Oil independence can be achieved. Your "experts" take no account of the newfound willingness to do it. With the right incentives, the private sector's investment in going green as well as the drive for renewable energy technologies this time coupled with what might be the public and government support, ask, as John McCain does, why not see what the ambitious effort brings?
Republicans Debate in Des Moines
More exaggerations and misstatements in the final GOP debate before the Iowa caucuses.
Dec 13, 2007 | Updated: 10:30 a.m. ET Dec 13, 2007
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Summary
In the Dec. 12 Republican presidential debate in Des Moines:
Arizona Sen. John McCain promised to make the U.S. "oil independent" within five years, a goal experts say can't be achieved.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney claimed American students score in the bottom quarter among industrial nations, but they score about average in the most recent tests.
Romney also claimed that federal programs to prevent teen pregnancy are "obviously not working," while in fact births are dramatically below what they were in 1991 despite a relatively small increase last year.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said a big federal tax cut would produce "a major boost in revenues for the government," a notion that nearly all economists say is a fantasy.
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee claimed he had the most impressive record on education of any GOP candidate, even though Arkansas children scored below the national average while those in Romney's Massachusetts were No. 1.
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