Monday, August 04, 2008

Petrobucks For Both Candidates

Obama unveils energy plan, new attacks on McCain - CNN.com: "(CNN) -- Barack Obama's campaign released a television ad Monday that calls for a windfall profits tax and accuses John McCain of being in the pocket of big oil.

The ad charges that major oil companies have donated $2 million to McCain's campaign and says that 'after one president in the pocket of big oil, we can't afford another.'

McCain surrogate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Monday blasted the ad as being 'dishonest.'

'That's really sad,' he said on CNN's 'American Morning.' 'I didn't know that Obama had stooped to dishonesty.' Video Watch Romney call Obama 'dishonest' »

Romney said it was dishonest because corporations cannot give contributions to candidates and because employees of oil companies have also donated to Obama..."

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