Say Something Else Stupid John

by Steve Soto

Even though new offshore drilling won't generate any new domestic oil supplies for years if not decades, John McCain said with a straight face this morning that Bush's lifting of the ban is the reason why oil prices have dropped $10 a barrel, a claim that not even the White House makes.

He's right, he doesn't know anything about the economy. He's simply playing to the polls and the base. He also intentionally ignores the fact that by talking directly with the Iranians, the Bush Administration reduced some of the regional tension that was driving up prices. But since this doesn't fit into the McCain narrative, his intellectually-bankrupt default position is to spew this drivel.

So John, who gets the "credit" when oil resumes its upward climb?