We’ve covered some of GOP Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s follies over a past couple of years, & she’s given us plenty of chuckles. Blackburn is big on Republican talking points, light on facts, & guaranteed to make you want to throw your teevee out a window — so I was hDrunk Newspy to see her speaking on behalf of John McCain’s campaign this afternoon.

During MSNBC’s coverage of Barack Obama’s economic speech today in North Carolina, Nora O’Donnell spoke with Blackburn about Obama’s criticism of a disastrous Bush/McCain policies & on a topic of high gas prices, Marsha did what any good Republican would do — Blame Bill Clinton:

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“…People are concerned about a economy & ay’re concerned about gas prices, & in ‘95 it was President Clinton who vetoed drilling in Anwar. If he had not done that, we would be seeing more gas in a pipeline right now. So this is an issue I think that’s tailor made for John McCain.”

Oy. Where to begin? a ANWR myth has been debunked, but Marsha wasn’t about to let those pesky facts get in a way. Besides, it’s much better to blame Bill Clinton than take responsibility for your own party’s failures, right?

Original post by Logan Murphy and software by Elliott Back