Sen. Bill Nelson blasts Obama Administration for suppressing information on the oil spil

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: St. Petersburg Times

Count Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson among the critics blasting the Obama Administration over a new report that says the White House suppressed information about the possible size of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and let politics run the show.

The staff report by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission says that when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wanted to release some of the worst-case scenarios for the amount of oil spilling, it was rebuffed by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

“It’s inexcusable,” Nelson said during a visit to the St. Petersburg Times editorial board Thursday.

The staff report, which has yet to be ratified by the full commission, also says the White House lagged in its initial response to the BP oil spill. Nelson said the military should have been put in charge of the response, rather than BP and the Coast Guard trying to take joint responsibility for shutting off the undersea gusher and cleaning up the coast.

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[saigon68]

1. Latest blast from the Oil Company DINO

[TwilightGardener]

2. Bill Nelson--isn't he in the "Family"?

[freebrew]

6. Isn't he the one that had the info on 9-11?

Wasn't he going to blow the lid off of the * admin?

Wonder if anything came of that?

[dennis4868]

3. I remember over and over....

WH officials saying how bad things could get from the very beginning.....why is it when Bush set up commissions to review his actions it was always a WHITEWASH but now Obama has a commission and he gets sacked (and they come up with stuff that's not true).

[xxqqqzme]

4. Who gave this dino the permission

to speak? joe lieberman?

[butterfly77]

5. I can't hear you...

BLUEDOG!!!

[smuglysmiling]

7. He has been pretty useless...

I hope he has a primary challenger who outs him when he is up for reelection.

[No Elephants]

17. So do I but DNC will probably support Nelson.

[Blacksheep214]

8. STFU Nelson!

You need to retire you traitor!

Support our President!

[Dappleganger]

9. Nelson seemed to remember that he's a democrat this year.

Bless his heart, but he did come out swinging pretty strong with the onset of the oil spill.

[No Elephants]

18. Would he, if his state had not been Florida?

[Doctor_J]

10. So this turd is suddenly pro-environment?

Ben gets his talking points from Rove every day

[depakid]

16. It's Bill from Florida, not Ben from Nebraska

[groundloop]

11. Gee, isn't the Spill Commission as well as NOAA a part of the "Obama Administration" also

So let me get this straight. President Obama set up a commission to investigate how the spill was handled. HIS commission identified one part of government that screwed up, now all of a sudden Bill Nelson is all over how "Obama's Administration" is at fault. As someone else pointed out, where are the headlines praising President Obama for not setting up a whitewash commission?

[1776Forever]

12. Could be he is scoring points with the Space Shuttle voters who were just laid off.

There is a lot of blaming Obama for the layoffs, which we all know were scheduled in the Bush years. If you didn't know Sen. Nelson was an Astronaut. Hmmmmmmmmm......

[No Elephants]

19. Florida's coastline may have more to do with Nelson's sudden concern for

the environment.

[Blacksheep214]

13. President Obama's fault?

He doesn't even have all his appointments in place yet!

Many of the decisions are being made by the appointed for life Bushies, so let's identify individual problems and put away that big brush Nelson!

[VMI Dem]

14. Damn. A center right Senator criticizing a centrist admin is unpopular.

:rofl:

[SarahB]

15. I wish the "professional centrists" would stop their whining.

How are we going to win the election?

:rofl:

[BlueIris]

20. I have grown to like and respect Bill Nelson.

Thanks, Senator.

[bushmeister0]

21. He's shocked, shocked!

This is the same guy I recall pounding the drum for war with Iraq in June of 2002. He wasn't about the WMD then, it was all about launching a rescue mission to find a missing pilot, Lt. Michael Scott Speicher, and oh yeah, coincidentally, a war would be great for Jacksonville's economy, too. Douche!

http://imnotworthy.blogspot.com/2005/05/no-one-left-behind.html

[Democat]

22. Shut up until after the election!

Idiot.

[AndrewP]

23. That's exactly it!

I don't have a problem with him being critical. But for crying out loud, do it in mid November, not now.