What are your thoughts on McCain defending his ';position switch'; on offshore oil drilling?

He flip-fopped because it became politically expedient to change his mind. For such an environmentalist and maverick in he's party he's really turned out to be a hypocrite and a coward. It's not going to have huge longterm effects except on the environment. Even if the US drilled all over the country we'd only have 2-3% of the needed national supply.





McCain needs to stop pretending to be an environmentalist. McCain has a 0 rating while Obama has a 96 from The Conservation Society. If he was a such an environmentalist he wouldn't support offshore drilling and the gas tax holiday which would increase carbon emissions.What are your thoughts on McCain defending his ';position switch'; on offshore oil drilling?
Both candidates flipflopped last week. I think it's important to determine who benifits from each.





McCain changed his mind about drilling offshore when gasoline passed the $4.50/gallon mark. I think, even though some are against it, he made a decision that will ultimately benifit the American people.





Obama changed his mind about public campaign finance. If he was the man I thought I knew, he would have stuck to his word and donated his windfall to a deserving charity. Obama doesn't like to talk about them, but over half of his contributions have come from large doners like Chase and Morgan Stanley. I would say that going back on his word will benifit himself and his large monied contributors, not Americans. Like it or not, Obama has crawled into bed with the very people he was going to Washington to fight.What are your thoughts on McCain defending his ';position switch'; on offshore oil drilling?
Pretty sharp move, as the news got worse for Americans at the pump he switch in order to help Americans. I wonder why Obama doesn't do the same on the war with us winning it. Seems to me to be a good time to come out and say that he would stay until the victory is complete instead of wanting to surrender with the victory in sight. He could learn something from the more experienced John McCain on when to realize that you may have been wrong on an issue.








Add: Position Change is not always a bad thing. If your for abortion agianst abortion for abortion, that would be considered waffeling and also bad, because your not being clear on your positon. For example, Obama was for NAFTA, Against NAFTA, now back to being For NAFTA until as we get close to the November election and he starts trying to get the Unions to vote for him. Then he will be against NAFTA again. That is not a postion change, that is waffling or flip-flopping, I hope I cleared that up.
My complaint with offshore drilling was/is the Fed gets the royalty, around 25%, and the states get any problems which arise. It would be nice to think some of McCain's problems with off shore drilling then, have been addressed and solved, now. Also drilling when gasoline is $4.00, doesn't hurt as much as when drilling offshore when gasoline is $1.00 per gallon. We are asking Saudi Arabia to increase production when they are producing 10 million barrels per day, and the USA oil production is 8.3 million barrels per day, without drilling offshore. Also Iraq has the reserves to produce as much oil as Saudi Arabia per day, and the USA has gone to Iraq and 1.3 million Iraqi have been murdered, their infrastructure destroyed, and they are producing only around 1.5 million barrels per day. At one time Iraq produced 4.5 million barrels per oil per day. If Iraq were producing 4.5 million barrels per day gasoline might still be $1.00 per gallon. So rather than point flip flop fingers at McCain, we should be pointing out that its the bad guys directing Congress to do stupid things, like demand the president invade and bomb Iraq, which will send the price of gasoline through the roof. The problem is not oil supply or a desire for peace, its the bad guys demand for high oil prices which comes through war.
While I might disagree with McCain's original reasons for NOT advocating offshore drilling, I can also understand that he made his recent ';flip'; in a new environment... an environment of rapidly rising oil prices that makes off shore drilling (regardless of your earlier opinions) not only more economically feasible but simply necessary for the country's survival. If anything the ';flip'; does reflect that McCain can change when given new information or in light of new events.





Wouldn't YOU want that in a President?
He's a politician.





Regarding the idea its OK for one side and not the other...ummm no.





However, there's a difference between changing your position and saying, when you do change your position, you never changed it.





Generally speaking, THAT is the big difference between a Democrat flip vs. a Republican flip.





Of course Democrat morons, I am not saying that's always the case, just that it is usually the case. I know we can all show each other's side doing whatever, but it is far easier to find Democrat examples than the other side.
I find it silly that people think if we drill for more oil, it will somehow drive the price down. It will take 5 years for us to get that oil and process it. By that time, we will be on to better things ~ cleaner, better fuel economy cars, and other sources of fuel.





The problem is with the speculation going on in Wall Street. There is plenty of oil out there, there is no reason for the price to be going sky-high. Blame Wall Street.





The people who think we need to drill for more oil remind me of all the people who voted for Bush in the last election because they wanted ';cheap gas';.





Guess what?!
I believe off shore drilling should be tapped and the states that don't participate should have to pay the high gas prices, cuz we allow drilling here and we have never had a spill, even during massive hurricanes. McCain's got my vote no matter what he does. Short of putting on a too too and dancing a jig.
Perhaps Senator McCain realizes that it is no longer prudent to be financing the governments that wish to do us harm, and that the money spent on oil is better off left in the USA, and not Iran or Saudi Arabia.
Why is anyone ever surprise when a politician, especially one running for president, switches his position on one topic or another? It'll happen 500 others times in the next, what, 4 months?, so get used to it.
he realized that his previous view was incorrect and finally saw the light. As long as he tells everyone from here on out that he wants to drill it's not a flip flop. It's a change of policy.
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Let's see, when he originally was against drilling gas was about 2.00 dollars a gallon, not its near 4.00. Don't you wish you were paying a lot less for gas?
The needs of the country change and a good leader recognizes that. Gas wasn't over $4.00 a gallon when he initially opposed drilling. Now it is.
Everybody comes around sooner or later.
It won't play very well in California.
I like to drink wine on Friday night. If I was Pregnant I would choose not to......... things change things......