Posted on 10/27/2010 6:10:39 AM PDT by Ebenezer
BATON ROUGE -- Lt. Gov. Scott Angelle said Tuesday that he has changed his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican because of his dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama and the administration's recent actions on oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Angelle, who has served as Gov. Bobby Jindal's Department of Natural Resources secretary and chief liaison to the Legislature, said he grew disenchanted with the Democratic Party's philosophy of dealing with energy matters, especially the moratorium on drilling that followed the Deepwater Horizon explosion that claimed 11 lives and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf and sensitive coastal estuaries.
He said the scientific studies and investigations into deepwater exploration have indicated the moratorium should have been lifted weeks before it was. Instead, thousand of workers have been left jobless because of the Obama administration's actions.
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Pelican State ping
Welcome to the real world. Enjoy your trip, gov?............
I’m not real sure how he can do this this close to an election ....
But it’s intersting that he is attempting to do so BEFORE this particular election. In a nominal demo state at that.
Better buck up son....it's going to get bumpy over here too....we got a whole lot of house cleaning to do and you are on the top of the pile.
on purpose, have they started to issue permits yet?....lifting the ban, but not issuing the permits is the same as the ban is still in place
Scott Angelle is a RACIST! /sarc
Once a Democrat always a Democrat.
So that means Ronald Reagan remained a democrat masking as a republican?..........hmmm who’d have thunk it...
Yeah, just like Ronald Reagan. /s
Also, Angelle is not up for re-election this year so (like most *Southern* ex-Dem politicians), Angelle is highly likely to make a better "true" Republican than nearly all of his northesdtern brethren who have called themselves Republicans all along (e.g. Olympia Snowe).
Some people will do anything to get elected.
Yeah... that Reagan... liberal to the bone. His switch to the GOP didn't fool me, either! /s
ya beat me by 29 seconds!! ;-)
“Angelle, who has served as Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Department of Natural Resources secretary and chief liaison to the Legislature, said he grew disenchanted”
No Bobby said, Scott It looks bad for me to have had a Dumbocrat in those positions. You should consider changing if you want an important position in Washington with me.
Never trust a Republican that hires Democrats.
“Once a Democrat always a Democrat.
Yeah, just like Ronald Reagan. /s”
Or Phil Graham.
LOL!
I don’t know this guy but I am from Louisiana. A lot of people have continued to identify as Democrats but vote Republican. His conversion may be real. The assault on the oil industry by Obama has probably opened up a lot of eyes.
Oh, look, another member of the Hate Jindal contingent.
Just do us a favor...stay on this guy and make sure he follows through with ACTS that back up his conversion....and if he doesn’t follow through with his rebirth TOSS HIM TO THE WOLVES....I don’t trust ‘Rats...and I trust converted ‘Rats even less...they tend to become the enemy within.
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