Bogus memes die hard, as evidenced by the persistent claims by Obama administration defenders that the Solyndra fiasco was really President George W. Bush’s fault, or at least equally his fault. They’ve have been pushing this argument ever since the federally-backed solar panel went bust in 2011 taking more than a half billion taxpayer dollars with it.

An article on the website TPM today criticizing a recent Mitt Romney campaign ad is the latest to do this. It notes that the ad raises the issue of Solyndra, argues the charges it makes aren’t founded and then adds:

Recommended Stories

JB Pritzker lives in an alternate Illinois reality

Israel is a first-world country with a third-world electoral system

Daily on Energy: The permitting reform debate is leading to reckoning for green groups