Green Options » American Election http://greenoptions.com/tag/american-election Posts tagged 'American Election' Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:51:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Election Update: Last Days are an Environmental Issue http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/03/election-update-last-days-are-an-environmental-issue/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/03/election-update-last-days-are-an-environmental-issue/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:51:58 +0000 Kay Sexton http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/03/election-update-last-days-are-an-environmental-issue/ American FlagWe’re told that McCain is spending these last crunch hours vacuuming up support in Republican states. Apart from Sunday’s stop in Pennsylvania, his itinerary has pit-stop trips to Florida, Ohio, Missouri, and Tennessee, followed by a lightning tour of Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico, before returning to his home-state of Arizona on Monday night. On the other hand, vote-early Obama hit rallies in Nevada, Colorado and Missouri on Saturday, spent Sunday campaigning in Ohio and will be visiting Virginia and Florida on the very evening of the election.

What’s wrong with this picture?

Could it be the carbon footprint of the two candidates, spreading to Sasquatch-like proportions as they criss-cross the United States exhorting voters, already reeling from the economic kidney-punches of the past few months, to get out there and vote?  Is it possible that this kind of environmental irresponsibility is ringing warning bells with the average voter, wondering when gas prices will fall and whether they can heat their homes this winter?

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