There has been quite a bit of discussion about whether or not Barack Obama's claim that proper tire inflation would save as much oil as could be obtained by "all that drilling their talking about".
Many Obama defenders have tried to show that Obama was correct by resorting to data provided by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That data dealt only with off-shore drilling in the outer continental shelf. Some have used only the figures for production from ANWR. None offer an analysis using all of the sources of domestic production, because as this PowerLine analysis clearly shows, to do so makes it clear that Obama's math was off the mark.
Obama has started the process of backing off his no drilling stance, however. One thing we can be sure of; Obama can read a poll as well as any politician who ever ran a focus group.
UPDATE: Hugh Hewitt chimes in with this post regarding Obama's attempts to stand by his "tire inflation = drilling" claim. The money quote:
"The fact that Obama feels the need to cling to an absurd position in the face of the overwhelming rejection of his facts is disquieting. You can stick to unpopular policies because you believe they are correct and will ultimately bring important results, as President Bush has done in Iraq.
But you cannot stick to made up facts and not prompt serious questions about judgment".
Keep after him, Hugh!
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