McCain Keeps Lying About The Safety Of Offshore Drilling

John McCain has learned to lie very well from the Bush handlers who are now his advisers. In a press conference today he talked about renewable energy, just long enough to make a few talking points about offshore drilling. McCain claimed the offshore rigs in the Gulf came through hurricanes Katrina and Rita without damage. Ask an insurance company about that. The extensive damage to the offshore rigs almost cratered the oil insurance biz.

Here is his lie:

Q: I’ve been listening to your comments around renewable resources – solar, tide, and wind – you’ve talked a lot about that, but you keep peppering your comments with offshore drilling. But I’m not sure what you think the impact on our environment is based on that.

A: Keep the microphone. I’m aware that off the coast of Louisiana and Texas there are oil rigs, as we well know, and those rigs have survived, very successfully, the impacts of hurricanes – hurricane Katrina as far as Louisiana is concerned.