tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 8/7/2008
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It looks like John McCain won't be backing down from his campaign's attack on Barack Obama over tire pressure and energy conservation. At an appearance in Ohio just now, McCain mocked Obama for suggesting that people do such a thing as easily save money and energy by maintaining their cars. "He's claiming putting air in your tires is the equivalent of new offshore drilling," McCain ...
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Never Tired Of Tire Pressure Stunts
Talking Points Memo —
McCain mocks Obama for being right about energy and tire-pressure.
Obama's Right, but I'll Mock Him Anyway
Hoffmania! —
... The old man is still yelling at the cloud. At an appearance in Ohio just now, McCain mocked Obama for
suggesting that people do such a thing as easily save money and energy
by maintaining their cars.
"He's claiming putting air in your tires is the equivalent of new
offshore drilling," McCain said. "That's not an energy plan, my friends
-- that's a public service announcement." ...
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