Comments on: Five Years Ago, McCain ‘Stood Up To The President,’ But Today He Embraces Bush http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/06/17/mccain-global-ad/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Vanessa Williamson http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/06/17/mccain-global-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 Vanessa Williamson Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:10:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/06/17/mccain-global-ad/#comment-1388 What strikes me about the New York Times article is that the supposedly positive aspects of McCain's environmental record are all talk -- ie, theoretical "mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions" or a "cap and trade system." But the substance is all anti-environment: "missed votes on toughening fuel economy standards" and "opposed tax breaks meant to encourage alternative energy." Why does the New York Times give McCain credit for saying one thing and doing another? What strikes me about the New York Times article is that the supposedly positive aspects of McCain’s environmental record are all talk — ie, theoretical “mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions” or a “cap and trade system.” But the substance is all anti-environment: “missed votes on toughening fuel economy standards” and “opposed tax breaks meant to encourage alternative energy.”

Why does the New York Times give McCain credit for saying one thing and doing another?

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