About 420,000 gallons of fuel oil spilled into the Mississippi River after a barge collided with a tanker. As of right now, 100 miles of the riverway are closed to traffic, as crews attempt to clean up the spill, which could take several weeks to several months. This follows a 58,000 gallon spill in San Francisco Bay last November.
The Mississippi spill occured as McCain’s been calling for more offshore oil drilling. Here’s what he said recently:
As for offshore drilling, it’s safe enough these days that not even Hurricanes Katrina and Rita could cause significant spillage from the battered rigs off the coasts of New Orleans and Houston.
The good folks at ThinkProgress took the time to debunk this obvious falsehood.
John McCain’s “gaffes” aren’t really looking much like honest mistakes anymore. They’re looking like more and more like flat out lies. I’m just saying…if it walks like a duck, and it talks like a duck, and it drowns in oil-filled waters like a duck…
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July 25th, 2008 at 9:12 am
So the oil is actually transported away from the drilling site? Oooohhhh.