McSame is deceitful.  He and his claque have continued to say that Hurricane Katrina didn't cause any oil spills from offshore drilling, which is a lie. Hurricane Katrina caused major oil spills and destroyed and damaged offshore rigs.

 

As I wrote last month, "And Wonk Room weighs in: "In fact, the clear satellite evidence of major spills was borne out by final reports. In May 2006, the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) published their offshore damage assessment:  113 platforms totally destroyed, and 457 pipelines damaged, 101 of those major lines with 10" or larger diameter.

 

McSame's spokespersons and supporters like Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana who lied about the oil damage to his own state, persist in trying to deceive the American public about the issue.

 

Now, McSame moves from oil spillage to stating that oil rigs successfully survived Hurricane Katrina, another baldfaced lie.  The man is dishonest and is completely unfit for the presidency.

 

From ThinkProgress: "Yesterday, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) senior policy adviser, claimed that she had been misinformed when she falsely stated that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita did not spill a drop of oil. Today, McCain made another misinformed argument, claiming that oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico have survived, very successfully, the impacts of hurricanes:

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.

McCain is wrong. According to press reports, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita tore through the Gulf of Mexico's offshore oil and gas fields, toppling production platforms, setting rigs adrift and rupturing pipelines. The U.S. Minerals Management Service reported that the hurricanes totally destroyed 113 offshore oil platforms.

The hurricanes cost Transocean, the largest offshore driller, about $135 million in repairs, downtime and equipment upgrades alone, and damage to offshore producers accounted for 77 percent of the oil industry's storm costs. One offshore rig, the Ocean Warwick, drifted 66 nautical miles before running aground.

Here are some photos of the success that McCain is touting: