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Time for McCain to “Man Up”
What we have going on with energy prices right now is nothing short of a national emergency, and yet no real answers are being discussed. The same political nonsense is spewing from the Obama and McCain camps, and it’s a disaster.
Last night my wife Katrin and I were invited to my friend and CNBC host Larry Kudlow of Kudlow & CO’s house. It was a lovely gathering, a small dinner party at his home, which is near mine, in Redding Connecticut.
Some fine food and conversation were had by all and at the end of dinner a lively debate ensued, I suddenly felt as though I was on Larry’s show and all that was missing were the cameras. I won’t share all of the discussion with you, but I will say that Larry is absolutely right, energy is the most important issue right now. So far McCain has been so wishy-washy it’s hard to know what he will do. Obama is a lot more predictable and if he is elected we will likely have to ride polar bears rather then drive cars.
The extreme environmental movement simply has too much power over the left.
I love the environment as much as anyone but we must wake up and realize that we have a national security crisis and there is no time to waste.
Senator McCain cannot walk the middle path on this issue, he must man up, be bold, and channel some of the Gippers firm stance. Drill, Drill, Drill! Build more refineries, build more nuclear, remove restrictions and red tape and most of all get oil companies and private equity to build more infrastructure (refineries, pipelines, etc.) rather then windfall taxes that will be wasted on more worthless social programs.
All of this can be done intelligently and with absolute protection for the environment, as much as that is possible. The cost of taking the middle ground on this issue will mean years of pain for American consumers, and thus the rest of the World.
As Larry pointed out at dinner, the oil issue could win McCain the election but only if he steps in, steps up and makes it clear that this is what we need to do. The question is will he do it or is the environmental lobby and extreme left more frightening than being in a Vietnam POW camp, maybe they are.
June 24th, 2008 at 1:57 am
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