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McCain Stretching the Truth in Support of Offshore Drilling Pander

— By Jonathan Stein | Fri June 20, 2008 8:24 AM PST

John McCain went before a group of oil execs and reiterated his support for the (potentially successful) offshore drilling pander. To bolster his case about the safety of offshore rigs, he argued that "not even Hurricane Katrina and Rita could cause significant spillage from battered rigs off the coasts of New Orleans and Houston."

That's an old conservative myth and it makes for easy blogging. The claim is demonstrably false.

Update: It's pretty offensive that McCain is using Katrina as a political prop, considering his miserable record on hurricane recovery.

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      Submitted by dadpasadena (not verified) on June 20, 2008 - 11:22am.

      Is anyone really paying attention to the Old Codger? He's still on 8-Track. Zzzzz...

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      Submitted by MarthaA (not verified) on June 20, 2008 - 9:56pm.

      McCain IS McBush -- a regular old truth stretcher.

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      Submitted by MarthaA (not verified) on June 21, 2008 - 10:01pm.

      Andy:

      What kind of chicken are you?

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      Submitted by Jet (not verified) on June 21, 2008 - 11:58pm.

      Andy seems to be of the link-chicken variety. Clucking [heh] a link in the article would destroy their FAUX tabloid reality

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