Mary Landrieu on Morning Joe today:
After the Challenger blew up, we didn't say, No more space race.
Jack Gerard, CEO of the lead oil lobbyist group, the American Petroleum Institute, on Morning Joe yesterday:
We didn't stop the space shuttle program when we had an unfortunate accident there.
I'll let you make up your own mind whether Landrieu was coached by the oil lobby, but the analogy is ridiculous on its face. When the shuttle exploded, it didn't destroy jobs, wildlife and natural resources on a catastrophic scale.