If you don’t don’t vote, nobody can tell where you stand, right?
This ought to tell you a little something about John McCain. Strategic oil reserves. Time of war. Filling the reserves for a national emergency (we have, since 9/11)… got the picture?
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) — The U.S. Senate Tuesday voted to stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help reduce the retail price of gasoline.
The Hill reported that the measure passed 97-1, with Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., opposing the bill.
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., did not vote, the Hill said.
Good job Johnny boy. You’ve missed a lot of votes since you started running. But then, it’s tough to convince anybody you’re “a real conservative” when you actually have to record a vote, eh?
By the way, if we can’t drill for our own oil, we’d better be sticking some aside for a rainy day, don’t you think? After all, as a nation we use a ton of oil, and filling the reserves takes a little time.
For his part, U.S. President George Bush has resisted calls to suspend the delivery of about 70,000 barrels a day to the emergency stockpile. He said doing so would have little impact on prices in a nation that uses about 21 million barrels a day.
This is more election year, “we’re really doing something about gas prices” smoke and mirrors for the home folks. Thanks for showing up Maverick.
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