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Source:  CNN Broadcast I watched the President's speech and  was very impressed.  I'd have to give him an A+ overall. However, I did listen to every word and the mention of "clean coal" made me wonder why such a smart guy as the President would lump this dirty fuel in with solar, wind, thermal and other cleaner technologies. Well it didn't take me long to find information about the Clean Coal Marketing Campaign ..... According to SourceWatch: ... In 2007 - in a reaction to increasing public opposition to coal-fired power, and in an attempt to influence the 2008 U.S. presidential elections - ABEC increased its annual public relations and advertising budget from $8 million to $30 million, hired the advertising firm R&R Partners (whose CEO, Billy Vassiliadis, is also a Nevada advisor to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama), and launched a high-profile advertising campaign to coincide with the 2008 presidential primaries and general elections, spending $1.3 million on television, billboard, newspaper, and radio advertisements in Iowa, Nevada, and South Carolina over several months alone.[12][13] Teams of ABEC supporters, many of them paid, have canvassed outside presidential debates in several states.[12] On December 21, 2007, ABEC sent 30 campaigners dressed in Santa suits to the U.S. Capitol; the Santas delivered stockings full of coal-shaped chocolate to legislators, and promoted the benefits of coal energy.[14] On January 21, ABEC sponsored a CNN Democratic presidential debate - at which no questions about global warming were asked.[15] --- Click me to read more