Obama: No Mathlete
In last night’s speech Barack Obama claimed that, “we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office.“ So what? Senator McCain has been in office for 26 years. That’s an average increase of 4.2% per year (with compounding).
Second, and more importantly, what does that have to do with anything? John McCain is one senator out of 100. His biography is full of amazing stories of courage, sacrifice and accomplishment. Surely, though, Senator Obama is not saying the John McCain has been single-handedly responsible for US energy policy for the last 25 years. What else can we put on his shoulders? US GDP has increased by 200% since McCain took office. Hamburger sales have skyrocketed. Shark attacks have been almost eliminated since McCain was elected. Maybe he’s an oil importing, GDP raising, hamburger eating, shark killing leviathan. If so, he has my vote.