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Seabrook Station, no thanks to Jeanne… Offshore drilling? No way!
I’ll git you my little pretties… hehehe!
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Refineries? Nope! Assault on Seabrook. May 1, 1977
she was organizing the radical anti-nuclear community in support of former Portsmouth Mayor Paul McEachern’s 1988 gubernatorial campaign. Shaheen served as the campaign manager and senior advisor to Paul McEachern, an extreme nuclear opponent, in both his 1986 and 1988 bids for the corner office.
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Today he held a press conference to discuss the matter in response to what the Shaheen camp has had to say about the 1987 video:
STATEMENT OF FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER MARSHALL COBLEIGH
AND NEW HAMPSHIRE ENERGY CHIEF 1973 – 1978
DELIVERED AT PRESS CONFERENCE
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22 AT THE LOB, CONCORD NH
I called this press conference because I was appalled at my long-time television adversary Jeanne Shaheen’s blatent attempt to rewrite and completely distort her record regarding the use of nuclear power and to point out Shaheen’s factual record as a long-time opponent of nuclear power, as well as her failed record as a big-taxing, big-spending governor who left office with a huge budget deficit of $300 million. Just exactly the type of person we don’t need representing NH in the US Senate.
First of all, I want to address her campaign’s claim that the tapes now on U-tube that I lent to the Republican party “were taken out of context, and these clips are over 20 years old.”
The facts are that the tapes are from 1987 …. 21 years ago.
That’s the point. Jeanne Shaheen has been a consistent opponent of nuclear power and oil drilling, where there is oil, for 25 years before her latest poll led to her switch of positions.
It is also a fact that nothing is taken out of context. That is exactly what she said on the show and exactly what I said. I challenge Jeanne Shaheen to demonstrate clearly what she claims is taken out of context. We were on the weekly show for about 10 years. The facts are that Jeanne Shaheen constantly harped about her distaste for nuclear power. I know it. And she knows it.
I just don’t have the rest of the tapes to prove it.
I also challenge Jeanne Shaheen to put up or shut up. I am willing to let any member of the press examine these tapes and verify that nothing is taken out of context.
The Shaheen spokesman also claims “what Jeanne Shaheen has CONSISTENTLY SAID …. that nuclear power is a part of our energy mix…. but we should not subsidize it, and WE SHOULD NOT EXPAND IT until we have a safe way to deal with the waste.”
That is typical Jeanne Shaheen, trying to have it both ways. She gives the appearance of changing her life-long position and at the same time appeasing her clamshall friends with the qualifier
about nuclear waste.
I also challenge Jeanne Shaheen to provide to the press any documentation showing that she has “CONSISTENTLY SAID over the years that nuclear power should be a part of our energy mix.”
Most of you know that in the past 3 or 4 months Jeanne Shaheen has outlined a 6-point energy plan and 3 NH op-ed pieces THAT DO NOT MENTION her sudden feigned support for nuclear power.
The Shaheens are famous for political dirty tricks. You will remember that Jeanne Shaheen’s husband Bill Shaheen was fired from Hillary Clinton’s campaign for his anything-goes campaign dirty tricks of raising the issue of Barack Obama’s drug use.
The facts are that Secretary of Energy James Schlessinger told the nation’s Energy Chiefs 20 years ago, “There are at least 20 ways to solve the nuclear waste for 20,000 years but the politicians won’t make the choice of which way to use.” France, which gets 80% of its electricity from nuclear power, chose to recycle and reuse nuclear waste but the Democrat-controlled congress put a ban on that technique just as they also banned off-shore oil drilling beyond the Gulf of Mexico. Today we store nuclear waste at Seabrook Station because the Democrat-controlled congress lacks the courage to choose which of the 20 safe ways to use.
The most astounding statement Jeanne Shaheen made on the few tapes I have, came after I said,
“…. and if we don’t have nuclear power in this country we are going to become more and more vulnerable to the Arabs in the mid east, and that’s why WE ARE IN DANGER OF WAR, because we are not taking care of our energy dependence.”
To which Shaheen responded,
“that argument just doesn’t wash.”
Jeanne Shaheen was dead wrong.
The facts are that my 1987 comments were prescient. We did end up in a mid-east war caused by Jeanne Shaheen, and her fellow NIMBY (not in my back yard) and NOPE (no
t on planet earth) fellow travelers, along with their Democrat allies in congress. To have the unmitigated gall to blame the war entirely on President Bush and try to tie all Republican candidates to President Bush’s unpopularity caused by the war is the height of chutzpah.
I believe that Jeanne Shaheen is making these blatently-false statements to hide from her atrocious record on energy, spending, and taxation.
