Poll: BP Oil Spill Response Rated Worse than Katrina

ABC World News ^ | June 7, 2010 | GARY LANGER

[libstripper]

By more than a 2-to-1 margin, Americans support the pursuit of criminal charges in the nation's worst oil spill , with increasing numbers calling it a major environmental disaster. Eight in 10 criticize the way BP's handled it – and more people give the federal government's response a negative rating than did the response to Hurricane Katrina.

A month and a half after the spill began, 69 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll rate the federal response negatively. That compares with a 62 negative rating for the response to Katrina two weeks after the August 2005 hurricane.

[libstripper]

It's really very simple. BP, by far the absolutely worst environmental scofflaw of all the large oil companies, most of which are very responsibly run, bribed Obama and Obama's accomplices with campaign donations and political support to give BP a greenwash and carte blanche to do the most dangerous state of he art drilling. Obama accepted the bribes and gave that caret blanche. The result was the same kind of disaster that would happen if a convicted child molester successfully bribed a local police chief to allow the child molester to run a kindergarten.

OBAMA WAS BRIBED

THE GULF DIED.

PROSECUTE OBAMA AND BP!!

[Doogle]

..the cover story and cover up is badly needed, President Spock’s cool response didn’t work.....after three days they wanted to lynch Bush.....it only took Odumbo three weeks

[EEDUDE]

Come on! This was an accident. Do you really believe there was some sort of malfeasance going on here?

I repeat. This was an accident.

[cranked]

Have you heard yet? Bush’s fault...get with the program. =.=

[EGPWS]

By more than a 2-to-1 margin, Americans support the pursuit of criminal charges in the nation's worst oil spill , with increasing numbers calling it a major environmental disaster.

Impeach the bass turd then! ~

[Red in Blue PA]

Bears repeating.....and loudly:

69 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll rate the federal response negatively.

[Flag_This]

[She hits a grand slam tonight]

The feds lack of response with “boots on the ground” could have saved the most fertile fishing grounds in America (southern La.)

[what's up]

A month and a half after the spill began, 69 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll rate the federal response negatively. That compares with a 62 negative rating for the response to Katrina two weeks after the August 2005 hurricane.

Why are they comparing different time frames...a month and a half vs. 2 weeks?

Strange.

[She hits a grand slam tonight]

It’s rather simple, during Katrina you had a dem mayor & govenor refusing republican fed help vs. Jindal asking & recieving nothing.

Where are the “boots on the ground” to contain this thing?

[mojitojoe]

You’re brave to post this. Many FREepers go apesh*t when you say bad things about BP. I agree with you. BP SUCKS!

[mojitojoe]

You sound like those sheep at DU that defend the Marxist usurper no matter what he does. tsk tsk.

[libstripper]

The fact is that BP is a multiply convicted corporate environmental/safety criminal, not a legitimate oil company that’s responsibly run. The other major oil companies are responsibly run; BP should not be allowed to smear them.

[omegadawn]

obama’s responce was criminal and he should be charged with failure to perform his duties. I never thought it would be possible but our nation would have been a lot better off if Bush was President when this happen. Bush would have responded much faster and more effectively. ( I’ve been a democrate for 35 years , You don’t how hard it was for me to say that). To think , we thought Bush was a idiot, obama gives a whole new meaning to the word!!

[austinaero]

Ho hum, another crisis. Whatdya say Michelle,,,time for another party?

[mojitojoe]

BINGO!

[Niuhuru]

“Bush would have responded much faster and more effectively.”

And would have been scapegoated more effectively too. The libs would have been calling for his impeachment by now.

“To think , we thought Bush was a idiot, obama gives a whole new meaning to the word!!”

We all make mistakes. Welcome to the forum.

[Mila]

"The fact is that BP is a multiply convicted corporate environmental/safety criminal, not a legitimate oil company that’s responsibly run. The other major oil companies are responsibly run; BP should not be allowed to smear them."

You're right. These numbers were referenced in an interview that Tony Hayward of BP did with George Stephanopoulos.

"Egregious Safety Violations in the last 3 years"

BP: 760

Sunoco: 8

Conoco Phillips: 8

Citgo 2

Exxon: 1

[libstripper]

Ninety five times worse than the nearest runner up.

[Mila]

"Ninety five times worse than the nearest runner up."

Shocking isn't it? I'll admit it actually made my jaw drop to see such a marked disparity among them.