Coal

[Pine Mt Beagles]

Romney’s ‘War On Coal’ Ad Features Miners Who Were Forced To Attend His Rally
By Aviva Shen on Sep 24, 2012 at 6:28 pm
Mitt Romney’s new ad, “War On Coal,” accuses President Obama of “ruining the coal industry” and putting coal miners out of work. It also showcases footage of Romney speaking at a rally at an Ohio coal mine, flanked by solemn-looking miners.
Those miners, however, are not Romney supporters.
In fact, they later said they were forced to attend the rally without pay. Now that the footage has been used in a campaign ad, the political advocacy group Progress Ohio has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission accusing the owner of Murray Energy Corporation of an illegal corporate contribution in the form of his employees.

The ad is running in the coal towns of Steubenville, Ohio and Wheeling and Parkersburg, West Virginia. Progress Ohio’s Brian Rothenberg said he would be “open” to dropping the complaint if the campaign pulls the ad or edits the miners out of it. When asked about the complaint, a Romney campaign spokesman told the Columbus Dispatch:

Romney’s ads have often raised concerns of dishonesty. In his very first campaign ad against Obama, he attributed the line, “If we talk about the economy, we’re going to lose,” to Obama though he was actually mimicking the McCain campaign in 2008. Romney was also widely condemned for a blatantly false ad about Obama’s welfare reforms.

[bluegrass]

As the election gets closer and Obambi slinks towards the ass whipping he deserves you will notice Ruffie and Big Mikey grasping at straws....LMFAO!!!!

[Chuck Prather]

Thats all they are doing and making fools of themselves! Romney war on coal? Lol PMB you are STUPID!

[TC]

Thats all they are doing and making fools of themselves! Romney war on coal? Lol PMB you are STUPID!

And a Hypocritical Lier to boot!! Part Communist, Part Socialist, UPATRIOTIC AND TOTALLY UNAMERICAN A MENTAL CASE OFF HIS MEDS Oh and Obama's Chief Jester!!

[wvmuskyhunter]

PMB I live in the Ohio Valley, You are wrong this started by some disgruntled former employees. The 500 miners that attended the rally were on local TV wanting an appology from Obama. The said he lied and nobody was forced to attend the rally. As I said be fore Obama's polocies are killing us in the Ohio Valley. We are losing mining jobs and one local coal fired power plant is closing due to EPA regulations.

[Newt]

Coal 4 cents pr kilowatt hr.
Wind and Solar 24 cents per kilowatt hr.
Four more years of Obama and eleectric rates will be doubling as gasoline has in the past four years.

As much hot air generated by PM maybe the wind energy will get cheaper.

[2500 HD]

A friend of mine from Canada got wind mills quite a few years ago in his area. For the 1st 5 years of haveing them his electric bill went up 11% a year every year!!!!!!!! That is close to double, but the bills over doubled because of surcharges!!!!!!!!!

[big creek kennel]

PMB get real ,My family and friends are living the obama war on coal!
COAL makes the wheels turn in our area and obama has put the brakes on it.

[Newt]

A friend of mine from Canada got wind mills quite a few years ago in his area. For the 1st 5 years of haveing them his electric bill went up 11% a year every year!!!!!!!! That is close to double, but the bills over doubled because of surcharges!!!!!!!!!

Not only does your bill go up but the government is using tax money and borrowed money to subsidize the building of windmills. Rate payers will have to pay back that as well.