I enclose a documentation of Jeanne Shaheen’s sorry record on energy, taxes, and spending, which I shall not read so that we have time for any questions from you folks
These attachments [below] of Jeanne Shaheen’s record clearly show that Shaheen shifts positions more often than a windmill in a hurricane:
JEANNE SHAHEEN’S SORRY RECORD ON ENERGY
Jeanne Shaheen – All things to all people – like clams willing to ignore truth to fool people.
Jeanne Shaheen is still pushing today Carter’s failed policies – windfall profits tax on oil companies.
Jeanne Shaheen wanted to raise the NH gas tax 1/26/95.
Jeanne Shaheen, “drilling in Anwar doesn’t make sense 4/19/02 – not for our economy, not for our future energy needs.”
August 08 – Jeanne Shaheen’s attorney said, “Jeanne Shaheen supports new oil drilling including off-shore drilling.” In same brief he claimed, “Jeanne Shaheen unambiguously opposes opening new areas to oil drilling.
5/13/08 – Jeanne Shaheen “more oil drilling is not the answer.”
6/26/08 – Shaheen opposes both drilling in Anwar and lifting the off-shore drilling ban (Kevin Landrigan – Telegraph).
On my tapes, Jeanne Shaheen is saying how dangerous nuclear power is – doesn’t show her saying nuclear power should be part of mix. Nuclear power in the US hasn’t grown from the 20% it was before she and the clams [Clamshell Alliance] stopped the nuclear industry after Seabrook.
Jeanne Shaheen’s latest statement that nuclear power should be part of the mix but we shouldn’t expand it until we have a safe way to deal with the waste. The fact is, Shaheen’s friends and the democrats killed recycling waste.
Jeanne Shaheen “our position is that if Seabrook never goes online, then we will never have to pay for it and the investors are going to take the loss. PSNH went broke. Is Jeanne Shaheen taking credit for the bankruptcy of PSNH in the resultant higher electricity rates for NH rate payers?
Robin Read, Jeanne Shaheen’s employee, says Jeanne Shaheen’s two conditions are waste and federal funding cannot be met, so therefore no nuclear plants can be built.
Jeanne Shaheen helped give us Jimmy Carter. The Carter years saw gas prices double, inflation up 13%, interest rates up +21%, and government size grew by 17%.
Jeanne Shaheen says nuclear power is not a safe way to generate power 10/12/85. Jeanne Shaheen criticized George W. Bush’s national energy plan for concentrating on oil and nuclear power 3/3/91.
Governor Steve Merrill “Jeanne Shaheen worked hard to delay construction of Seabrook nuclear power plant resulted in higher utility rates.”
Washington Post, “Jeanne Shaheen is lining up the anti-nuke forces who have kept Seabrook at bay for 10 years.” 9/14/85.
JEANNE SHAHEEN ON TAXES & SPENDING
Jeanne Shaheen 9/11/08 “I don’t support raising capital gains tax… we need capital for investment to help the economy.”
In 1999, Jeanne Shaheen supported a 4.5% state capital gains tax.
In 2001, despite her tax pledge, Jeanne Shaheen lobbied for a 2.5% sales tax.
Jeanne Shaheen flip-flopped on support for 2001 business tax cuts.
Jeanne Shaheen flip-flopped on support for Iraq war.
Jeanne Shaheen broke her pledge not implementing any broad base taxes – 1st signing into law a statewide property tax, then she proposed a 2.5% sales tax, and declared that would support income tax.
Jeanne Shaheen favors reinstating the federal death tax for families with assets of $7 million. Many family businesses that are bigger than that would have to pay 40-50%. Her proposal would force these families to sell their businesses with resulting loss of job and local investment.
Jeanne Shaheen brags, “I balanced the budget for 6 years.” Big Deal! Every New Hampshire governor is required to do so by the New Hampshire Constitution.
There is an old saying the Governor proposes the budget, and the Legislature disposes of the budget.
In 1999, Jeanne Shaheen signed the first statewide property tax.
Jeanne Shaheen agreed to sign a state income tax. (Concord Monitor, 2/10/02).
Jeanne Shaheen blamed Bush for forest fires in California.
Jeanne Shaheen left a budget deficit of over $70 million at the end of her administration which lowered the state’s bond rating (Arlinghaus).
It took 79 governors 200 years to reach $1 billion in state spending. It took 1 governor – Jeanne Shaheen – six years to double state spending – from $1 million to $2 million.
Jeanne Shaheen vetoed repeal of state death tax 1995.
US oil production in 1980 was 11%, in 2007 it was only 8.5%.
US oil consumption in 1980 was 17.1%, in 2007 it was 20.7% This proves that Jeanne Shaheen and her fellow travelerers’ energy plans did not work.
Current oil usage in USA is 69% for transportation, 24% industrial, 2% electric generation 5% heating.
Crude imports 1910 – 557 thousand barrels, 1984 – 1.1 billion barrels, 2007 – 3.7 billion barrels.
