Uploaded June 2010 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Washington, D.C. -- With the disastrous Gulf oil spill as a backdrop, Sarah Palin lies about her "drill, baby, drill" mantra championed by McCain-Palin 2008 and numerous Republicans including Rudy Giuliani and the entire 2008 GOP Republican National Convention. Palin is now claiming that she didn't mean offshore drilling which is totally opposite from the truth -- so much so that this example could be used to define lying.
From Media Matters: After lying about death panels, the Bridge to Nowhere, aerial hunting, and pretty much everything else she's known for, it should come as no surprise that half-term governor turned Fox News analyst Sarah Palin would lie about the mantra that came to define her ill-fated run for the vice presidency: "Drill, baby, drill!"
And lie she did -- here's Sarah Palin on Twitter wagging her digital finger at the "Extreme Greenies" regarding the Gulf oil spill: "[S]ee now why we push'drill,baby,drill'of known reserves&promising finds in safe onshore places like ANWR? Now do you get it?"
The message is clear: "drill, baby, drill" was never about dangerous offshore drilling like the Deepwater Horizon site, it was about safe "onshore" locations like ANWR. Except that it wasn't.
Opinion based on various news reports and featured segment from MSNBC Hardball with Chris Matthews.
Washington, D.C. -- With the disastrous Gulf oil spill as a backdrop, Sarah Palin lies about her "drill, baby, drill" mantra championed by McCain-Palin 2008 and numerous Republicans including Rudy Giuliani and the entire 2008 GOP Republican National Convention. Palin is now claiming that she didn't mean offshore drilling which is totally opposite from the truth -- so much so that this example could be used to define lying.
From Media Matters: After lying about death panels, the Bridge to Nowhere, aerial hunting, and pretty much everything else she's known for, it should come as no surprise that half-term governor turned Fox News analyst Sarah Palin would lie about the mantra that came to define her ill-fated run for the vice presidency: "Drill, baby, drill!"
And lie she did -- here's Sarah Palin on Twitter wagging her digital finger at the "Extreme Greenies" regarding the Gulf oil spill: "[S]ee now why we push'drill,baby,drill'of known reserves&promising finds in safe onshore places like ANWR? Now do you get it?"
The message is clear: "drill, baby, drill" was never about dangerous offshore drilling like the Deepwater Horizon site, it was about safe "onshore" locations like ANWR. Except that it wasn't.
Opinion based on various news reports and featured segment from MSNBC Hardball with Chris Matthews.
