McCain Agrees with Paris Hilton on Need for Energy Compromise

by: Matt Stoller

Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 21:32

Due to the extraordinary number of inquiries, please see our campaign's response to Paris Hilton's recently released video in which she puts forward her version of an energy plan:

"It sounds like Paris Hilton supports John McCain's 'all of the above' approach to America's energy crisis - including both alternatives and drilling.  Paris Hilton might not be as big a celebrity as Barack Obama, but she obviously has a better energy plan." ---Tucker Bounds, spokesman John McCain 2008  

Tucker Bounds

McCain has already argued that we need all sorts of energy solutions, it is in fact a major talking point for the right.

"Solving our national energy crisis requires...an 'all of the above' approach," McCain said. "That'll require aggressive development of alternative energies like wind, solar, tide and biofuels. It also requires expanding traditional sources of energy such as offshore drilling."
John McCain 2008

So what kind of compromise does McCain support?  Does he support the Gang of 10 in the Senate, which raises taxes on oil companies and funds alternative energy?

These are questions he's now going to have to answer.