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McCain in Pennsylvania: I'm a 'Coal Booster'
By Juliet Eilperin SCRANTON, Pa. -- Campaigning in coal-rich Pennsylvania, GOP presidential nominee John McCain pledged this afternoon that if elected president, he would ensure that the U.S. exports coal overseas -- something that U.S. policy already permits. At the same time, the McCain ...
Video of Obama, coal bankruptcy
Video of Obama, coal bankruptcy
hotair.com — Yesterday, we featured the audio , and today, we have the 4-minute video clip of Barack Obama... talking about bankrupting new coal plants in the US. [...] Read the rest » (more) Video of Obama, coal bankruptcy
Palin knocks Obama over months-old coal comments
Palin knocks Obama over months-old coal comments
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — MARIETTA, Ohio (CNN) – Campaigning in coal country just two days before the presidential election, Sarah Palin... is highlighting an interview Barack Obama gave to the San Francisco Chronicle in January in which the Democrat suggested coal plants ... (more) Palin knocks Obama over months-old coal comments
 GOP Senator: McCain "Will Put Coal Out Of Business" (video)
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GOP Senator: McCain "Will Put Coal Out Of Business" (video)
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McCain In Pennsylvania: I’m A ‘Coal Booster’
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — From today: Palin Attacks Obama On Wanting To Bankrupt The Coal Production Industry also Obama Tells San Francisco He Will Bankrupt The Coal Industry - With Video WaPo November 2, 2008 SCRANTON, Pa. — Campaigning in coal-rich Pennsylvania, GOP presidential nominee John McCain pledged this afternoon that if elected president, he would ensure that the U.S. exports coal overseas — something that U.S. policy already permits. At the same time, the McCain campaign and Republican National ...

Video: Palin hammers Obama on coal
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... A bullet pass aimed at the end zone in Pennsylvania and Ohio as the final few seconds tick away. Maverick threw his own long ball earlier today in Scranton :“My friends, you know what Senator Obama said about a year ago, he said he had not been a, quote, coal booster,” he said, as the crowd booed. “My friends, I’ve been a coal booster and it’s going to create jobs, and we’re going to export coal to other countries and we are going to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. That’s going to help restore the economy of the great state of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” Exit ...

‘Coal Booster’ McCain Would ‘Put Coal Out Of Business’
Think Progress — ... Speaking before a crowd at the University of Scranton, PA, Sunday afternoon, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) gave himself a new title, “coal booster“: ...

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