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Palin Slams 

Obama Over 

Coal Comments

November 2nd, 2008

NEWSMAX

 

Responding to the discovery of an 

audio tape of an old Barak Obama 

interview Sunday, 

Sarah Palin accused the Democrat of 

“talking about bankrupting 

the coal industry,” 

as she campaigned through the 

coal regions of Ohio.

“He said that, sure, 

if the industry wants to build 

coal-fired power plants, 

then they can go ahead and try, 

he says, 

but they can do it only in a way 

that will bankrupt the coal industry, 

and he’s comfortable letting 

that happen,” 

Palin said. 

“And you got to listen to the tape.”

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The audiotape Palin referred to 

was recorded by the San Francisco 

Chronicle in a Jan. 17 interview and 

uncovered by the Drudge Report.

“Why is the audiotape 

just now surfacing?” 

Palin said, according to CBS News.

Someone in the crowd shouted, 

“Liberal media!”

“This interview was given to 

San Francisco folks many, 

many months ago,” 

Palin said. 

“You should have known about this, 

so that you would have better 

decision-making information as 

you go into the voting booth.”

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In the audiotape, 

Obama reiterated his call for a cap 

and trade system on carbon and 

greenhouse gases.

“So if somebody wants to build a 

coal-powered plant, they can,” 

Obama said. 

“It’s just that it will bankrupt them 

because they’re going to be charged 

a huge sum for all that greenhouse 

gas that’s being emitted.”

Responding to Palin’s comments, 

the Chronicle said the tape had 

never been hidden away.

“Let’s be very clear: 

The Chronicle did not, and has never, 

hidden any interview, audio or video, 

of Obama from its readers,” 

the paper responded on one of 

its political blogs.

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“The truth: 

The paper’s January editorial board 

session with Obama included 

comments about coal. 

The entire interview has been in 

the public domain, 

available on line to the public — 

and to the McCain campaign — 

since early January.”

An Obama representative said 

Obama’s remarks were taken 

out of context. 

In another part of the interview, 

Obama said the idea of eliminating 

coal plants was “an illusion.”

“The point Obama is making is 

that we need to transition from coal 

burning power plants built with old 

technology to plants built with 

advanced technologies–

and that is exactly the action that will 

be incentivized under a cap and t

rade program,” the representative said.

“We know that additional work is 

necessary to develop and deploy 

these technologies. 

That is why Obama has argued for 

a robust funding program for carbon 

capture and sequestration. 

It’s strikingly similar to what McCain 

has said (in fact McCain goes a step

 further saying he wants to transition 

completely away from coal).”

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