The Sierra Club endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham in the North Carolina despite his - now several - flip flops on key environmental issues.
One of which included the line, "If you go swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, you will come out covered in oil." Maybe Cal has been listening to to much Jimmy Buffet.
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Ken Lewis - no, not that Ken Lewis, candidate for U.S. Senate called on the Sierra Club to reconsider their endorsement.
See more from the campaigns release below.
Ken Lewis, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate, today called-on the Sierra Club to reconsider its endorsement of Cal Cunningham in light of Cunningham’s inconsistency on offshore drilling and nuclear energy.
Gary Robertson and Mike Baker of the Associated Press reported April 6 that Cunningham would "consider [offshore drilling] as part of a broader energy plan."
The Associated Press quoted Cal Cunningham as saying: "While I'm resistant to drilling off North Carolina's coast, I also recognize that we need a comprehensive national energy policy," Cunningham said. "If they find something that is a crucial part of a greater energy policy, let's discuss that."
Yet during last night’s live televised debate Cunningham contradicted his own statements saying "I have consistently said that offshore drilling in North Carolina is not part of the answer."
Ken Lewis said: "You can’t have it both ways: You can’t be opposed to drilling off of North Carolina’s coast and be open to drilling off of North Carolina’s coast."
Ken Lewis continued: "We are seeing a clear pattern of inconsistency from Cal. He says one thing in one place, and then goes and contradicts himself somewhere else. We see the same pattern on building new nuclear reactors: First he’s for it, and then he’s against it."
The same April 6 AP report quoted Cal Cunningham as saying ‘"Nuclear has to be an important part of the future of our domestic energy supply."
Yet on April 14 Rob Christensen reported in the News & Observer that Cunningham "voiced strong reservations about expanding the use of nuclear energy."
Lewis concluded: "The only thing consistent about Cunningham’s position is his inconsistency"