THE ISSUE: Sen. John McCain‘s views on how to deal with the skyrocketing price of oil.
After reading “A Fine Place To Drill,” (Jonah Goldberg, PostOpinion, June 14) it amazes me that our leaders just don’t get it.
Would someone just stand up in Congress and read this article aloud while our feckless leaders are in session for all to hear?
If one man or woman would take a bold stand on being independent from Mideast oil, all our problems would be solved – the economy, wars, unemployment rates.
Why doesn’t Sen. John McCain just say that we will drill in our own country, we will build refineries on our closed military bases and we will again be the greatest power on Earth and not have to bow down to the oil barons? Newt Gingrich, where are you?
G. Danza
Brooklyn
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Goldberg makes great points about Alaskan drilling.
I’m from Florida, and I really wish that we would start drilling off the Florida coast. It would be great for our local economy, as well as for the energy crisis.
I sincerely hope that McCain changes his tune and stops parroting the environmental hysteria of the Democratic left.
If not, he’ll probably lose the election. Frankly speaking, lifelong Republicans, such as myself, can see no benefit in electing a faux-Republican president. The Bushes have already proved that faux-Republicanism is a disaster.
Andrew Warnick
Clearwater, Fla.
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As always, Rich Lowry is right on the money regarding McCain’s incomprehensible positions on domestic drilling for oil and natural gas in the desolate, barren stretch of the Arctic Natural Wildlife Refuge and offshore drilling (“Gesture Politics,” PostOpinion, Jun 13).
This is both a financial issue and a national-security issue.
McCain’s inflexible and intractable rigidity makes absolutely no sense. It is very disturbing to see McCain aligning himself with the environmental extremists and the Democrats.
McCain, please come to your senses.
Jerry Drandoff
Brooklyn
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For Lowry, McCain’s coming out against drilling in ANWR is a gesture to the left, as if he were pandering for votes.
Let’s think about who will profit most from America’s policy of going to OPEC, hat in hand, to beg for more oil supply in order to lower the cost.
Clearly, OPEC has a great stake in oil’s high demand and high price, and it has been spreading its greasy money all around DC in a successful attempt to keep as many as possible in our government from supporting real energy independence.
So, for McCain, the check finally cleared.
Martin Gruenbaum
The Bronx