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OBAMA: Plan To Bankrupt Coal Industry
| Sun, 11-02-2008 - 1:57pm |
Hidden Audio: Obama Tells SF Chronicle He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry
By P.J. Gladnick (Bio | Archive)
November 2, 2008 - 07:26 ET (Please read update about the San Francisco Chronicle neglecting to mention Obama's willingness to bankrupt the coal industry at bottom of this blog.)
November 2, 2008 - 07:26 ET (Please read update about the San Francisco Chronicle neglecting to mention Obama's willingness to bankrupt the coal industry at bottom of this blog.)
Imagine if John McCain had whispered somewhere that he was willing to bankrupt a major industry? Would this declaration not immediately be front page news? Well, Barack Obama actually flat out told the San Francisco Chronicle (SF Gate) that he was willing to see the coal industry go bankrupt in a January 17, 2008 interview. The result? Nothing. This audio interview has been hidden from the public...until now. Here is the transcript of Obama's statement about bankrupting the coal industry (emphasis mine):

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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Ohio-Coal-Association-Says-Obama/story.aspx?guid=%7BDFD1EBEB-73EC-4661-B8BA-40D8EBD7D93D%7D
Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association said, "...the Obama-Biden ticket spells disaster for America's coal industry and the tens of thousands of Americans who work in it."
Of course Mike Carey will say this since he is a lobbyist for the coal association http://209.235.208.145/cgi-bin/WebSuite/tcsAssnWebSuite.pl?Action=DisplayBuyersGuide&AssnID=OLA&DBCode=6401928&Sections=1&Style=1.
Since both Obama and McCain are for caps and trade, how are you going to deal with this issue?
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Guild Member since 2009
I just look that up and I agree with Biden much more than I agree with
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Also, where on earth did you get that quote on Biden?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ55UzAsp6M
Biden said, "No coal plants here in America"
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