"Palin: A Slip on Oil Industry Ties?" - Doh!!!

[TomCADem]

Here is Sarah Palin saying that Republicans don't receive nearly as much support from the oil and gas industry as Democrats.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/05/23/palin-a-slip-on-oil-industry-ties/

Asked whether she thought the administration of President Barack Obama was doing a good job handling the crisis caused by the British Petroleum spill, Palin said, “I don’t know why the question isn’t asked by the mainstream media and by others if there’s any connection with the contributions made to President Obama and his administration and the support by the oil companies to the administration.”

She continued: “If there’s any connection there to President Obama taking so doggone long to get in there, to dive in there, and grasp the complexity and the potential tragedy that we are seeing here in the Gulf of Mexico — now, if this was President Bush or if this were a Republican in office who hadn’t received as much support even as President Obama has from BP and other oil companies, you know the mainstream media would be all over his case in terms of asking questions why the administration didn’t get in there, didn’t get in there and make sure that the regulatory agencies were doing what they were doing with the oversight to make sure that things like this don’t happen.”

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According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Republicans receive far more campaign money from the oil and gas industry than do Democrats.

So far in 2010, the oil and gas industries have contributed $12.8 million to all candidates, with 71% of that money going to Republicans. During the 2008 election cycle, 77% of the industry’s $35.6 million in contributions went to Republicans, and in the 2008 presidential contest, Republican candidate Sen. John McCain received more than twice as much money from the oil and gas industries as Obama: McCain collected $2.4 million; Obama, $898,000.

[Fridays Child]

1. Facts never get in her way. n/t

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. What is truly amazing is that the oil industry can buy our govt. so cheaply

$12.8 million dollars is probably about 10 minutes worth of profit for just one of the big oil companies.

[K8-EEE]

3. Ultimate hypocrisy from a GOP and oil industry shill

Sarahcuda's the most shameless hypocrite alive!

[TomCADem]

8. Fox News Is Running With Stories That Democrats Are In The Thrall of Oil w/ Just 29% Of Contribution

...and suggesting that Republicans would somehow be tougher on the oil industry. The alternate reality that Fox viewers live in absolutely amazing. In this alternate reality, Republicans are the environmentalists, the oil industry gives more to Democrats, and Bobby Jindal never sponsored the bill lifting the moratorium on off shore oil drilling in 2006.

[K8-EEE]

4. ooops dupe

Sorry

[Catshrink]

5. Oil companies don't need to buy the GOP, they have Cheney

And Bush who let them write the rules and staff the relevant agencies such as MMR & Dept. of Energy.

On edit: I forgot to add "that woman is an idiot."

[JBoy]

6. OK, so two things need closing down. The BP oil well and Palin's pie hole.

[MindandSoul]

7. And that doesn't include the "under the table wheeling and dealings!"

[Hubert Flottz]

9. That square headed freak is a waste of good oxygen.

[Angry Dragon]

10. So she got more money from oil than Obama......

does that make her an oil whore??

[11 Bravo]

11. Sarah Palin is a lying, fucking word that would get this post deleted were I to use it.

[calimary]

12. Repeat after me - "that woman is an idiot."