McCain: Fish LOVE oil rigs! (yes, he actually said that) (VIDEO)

[cui bono]

Run time: 01:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU7MSaN6zUU   Posted on YouTube: September 18, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 19, 2008 By DU Member: cui bono Views on DU: 1904

 
Wow.

Just wow.

[graywarrior]

1. I saw that on tv earlier.

Painful to watch. He's even more of an embarrassment than Bush.

[cui bono]

4. Hard to believe that's possible and yet...

and even scarier because he's a total hothead who loves revenge, threats and bullying and is jonesing for a war to "lead".

[graywarrior]

9. He's a giggling Crypt Keeper whose jokes no one gets.

[1corona4u]

10. I totally thought the same thing...

and I couldn't help but notice that no one thought it was funny there....which it wasn't. I don't know how anyone could sit there and listen to him...

I think I'm going to call some attention to this video, in the event people missed it.

[valerief]

2. Is McCain calling Palin a fish?

[lumpy]

3. Great. Hope this makes the rounds.

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[cui bono]

5. Give it a rec then! n/t

[yellowcanine]

6. And caribou mate under the Alaska pipeline! Man that is just sad. He is dying.

There is no excitement left in that campaign.

[chatnoir]

7. K&R

Mondo Bizarro McCaino

Unreal.

[Fridays Child]

8. So, Johnny, are you saying that the oil rig and fish can co-exist peacefully?

Senator Obama is all wrong about you, Mr. McCain. You're not just like Bush, at all. In fact, you're so delusional you make Bush look like a veritable pillar of logic and sanity.

[ladjf]

11. Fish are attracted to any type of open water cover in the Gulf, including

oil rigs. But, that doesn't negate the environmental impact of offshore drilling.

[nc4bo]

12. Once again, McLame is the only person in the room that gets his jokes. ugh.

eta - has anyone sent his dumb ass those post-Katrina oil spill photos yet?

Mississip spills?

Fish and other living marine critters simply LOVE our oil rigs - Love 'em to death.

[proud patriot]

13. that's right up there with "trees cause pollution"

A Ronald Reagan favorite of mine

[jwirr]

14. Just because fish are present does not mean a thing. What counts

is can they be eaten? Usually fish in polluted waters are not safe to eat.

[angstlessk]

15. I was ASTONISHED at about .23 see the sea of not just WHITE faces

but blonde or bald heads..it is like a sea of white?? not a color in it!!!!!

[CTyankee]

27. Yep, I saw that too. Same reaction.

No rainbow there. Just the dying tribe of privileged white people...

[sop]

16. Actually fish do congregate around submerged structures like oil rigs

Fish are attracted to submerged structures like artificial and natural reefs, scuttled vessels, sunken wrecks, bridges, piers, and the submerged structures supporting oil drilling platforms. Schools of smaller bait fish congregate around these submerged structures, seeking shelter from larger predator fish and ocean currents, and also to feed on the marine life attached to the submerged structures. This artificially created eco-system, in turn, attracts larger predator sport fish.

Fishermen know this and take advantage of the situation. These natural and man-made submerged structures are favorite spots for sportfishing, not for commercial fishing. Trouble is that a lot of these oil drilling platforms now won't allow fishermen to get close enough to cast to the fish. They're probably paranoid about terrorism and such things in recent years.

McCain, as usual, screwed up the line and said "fish love oil rigs".....but, he's right.

[cui bono]

28. in the longer clip I saw on TV he does say something like "that means more food"

so I think he was trying to justify the oil rigs with more fish for us to eat.

I don't think anyone wants to eat that fish at the end of this clip though. And I, for one, wouldn't want to eat one that had been living in even the normal runoff. They used to have working rigs off the coast in Santa Barbara (I'm pretty sure they're shut off now). And there were globs of oil floating around near the shore, where people swam. And I had to clean off my feet when I left as there would be many pieces of tar on them. It was sad.

[DirtyDawg]

17. Yeah, and sea gulls are all around garbage scows...

...so what if they're waiting for the next toilet to flush. At the same time, and for the reasons included here, fish and other sea-creatures are attracted to submerged structures. What these guys - fish, et. al., don't know is that if something goes wrong they'll be gill-deep in sludge and it'll all be over.

[WarbirdForObama]

18. AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGG

Why do we have such stupid, ignorant, mouth breathing morons in this country that believe this line of crap from McBush?!?!?!?!?!?

:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

[DS1]

19. To be fair, maybe they like the oil rigs

when they aren't exploding oil into the water because for them it builds little coral-like sanctuaries. So many he's not wrong, but just a short-sighted son of a bitch

[Chulanowa]

20. Well, he's halfway right

The fish love the pilings that support an oil rig. They provide sort of a vertical reef habitat, an anchor for algae, crustaceans and mollusks, plus result in a patch of calmer water where plankton are somewhat denser. As a result, fish are all over. On the Alabama coast, the oil rigs are where you go to catch grouper or red snapper. Of course, the fish would love these things with or without an oil derrick sitting on top of them, and would likely be better-off without.

Of course, we already knew artificial reefs attract water life.

[cliffordu]

21. Ya just can't make this crap up......jesus.

[O.M.B.inOhio]

22. Fish do well around shipwrecks, too. Maybe his campaign will be useful some day... to fish.

[ForeignSpectator]

26. After all, even shrub said years ago that human beings and fish can coexist peacefully. n/t

[Essene]

23. oh my, i shouldnt be laughing but i am...

[PA Democrat]

24. K & R. I saw this and was hoping someone would post it.

McCain is such an idiot. Looks like the friendly audience didn't appreciate his "humor".

[opihimoimoi]

25. His Campaign is in its LAST THROES....its all but Gone....down the RABBITS ASS

He is Passe.