MORE On the Sierra Club Commercial
July 31, 2008
We recently posted an article about the Sierra Club commercial supporting McNerney of Pleasanton, CA and asking you to call to support his position on not drilling offshore.
Politicker.com reported on July 27, 2008
The environmental group Sierra Club is launching a radio advertisement Monday praising several freshmen congressional Democrats who are engaged in competitive re-election races this fall for what the organization says has been their aggressive stance against oil companies. Amongst those members the Sierra Club is defending is U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton).
They continue:
“All this week, you’ll be hearing about the billions of dollars in record high profits the big oil companies are making,” an announcer says in the 60-second Sierra Club spot entitled “Rolling in It.” “They’re raking it in while we’re feeling the pain of four dollar a gallon gas. Let’s face it — big oil has our economy, our energy policies and our politics in a strangle-hold. But Congress still has a chance to break that hold, to pass legislation that provides price relief and helps hard working families instead of the oil industry.
“Call Congressman Jerry McNerney… Thank him for standing up to the oil companies. Ask him to keep voting to end the billions in government giveaways to big oil, to crack down on the price gouging that’s keeping gas prices so high, and to invest in renewable energy and give consumers more, cleaner energy choices.”
The last 2 paragraphs sum it up nicely:
“I don’t know what’s more remarkable – that the Sierra Club is actually defending high gas prices, or that the politicians responsible for today’s record gas prices have finally found a constituency happy about it,” Freedom’s Watch spokesman Ed Patru [hero] said in response to the ad. “The fact is, every member of Congress who votes against more domestic production is out of touch, and Sierra Club is defending the indefensible.”
McNerney, a first-term incumbent, is facing a battle for re-election against former state Assemblyman Dean Andal.
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