A Complete Lie -- The Poll

Updates

Later, 1:54 p.m. Central Time: it is unlikely that the decision will be the first thing on his mind after the election. That means one can safely assume another year goes by before a decision is made. One can safely say that the Keystone XL will not be approved in 2014, and if it is, it won't be by much. Regardless, this ensures that a) Cushing will remain under pressure to reach full capacity; b) a continued shortage of the "wrong" type of oil at the US refineries along the coast; c) increased OPEC imports of "heavy oil"; d) upward pressure on the price of oil; and, for the voter in November, e) increased gasoline prices; f) increased public demand for more oil production -- what's not to like? From Bakken investors across the US: thank you, Mr President! In fact.. I think this calls for a new poll -- do you think "no decision" on the Keystone is good or bad for Bakken investors?

Later, 1:51 p.m. Central Time: confirmed by The Wall Street Journal. 

Original Post

The poll can be closed asking whether President Obama would keep his word that he would provide a decision in "a couple of months" regarding the Keystone XL which he said on February 26, 2014, to the governors.

The poll: President Obama's alleged statement about a Keystone XL decision ...

• was accurately quoted but was a complete lie (my real choice): 44%
• was accurately quoted but was a bit of hyperbole, but not an outright lie (my "PC" choice): 10%
• truthful, and he will approve the permit by July 4, 2014 (LOL): 10%
• truthful, and he will deny the permit by July 4, 2014 (chuckle): 19%
• was never made: 17%

I don't know if that adds up to 100% or not.

The reason the poll can be closed, from Don: "FOX news just reported that Reuters said the decision on XL pipeline to be with held until  after the election. This was at 12.06 p.m. Mountain Time. The news services have not carried it yet.

[I'm not going to take the poll down for the moment: it's too hard to figure out the format every time I put up a new poll.]

The timing of the announcement is: at 2:06 p.m. Eastern Time, just when everything is closing down for Easter Weekend/Passover. Not one news organization outside of Fox will report it in real time and by Monday, it will be "old news" -- not worth reporting.

Most transparent administration ever.