Another one to NOT VOTE FOR

Pataki Gets Presidential Over Energy

Disappointment with energy and debt policy in the US may prompt a Republican presidential bid from former New York Governor George Pataki.


Pataki told AOL Energy today that he is thinking about running for President, capping a career that has included state governor, state senator, and mayor. Pataki is currently also Counsel at the New York office of law firm Chadbourne and Parke LLP. Even if he doesn't run, Pataki said he will "get actively involved" in the race.


"I think fracking is a tremendous technological breakthrough that we need to encourage obviously you have to surround it with appropriate environmental safeguards," Pataki said, addressing one of the most controversial issues in energy markets today. Access to hundreds of years of clean fuel supply is "an enormous breakthrough for the American economy and the American consumer," he said.


"When the light bulb came along, they didn't ban candles for being unsafe," he said, referring to the federal mandate to replace incandescent light bulbs, which he disapproves of. "Create things that work, and people will be there [to support it]" he said.

Need more reasons to not support him?  I didn't think so.