Obama Repeats Katrina Oil Spill Myth To Defend Offshore Drilling

[Enrique]

Run time: 00:18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm8gLmuTvJ4   Posted on YouTube: April 28, 2010 By YouTube Member: climatebrad Views on YouTube: 501   Posted on DU: April 30, 2010 By DU Member: Enrique Views on DU: 991

 
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/04/28/obama-katrina-spill/

Obama’s claim that oil rigs did not cause any spills during Hurricane Katrina is simply false, as the Wonk Room reported in June, 2008, when Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and other conservatives made the same false claim:

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Caused 124 Offshore Spills For A Total Of 743,700 Gallons. 554,400 gallons were crude oil and condensate from platforms, rigs and pipelines, and 189,000 gallons were refined products from platforms and rigs. (MMS, 1/22/07)

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Caused Six Offshore Spills Of 42,000 Gallons Or Greater. The largest of these was 152,250 gallons, well over the 100,000 gallon threshhold considered a “major spill.” (MMS, 5/1/06)

[ShortnFiery]

1. When one is advocating for the Big Oil Cartels, little things like ...

THE FACTS shouldn't get in the way of an otherwise awesome promotion. :(

[NJmaverick]

3. More like you don't need facts in you never ending quest to bash President Obama

:eyes:

Talking about hurricane Rita when trying to dispute a comment about Katrina is dishonest at best.

[NJmaverick]

2. What does the oil spilled in Hurricane Rita have to do with what was

spilled in Katrina??????

[Billy Burnett]

6. Um. Pretty obvious. There were offshore oil spills in the Gulf during both hurricanes.

Things in common...

Oils rigs in the gulf
Major hurricanes in both events
Offshore oil spills during both hurricanes.
Obama makes familiar and debunked false claim about safety of offshore gulf oil rigs.

Can you connect those dots?


Same bullshit as McSame...

McCain: no oil spills even during Katrina
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x460623

[NJmaverick]

7. "things in common" does not rise to the standard that would allow

for one to accuse the President of "repeating a myth".

[Billy Burnett]

9. Except that the things in common were the oil spills during both hurricanes.

Mr Obama said that offshore drilling was safe and that oil spills didn't happen even during Katrina, which isn't true, and there's more major evidence that oil spills occured during hurricane Rita also.

He repeated a known and debunked myth.

[Obamaknowzz]

10. Obama in this case is IMO trying to cover his own lack of

prescience regarding the safety of offshore drilling.

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[Metta]

5. Right, O, and guns don't kill people either.

Happy karma to a major disappointment.

[frylock]

8. knr

trying to offset the unreccing crew.