Maybe it’s just me, but Democrats are losing whatever grasp on reality they have left. I certainly hope this bodes well for mid-terms. Harry Reid called a bunch of very sick Americans liars on the senate floor, Babara Boxer just claimed that a pipeline, a sealed pipeline, could cause cancer. Apparently lifelong politicians know more than the experts….who knew?

Sen. Barbara Boxer wants to add a new element to the Keystone XL oil pipeline debate: its effects on health.

“The Environmental Impact Statement was woefully inadequate when it came to exploring human impacts of the pipeline,” Boxer said Wednesday at a press conference held with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and anti-Keystone XL activists and environmentalists.

She said Keystone would add pollutants to the air that will increase the likelihood of people getting cancer or heart disease.

Number one, it’s a pipeline. A puncture causing a spill would be the only thing that would possibly expose any oil to the environment. Much like natural gas lines, sewer lines, and water lines which run beneath your streets and buildings everyday….external causes would be the only thing that could produce anything that could marginally be construed as cancer causing.

Number two, oil in it’s liquid form causes as much cancer as spilling gas or motor oil on your skin, none, nada, zero. Her statements at this press conference are complete and utter bullshit. And she should be called on it.

A Nod to Weasel Zippers for the heads up.