So....the things that Kerry and Edwards are currently going around saying they support are in Bush's Energy Policy. And yet, they are 2 of the very Senators who has not even allowed it to come to the Senate floor for discussion. What this boils down to folks.....is that these two Democrats simply fight anything that would give a Republican president an achievement. Bills are supposed to be about discussion.....and compromise. And because this one contains two things they are totally against, they don't even want it discussed. Mainly because they know if allowed to come up for a vote, it would probably pass. So folks......blame these two Senators, Kerry & Edwards, for the fact that we can't get going on some of these much needed proposals. Simply passing this bill into law and getting started on this, would go a long way on prices. Blame the Dems for the high price of gasoline and oil products.



"While Kerry and Bush blame each other for high energy costs, they agree on the fundamental goal of expanding alternative-fuel use, as well as on many of the ways government can help attain it. The president's energy bill, which has been stuck in Congress for months, contains many of the ideas Kerry talked about here on Jim and Ruth Nelson's farm.

Both candidates support a plan to ensure a minimum of 5 billion gallons of renewable fuels are in use by 2012; extending ethanol tax incentives and providing consumers a big tax break for buying alternative-fuel vehicles. Both support a government role in making hydrogen-fueled vehicles a big part of the future. Both envision paying for these programs, in part, by making federal office buildings more energy efficient. "We're not trying to pretend this is all new stuff," said Sarah Bianchi, Kerry's policy adviser.

These ideas are included in Bush's energy bill, which Kerry, Edwards and many other Democrats oppose. This "flies in the face of what they are talking about on the campaign stump," Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) said in a conference call arranged by the Bush campaign.

Where the candidates diverge is on issues such as drilling in Alaska and legal protections for producers of MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether, a gasoline additive). Kerry and Edwards oppose both measures, while Bush supports them."

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