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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/5/4/863449/-Vitter-and-GOP-friends-lament-poor,-poor-BP Oh, won't the government please bail out the poor folks at British Petroleum?
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/03/AR2010050304265.html)
About 10:30 Monday morning, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), an ardent foe of big government, posted a blog item on his campaign Web site about the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. "I strongly believe BP is spread too thin," he wrote.
The poor dears. He thinks it would be a better arrangement if "federal and state officials" would do the dirty work of "protecting and cleaning up the coast" instead of BP.
About an hour later came word from the Pentagon that Alabama, Florida and Mississippi -- all three governed by men who once considered themselves limited-government conservatives -- want the federal government to mobilize (at taxpayer expense, of course) more National Guard troops to aid in the cleanup.
That followed an earlier request by the small-government governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal (R), who issued a statement saying he had called the Obama administration "to outline the state's needs" and to ask "for additional resources." Said Jindal: "These resources are critical."
Where will these resources come from? Well, they are Republicans, so I'm sure "tax cuts" are part of the solution. Tax cuts are always part of their solution.
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