McCaskill asserts McCain “shilling for Saudis;” He gently fires back
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill went for the jugular earlier today when, acting on behalf of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, she went after Sen. John McCain’s proposed cut in the gas tax.
McCaskill, D-Mo., asserted in a conference call before McCain’s appearance in Springfield, Mo. that his gas-tax cut would cost Missouri $167 million in federal highway money, and nearly 6,000 related jobs.
“People in Missouri can smell a phony gimmick a mile away,” McCaskill said.
She then accused McCain of “shilling for the Saudis” because some of the officials in oil-producing Saudi Arabia had recommended that the United States reduce its gasoline tax.
McCain replied in the interview that he hadn’t heard of Saudi Arabia’s suggestion.
As for McCaskill’s jab, he said:
“I understand the times. McCaskill is a national co-chair of the Obama campaign. I think that’s kind of a slender reed, and I don’t think anybody in America believes that I would be influenced in any way by the opinion of the Saudis.”
McCain said he had been an outspoken critic of the Saudis for years.
That came out a bit at Wednesday’s forum, when a member of the audience asked if it was true that Saudi Arabia’s production cost for each barrel of oil is only $2.
The man asked what McCain called that.
McCain replied: “A cartel.”


McCain is flip-flopping on everything. His most recent flop-flop has been concerning off-shore drilling along the coasts. He has always been an outspoken critic of that too until yesterday, now he has decided to fall in line with Conservative public opinions concerning approving leases for drilling along the coasts.
Who can tell who the heck McCain is anymore? Or how can anyone believe anything that he saids?
The fact that Bush knew of this suggestion, in fact it was Bush who was given the suggestion on his trip there recently, now suddenly McCain is suggesting this very same thing? What does that tell everyone?
McCAIN IS FOUR MORE YEARS OF BUSH!!!
Whoever has been yanking and controlling Pres. Bush’s leash is yanking yanking and controlling McCain’s leash also. They are all the same bunch.