President's plans for 'clean air' are just a good fish story

[MaineDem]

How appropriate that on Earth Day the president would choose to visit the state most assaulted by his environmental rollbacks.

Maine, after all, has the dubious distinction of being "America's tailpipe" since the air - and therefore the ickies in the air - from other states zips through here. So, when the administration decides that the current air pollution rules are too tough on industry, Maine pharmacies have to stock up on asthma inhalers.

When President Bush visits Wells tomorrow, no doubt there will be lots of happy talk about good greening (and there is that, too), but let's be sure not to gloss over the president's environmental record to date.

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Tomorrow, somebody needs to remind President Bush that Maine is one of the 18 battleground states in the upcoming presidential election, and that asthmatics vote, too.

http://www.pressherald.com/viewpoints/kallio/040421nikcolumn.shtml

Edited because I forgot the link.