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Obama responds to McCain: "It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant"

The Republican presidential contender John McCain yesterday tried to make fun of Barack Obama at a biker rally with his hard-core voters saying Obama's new energy plan was all about inflating your tires. At the biker rally John McCain said that "my opponent doesn't want to drill. He doesn't want nuclear power. He wants you to inflate your tires." Later in an interview he said that "we are not going to achieve energy independence by inflating our tires."

Besides the fact that John McCain is not telling the truth about what Obama said he is also completely wrong about the effectiveness of proper tire inflation.

According to the gas-guzzlers at Auto Alliance of BMW, Chrysler, Ford, GM, Mazda, Mercedez Benz, Mitsubishi, Porsche, Toyota, and Volkswagen:

  • The Department of Energy estimates that 1.2 billion gallons of fuel were wasted in 2005 as a result of driving on under-inflated tires.
  • Fuel efficiency is reduced by 1% for every 3 PSI that tires are under-inflated.
  • Proper tire inflation can save the equivalent of about 1 tank of gas per year.
  • Proper tire inflation also reduces CO2 emissions.
  • Experts estimate that 25% of automobiles are running on tires with lower than recommended pressure, because people don't know how to check their tires or don't realize that tires naturally lose air over time.

Later at a political rally in Berea Barack Obama responded to John McCain's attacks:

"They're lying about what my energy plan is. They're making fun of a step that every expert says would reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4 percent. It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant."

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And during a town-hall meeting in Indiana today Barack Obama responded even harder:

"Senator McCain's energy plan reads like an early Christmas list for oil and gas lobbyists. And it’s no wonder – because many of his top advisors are former oil and gas lobbyists."

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You can read all about Barack Obama's "Energy Plan for America" here.

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EVEN JEREMIAH WRIGHT SAID OBAMA IS A TYPICAL POLITICIAN WHO WILL SAY OR DO ANYTHING TO GET WHAT HE WANTS. I like how Obama says "While the rest of US pay $4 a gallon gas" When the hell was the last time Obama paid for gas? This guy is a complete joke. When will people start to see that. Hillary Clinton has been chosen to deliver the keynote speech on the second night of the Democratic convention, a sign that she won’t be Barack Obama’s running mate — because the keynote speaker traditionally is not the vice presidential nominee. HILLARY HELPED OBAMA GAIN HIS SENATE SEAT. THEN OBAMA, THE BIG-WIG DEMOCRATS AND BIASED MEDIA STABBED HILLARY IN THE BACK. SHE SHOULD BE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. I will vote for McCain and I will campaign that each of the democratic members of Congress, when faced with their own re-election, may not win. Obama is an unknown. He has told too many lies. He has no leadership experience and is not qualified to become president. BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA CANNOT BE TRUSTED. McCain in November - Hillary in 2012.

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