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Jul 24, 2008

Why did McCain cancel his planned trip to New Orleans — and his visit to an offshore oil rig?* Sure, the weather forecast isn’t sunny — it’s partially cloudy with a 20% chance of thunderstorms, and there’s a hurricane in a neighboring state — but the real reason seems to be that oil spills do not make for good photo ops. An oil tanker and barge collided on the Mississippi yesterday, leaking hundreds of thousands of gallons of heavy fuel oil.  The NYT reports that “the accident had nothing to do with the safety of oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico,” but it sure doesn’t look good when your planned message is about the environmental safety of offshore drilling. *Lord knows he needs the press coverage.  Later today, his opponent, a mere American presidential candidate, is expected to draw a crowd of 100,000 in Berlin — frankly astounding and, I am certain, unprecedented.

Why did McCain cancel his planned trip to New Orleans — and his visit to an offshore oil rig?*

Sure, the weather forecast isn’t sunny — it’s partially cloudy with a 20% chance of thunderstorms, and there’s a hurricane in a neighboring state — but the real reason seems to be that oil spills do not make for good photo ops.

An oil tanker and barge collided on the Mississippi yesterday, leaking hundreds of thousands of gallons of heavy fuel oil.  The NYT reports that “the accident had nothing to do with the safety of oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico,” but it sure doesn’t look good when your planned message is about the environmental safety of offshore drilling.

*Lord knows he needs the press coverage.  Later today, his opponent, a mere American presidential candidate, is expected to draw a crowd of 100,000 in Berlin — frankly astounding and, I am certain, unprecedented.

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