More Oil Money for McCain

More oil givers for McCain.

TPM: Nine of these contributions, seven from Hess executives and two from members of the Hess family, came on the same day, June 24th, the records show. The total collected in the wake of McCain's reversal for the fund, called McCain Victory 2008, from Hess execs and family is $285,000.

We were alerted to the contributions by Campaign Money Watch, a non-partisan group that tracks campaign contributions. The contributions were given a quick mention deep in a report the group issued late last week, but with no names or other details provided. The Hess contributions are clearly newsworthy on their own.

The Washington Post reported last week that campaign contributions from oil industry execs rose in a big way in the last half of June, after McCain drew a huge amount of attention by reversing his opposition on June 16th to the federal ban on offshore drilling.

Meanwhile grumpy McCain is being grumpy and hawking tire pressure gauges.

Congress Needs to Shut Bush Down on Drilling

George Bush is once again showing his incompetence and trying to make up for his lack of vision by drilling for oil in places that should not be drilled. Even republican Arnold Schwarzenegger says Bush-McCain are blowing smoke. Drilling offshore will NOT lower gas prices but many Americans have fallen for that bunk. 

CNN: Bush met with his senior economic advisers at the Energy Department to discuss soaring prices for gasoline and crude oil. Bush said one answer is to increase supply in this country by tapping "the vast potential" of crude oil reserves on offshore lands and in Alaska as well as in oil shale in the western part of the United States.

With gasoline prices above $4 a gallon, Bush and his Republican allies think American's reluctance to drill in pristine waters and lands is diminishing and that there is an opportunity for oil companies to move into areas that have been off limits.

"And yet the Democratic leaders of Congress have consistently blocked opening up these lands for exploration," the president said. He said that technology has changed dramatically and that oil can be recovered in a way that protects the environment.

Obama on Oil Drilling

Bush McCain Sellout on Oil Drilling
Even Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a republican, says offshore oil drilling will NOT lower gas prices. Florida Governor Charlie Crist is selling out his beaches in a rapid change of position.