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John Boehner, the House Minority Leader, floated an interesting idea today. Asked if he agreed with the head of the Chamber of Commerce that the US government — that is to say, you know, you and me, fellow taxpayer — should share the cost, along with BP, of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf. His response? “I think the people responsible in the oil spill — BP and the federal government — should take full responsibility for what's happening there.”
Later on in the day, his flacks started walking this back. BP, says flack, should be wholly responsible for the clean-up.
Of course they are responsible for the “clean up.” The question is, are they responsible for the damage? In other words, BP will have to pay to remove the crude from the water; that is all but certain. But will they have to pay the fishermen whose lives they ruined — beyond the pathetic $75 million cap that Congress established years ago?
There is a move in Congress to retroactively abolish that bullshit cap and make BP pay for its negligence. The Chamber of Commerce actively opposes this.
Where will today's bought-and-paid-for, corporatist Republican Party come down? Stay tuned.
[...] more likely approach, in my opinion, is a full-scale bailout by you and me. That route is already wending its way through Congress, although GOP House leader John Boehner is shying away from the idea he proposed [...]
Screw him.He and people like him should be tared and feathered (and I hope he sees m comment)
That's funny...in the link you presented, NOWHERE could I find Boehner saying ANYTHING about a "bailout". In fact, your link shows that Boehner CONTRADICTS your thesis multiple times. Just because you linked to TPM (a far left blog) and THEY whined about a non-existent bailout, doesn't change reality, slappy. And if there is a bailout, blame the party controlling the House, the Senate, and the Oval Office. Duh.
A response to Barack Obama's oval office speech on the oil spill: Public Policy Polling: Fallout From The Spill "Our new Louisiana poll has a lot of data points to show how unhappy voters in the state are with Barack Obama's handling of the oil spill but one perhaps sums it up better than anything else- a majority of voters there think George W. Bush did a better job with Katrina than Obama's done dealing with the spill. 50% of voters in the state, even including 31% of Democrats, give Bush higher marks on that question compared to 35% who pick Obama. Overall only 32% of Louisianans approve of how Obama has handled the spill to 62% who disapprove. 34% of those polled say they approved of how Bush dealt with Katrina to 58% who disapproved." http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/06/fallout-from-spill.html
Gallup: "By a six-point margin, more Americans disapprove than approve of President Barack Obama's handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The president's 40% approval rating on the oil spill trails his overall job approval rating by seven points." http://www.gallup.com/poll/139406/Americans-Rate-Obama-Points-Worse-Spill-Overall.aspx
MSNBC Trashes Obama's Address: Compared To Carter, "I Don't Sense Executive Command" http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/06/15/msnbc_trashes_obamas_address_compared_to_carter_i_dont_sense_executive_command.html
LA Times Headline "Obama's speech: There's a pipe spewing a gazillion gobs of oil into the gulf, so let's build more windmills" http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/06/obama-speech-react.html
GALLUP: On the question of whether he deserves reelection in 2012, President Obama has slipped to a new low, with Gallup finding just 46 percent of Americans think Obama should get a second term, while 51 percent think he should not. The poll also marks the first time a clear majority opposes reelection for the president..... http://www.gallup.com/poll/140810/Voters-Split-Obama-Election-2012.aspx
GALLUP: On the question of whether he deserves reelection in 2012, President Obama has slipped to a new low, with Gallup finding just 46 percent of Americans think Obama should get a second term, while 51 percent think he should not. The poll also marks the first time a clear majority opposes reelection for the president..... http://www.gallup.com/poll/140810/Voters-Split-Obama-Election-2012.aspx
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