Gas prices are hitting all-time highs. Our country is in the midst
of a recession thanks in part to our crippling dependence on oil, so
what's John McCain's plan? Will he hold the corporate leaders of the
energy industry accountable when he addresses them today in Houston?
Probably not, considering they are some of his biggest fund-raisers.
The Center for Responsive Politics finds that McCain has accepted
over $1 million from the oil and gas industry. Many of McCain's top
advisers have lobbied for big oil, which is why he now acts in their
best interests, opposing environmental legislation and alternative
energy plans. And that's exactly why we want everyone to know The
REAL McCain.
McCain is desperate to distance himself from President Bush. But
according to the Center for American Progress Action Fund, McCain
has received millions in donations from the same oil, coal, nuclear,
chemical, utility, and auto companies that helped the Bush
administration create its energy plan—a plan that has raised
gasoline to $4 a gallon.
Here's what you can do: Send this e-mail to ten of your friends,
family members, and colleagues. Tell them to send it on to ten
people they know. And don't forget to Digg it! Spread the word that
McCain is taking major contributions from wealthy oil executives
like Bob Mosbacher, just one of the special interest leaders he'll
be addressing in Houston.