After circling its way through the national media, our post nabbing Rep. Mark Kirk for his repetition of the debunked China drilling myth finally hit home. Today, the Tribune's Eric Zorn covered the story on his blog. Moreover, he got a statement from Kirk's office acknowledged that the claim made by the North Shore Republican on WLS Radio was false:
Monday, Kirk’s spokesman Eric Elk acknowledged the bloggers were right: “While the Cubans may have issued offshore drilling rights, Congressman Kirk has publicly agreed that the Chinese are not currently drilling for oil near Florida," he said.
UPDATE: Turns out it wasn't just a Zorn blog post -- he included the Kirk drilling story in his column in today's print edition.
Comments
on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 12:23
Mark Kirk will toe the Cheney-Bush line as much as he can get away with. He is a Republican Yes Man (a Cheney-Bush Yes Man) who tries to pull the wool over the eyes of the voters by maintaining he's "moderate." He is in NO way moderate. Just a few well-placed but really meaningless votes in the House, always on bills that are not contested.
on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 15:48
Congressman Kirk has publicly agreed that the Chinese are not currently drilling for oil near Florida," he said.
Great, thanks Mark. And I agree that the
earth is round.
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