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Obama blasts BP: 'We will bring those responsible to justice'
The Hill ^ | 6/01/10 | Sam Youngman

Posted on 06/01/2010 10:58:51 AM PDT by mdittmar

President Barack Obama on Tuesday used the strongest language yet to suggest that BP could face charges in connection with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and the resulting oil spill, saying if any laws were broken, “my solemn pledge is that we will bring those responsible to justice.”

The president met Tuesday morning with former Democratic Sen. Bob Graham (Fla.) and William Reilly, the Republican former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, the co-chairmen of a bipartisan commission tasked with exploring the causes of the disaster and safeguards for future offshore drilling.

“If our laws were broken, leading to this death and destruction, my solemn pledge is that we will bring those responsible to justice," Obama said from the White House Rose Garden. 

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KEYWORDS: 2lame2beprez; bootonneck; bootonthroat; deepwaterhorizon; lame; obamunism
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Use to be Bushs' fault,now 0 is stealing his lines;)
1 posted on 06/01/2010 10:58:51 AM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Start with the guy he sees in the mirror.


2 posted on 06/01/2010 10:59:30 AM PDT by evad (SHUT IT DOWN!!!)
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I’m sorry but when did BP get upgraded to being terrorists?


3 posted on 06/01/2010 10:59:50 AM PDT by Soul Seeker (?)
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Mr. President: http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/shutup.wav


4 posted on 06/01/2010 11:00:06 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: mdittmar

“If our laws were broken, leading to this death and destruction, my solemn pledge is that we will bring those responsible to justice,” Obama said from the White House Rose Garden.

Unless of course it has to do with Immigration. Break those laws all you want! We pick and choose laws to enforce at our whim!!!


5 posted on 06/01/2010 11:00:18 AM PDT by my small voice (A biased media and an uneducated public is the biggest threat to our democracy)
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To: mdittmar

Does ANYONE still actually believe this guy anymore? about anything?


6 posted on 06/01/2010 11:00:19 AM PDT by NMEwithin
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If I were employed by BP, this would certainly encourage me to take risks to get this under control /s


7 posted on 06/01/2010 11:01:01 AM PDT by Raycpa
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Justice huh? Leftist code word for taking other peoples wealth and re-distributing it.


8 posted on 06/01/2010 11:01:15 AM PDT by Michael Barnes (Call me when the bullets start flying.)
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This is a guy that believes that government is the seat of all power and all wisdom.

If a sparrow falls from the sky, someone somewhere needs to pay.


9 posted on 06/01/2010 11:01:38 AM PDT by marron
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You stole my line...


10 posted on 06/01/2010 11:01:39 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: Soul Seeker

That’ll work real great. When you can’t figure out what else to do—charge the people working on the problem with a crime. Just like the Stalinist he is.


11 posted on 06/01/2010 11:01:43 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: Soul Seeker

Wasn’t that rig in international waters?


12 posted on 06/01/2010 11:01:44 AM PDT by donhunt (I used to have a US senator who lived in a compound. He's dead now.)
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To: NMEwithin

If you are asking me personally, the answer is, “No.” And I never believed him about anything to begin with either.


13 posted on 06/01/2010 11:02:18 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano said that the President had put her in charge of rounding up the BP culprits, and that she will set out on her mission as soon as her light sabre is recharged.
14 posted on 06/01/2010 11:02:40 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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the iranians, north koreans, russians, and chinese laugh at him to his face, but, by GOD, he will bring BP to HEEL.


15 posted on 06/01/2010 11:02:59 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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But I thought Obama accepted responsibility? I must be confused.


16 posted on 06/01/2010 11:03:18 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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Impotent but putting on the macho act.


17 posted on 06/01/2010 11:03:41 AM PDT by Jedidah
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Oh joy, now we will have BP executives and senior operations staff relocating outside of the US to avoid prosecution while the disaster is still ongoing.


18 posted on 06/01/2010 11:03:46 AM PDT by Truth29
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Wasn’t that rig in international waters?......

No, Federal waters.


19 posted on 06/01/2010 11:04:07 AM PDT by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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Uh-Oh!

Sounds like Bammy has reasoned that Karl Rove is responsible for the BP explosion and leak with all the dynamite left over from destroying the World Trade Towers and New Orleans levees.

20 posted on 06/01/2010 11:04:14 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best.)
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