jriskind@dispatch.com.
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By Philman
August 2, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this
Right on TRS not to mention how many companies could lower there product price if there taxes are raised as Obama has promised to do to Big Oil, they will have to raise the price of Gas to offset higher taxes , he is just fine with us paying even more than $4.00 a gallon, go ahead you Liberal Lemmings vote Obama, but look at your pay stub gross pay , and take home pay. make a note of it , look again One year after Obama is in office, then you will Know what i’m worried about.By TRS
August 1, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this
Speaking of the group that has the economy “hamstrung”, thank you Sierra Club and your like for $4/Gal gas. McCain says do it all including those things Obama advocates - it is the Sierra Club and Obama saying no to drilling, no to nuclear and no to everything except some pie in the sky undeveloped alterative fuel which will take years to hit the market. They try to sell this “big oil” load of dung; yet, the environmentalist are the ones who have this country by the throat. Tell me Sierra Club, what dividend are you paying into pension funds and private investors? What exploration are you doing? What productive thing do you accomplish? This is the group who prefers the spotted owl over human existance and is OK with the American people paying big time for gas, probably because they are the elitists of this world and can afford to pay it. You can try and sell this “big oil” line all you want and a few folks will buy into it, but 75% of the American public favor drilling and are wise enough to know that it is “big Environments” who lack common sense to allow a balanced policy to go forward. As for Obama - he says air up your tires and tune up your car and all will be well.