G.O.P. Stalwart Says Come, the Gulf’s Fine

[TomCADem]

Source: NY Times

He is a former lobbyist, Republican National Committee chairman, White House political director and a familiar enough piece of the national political furniture to be known simply as “Haley” within certain Washington circles.
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Unlike his counterpart in Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Mr. Barbour has mostly been spared the day-to-day incursion of oil along his state’s shores. That has allowed him to promote his bona fides on popular Republican causes (he remains enthusiastic about offshore drilling, an important source of jobs in his state) and bogeymen (White House-backed “cap and trade” energy policies).

Mr. Barbour has been generally muted in his criticism of BP and was among the first Republicans to object to the Obama administration’s insistence on a $20 billion BP escrow account to settle damage claims. He has also warned against efforts by the left to turn the spill into a regulatory cause célèbre.

“A bunch of liberal elites were hoping this would be the Three Mile Island of offshore drilling,” Mr. Barbour recently told the Mississippi Manufacturers Association.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/us/20barbour.html?hp

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Oddly enough, denying reality, and asserting that the gulf oil disaster is not a big deal, enhances the standing the of Republicans. What can you say? The corporate media.

[geomon666]

1. I'll believe that when I see him swimming in it.

Actually, I won't believe him then either.

[Tikki]

7. Wonder if he would let his grandchildren spend the day..

swimming around in that water!!!


Tikki

[mrcheerful]

2. Whats new about a con lying about environment ? When the EPA out lawed the use

of DDT, there were con's questioning why they would do that over a few dead birds, never mind that the birds were American Bald Eagles and it wasn't dead birds being the problem, it was because of birth defects of fish eating birds and hundreds of nests with unhatched eggs. Guess who else was eating the same fish as the Eagles?

[AndyA]

3. Sure, come on down! The water's great!! Rates are low!!!

But...the beaches are closed.

There's a foul stench in the air (but don't worry, nothing harmful to you...)

People down here are happy, easy going, have no worries (it's not like they're out of jobs or anything)

Sure, come on down. Everything's great!!

(This message brought to you by the liars at BP and the Republican Party that allowed this mess to happen in the first place. Denial...it's what we do best. - GOP)

[ShamelessHussy]

4. He's a hustler, they all are... with snow cones, this is all PR to them, to solve the empty beach

[hadrons]

5. "familiar enough piece of the national political furniture" ...

he seems just as smart as a piece of furniture too

[OwnedByFerrets]

6. Fuck you and your big ass horse, Haley.