Foreign Reporting and Analysis Since April 2005China Confidential
Barack Obama's new campaign ad branding his Republican opponent, John McCain, a tool of Big Oil, seems to signal desperation on the part of the ever-changing Candidate of Change. McCain is a strong advocate of domestic oil and gas development, which has not been championed in decades by multinational oil companies hooked on cheaper Middle Eastern supply agreements.
In fact, the Democrats, dating to the Carter administration, and the first big energy crisis, have been steadfast foes of domestic oil and gas (and coal and shale). The no-drill Democrats are anti-industry, in the grip of environmental extremists led by former Vice President Al Gore, whose global warming fear-mongering menaces the nation--and all of modern civilization.