Thursday, June 24, 2010

FL-Sen: Rubio supports oil because it's safe

by Jed Lewison

Marco Rubio, running as a Republican for U.S. Senate from Florida, yesterday:

So now you’re talking about deep-water drilling. And I only want to see it if it can be done safely. And that’s why it’s so important that we study why this happened. And if you tell me we’re going to have to put up with a couple of more of these, of course not. But can it be done safely? There is evidence that it can be done safely. It’s being done safely all over the world.

So Rubio says he'll only support oil if it's safe, and then says there's evidence that "it's being done safely all over the world."

Case closed, right? Thanks to Dick Cheney's energy task force, oil is safe, right? Drill, baby, drill. Right?

Yeah. Uh, except there's always this:

Oil Spill Satellite Image

It's being done safely all over the world. Except when it's not.



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