Republican Herogue's Gallery of Even More Reasons 

to Vote Republican in 2004

(or, Why I'm Voting Democrat in 2004)

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 A one-term senator from Michigan, Spencer Abraham was the No. 1 recipient of campaign contributions from the automotive industry, receiving more than $700,000 for his failed Senate run in 2000 from contributors like General Motors, Ford and Lear Corp.

I was disappointed, to say the least, with your letter notifying me of your intent to recommend to President Bush approval of the Yucca Mountain site for the development of the nation's high level nuclear waste repository. Framing the decision in part as a "security" issue was somewhat surprising, since no analysis has ever been done to suggest that Yucca Mountain will contribute to national security.

Whopper of the Week: Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham "Some experts calculate that the demands of the Internet already consume some 8-13 percent of electricity." Energy spokesman Joe Davis explained that the secretary got his figures not from the Berkeley lab report, but from Networkmagazine.com.

In an interview about the multi-state blackout in 2003: MARGARET WARNER: Has either this company or this overseer done anything since then to at least fix these problems? SPENCER ABRAHAM: Well, I honestly am not aware of any ameliorating action by them at this point. But we haven't... I haven't been apprised as to any changes they've made.

Backed exposed and expensive aboveground construction of uranium facility despite auditors’ concerns

Charter Member of The Federalist Society