McCain’s ‘False 4 U’ Celebrity Ad
John McCain’s ridiculous new ad came out today. FactCheck.org largely dispels much of this tripe:
McCain’s new ad claims that Obama “says he’ll raise taxes on electricity.” That’s false. Obama says no such thing.
McCain relies on a single quote from Obama who once – and only once so far as we can find – suggested taxing “dirty energy,” including coal and natural gas. That was in response to a reporter’s suggestion that a tax on wind power could fund education. Obama isn’t proposing any new tax on electricity or “dirty energy” as part of his platform, and he never has.
It’s true that a coal/gas tax would raise electric rates, but so would a cap-and-trade program to restrict carbon emissions. Cap-and-trade is an idea that both McCain and Obama support, in different forms. Neither candidate characterizes cap-and-trade as a “tax.”
You can read Obama’s actual energy plan here.
Obama’s response ad came out today.
