Giuliani peddles debunked “China drilling off Florida” myth
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Giuliani peddles debunked “China drilling off Florida” myth
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/03/giuliani-peddles-debunked-china-drilling-off-florida-myth/
Posted: 03 Jul 2008 07:00 PM CDT
About a month ago, as the debate over coastal drilling
began in earnest, Dick Cheney pushed the rhetorical envelope
a bit, telling the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that “oil is
being drilled right now 60 miles off the coast of Florida.
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15852.html
We’re not doing it. The Chinese are in cooperation with the
Cuban government … Even the communists have figured out that
a good answer to high prices is more supply. Yet Congress
has said … no to drilling off Florida.”
It has been a common Republican talking point,
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/06/8678_gop_claims_chin.html
but it’s patently false
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/40776.html
— the Chinese are not drilling off Cuba’s coasts. The day
after Cheney made the bogus claim, the V.P.’s office
acknowledged that he was mistaken.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/40994.html
And yet, for some reason, high-profile Republicans can’t
stop repeating the claim that’s already been debunked. Maybe
conservatives have decided that they can’t win a debate on
energy policy on the merits, so misleading people about
communists stealing our oil is the better strategy. Here’s
failed presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani talking to CNN’s
resident right-winger, Glenn Beck, Wednesday night:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/03/giuliani-cuba-china/
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http://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Download/30660/1/GB-Giuliani-Offshore-Drilling-070208.wmv
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http://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Download/30660/2/GB-Giuliani-Offshore-Drilling-070208.mov
(h/t Heather)
Giuliani: “You look at Cuba. Cuba is going to allow
China to drill for oil within 80 miles of Florida. And
Florida had a 300-mile limit. So in essence, we have China
drilling for American oil.”
Maybe it’s my imagination, but it almost seems as if
high-profile Republicans have been repeating the false claim
more now that it has been debunked.
Looks like even Senator Norm Coleman is getting in on the
fun.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/vulnerable_gop_senator_recites.php
TPM has been keeping track of all the examples, and there
are some real doozies in there.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/chinacuba_oil_myth/
Some Republicans have altered the myth a little — I think
Giuliani is the first to suggest that the Cubans and the
Chinese are taking our oil — but they’re all repeating a
charge that isn’t remotely true. Either they don’t know what
they’re talking about, or they know the claim is false and
repeat it anyway. At this point, it’s hard to know which is
the case.
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> Giuliani peddles debunked “China drilling off Florida” mythhttp://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/03/giuliani-peddles-debunked-ch...
>
> Posted: 03 Jul 2008 07:00 PM CDT
>
> About a month ago, as the debate over coastal drilling
> began in earnest, Dick Cheney pushed the rhetorical envelope
> a bit, telling the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that “oil is
>
> We’re not doing it. The Chinese are in cooperation with the
> Cuban government … Even the communists have figured out that
> a good answer to high prices is more supply. Yet Congress
> has said … no to drilling off Florida.”
>
> but it’s patently falsehttp://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/40776.html
> — the Chinese are not drilling off Cuba’s coasts. The day
> after Cheney made the bogus claim, the V.P.’s office
> And yet, for some reason, high-profile Republicans can’t
> stop repeating the claim that’s already been debunked. Maybe
> conservatives have decided that they can’t win a debate on
> energy policy on the merits, so misleading people about
> communists stealing our oil is the better strategy. Here’s
> failed presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani talking to CNN’s
> resident right-winger, Glenn Beck, Wednesday night:http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/03/giuliani-cuba-china/
>
> video_mov Downloadhttp://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Download/30660/2/GB-Giuliani-Offs...
> (h/t Heather)
>
> Giuliani: “You look at Cuba. Cuba is going to allow
> China to drill for oil within 80 miles of Florida. And
> Florida had a 300-mile limit. So in essence, we have China
> drilling for American oil.”
>
> Maybe it’s my imagination, but it almost seems as if
> high-profile Republicans have been repeating the false claim
> more now that it has been debunked.
>
> Looks like even Senator Norm Coleman is getting in on the
>
> TPM has been keeping track of all the examples, and there
>
> Some Republicans have altered the myth a little — I think
> Giuliani is the first to suggest that the Cubans and the
> Chinese are taking our oil — but they’re all repeating a
> charge that isn’t remotely true. Either they don’t know what
> they’re talking about, or they know the claim is false and
> repeat it anyway. At this point, it’s hard to know which is
> the case.
> ---
Hey we don't call them "RIGHTARDS" for nothing!
Hell I would bet that half the people who call themselves
Republickcans think that the Earth is FLAT and that there is a Santa
and a Tooth Fairy!
Heck we know 99% of them Repugsheep think that there is an Invisible
Man who lives in the sky who watchs everything they do, so sure as
shit they wil lap up any LIES the NeoCowards tell them!