Palin accuses Obama of being in bed with Big Oil

[kpete]

Palin accuses Obama of being in bed with Big Oil

AFP American Edition

May 24, 2010 08:00 EDT

Right-wing darling Sarah Palin accused US President Barack Obama on Sunday of being lax in his response to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and suggested this was because he is too close to Big Oil.

The former vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor, who champions off-shore drilling, criticized the media for not drawing the link between Obama and Big Oil and said if this spill had happened under former Republican president George W. Bush the scrutiny would have been far tougher.

"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 told Fox News Sunday.

More than 3.5 million dollars has been given to candidates by BP over the last 20 years, with the largest single donation, 77,051 dollars, going to Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

more:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2010/05/palin_accuses_obama_of_being_in_bed_with_big_oil.php?ref=fpa

UPDATE:
WSJ answers Palin: GOP received ‘far more’ campaign cash from oil and gas companies than Democrats did.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/24/palin-oil-cash/

UPDATE 2

GIBBS: Palin Should Get More Informed About Drilling:

"Sarah Palin was involved in that election, but I don't think, apparently, was paying a whole lot of attention," Gibbs said. "I'm almost sure that the oil companies don't consider the Obama administration a huge ally - we proposed a windfall profits tax when they jacked their oil prices up to charge for gasoline."

"My suggestion to Sarah Palin would be to get slightly more informed as to what's going on in and around oil drilling in this country," he added.

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/node/37247

[WeDidIt]

1. Oh goodie, now we get to see Sarah Palin praised on DU

:puke:

You know damned well and good that if Bobbie (Brady) Jindal was going to be praised here for going after Obama, Palin will too.

Sickening.

[JoePhilly]

2. Shrill baby Shrill!!

[hobbit709]

3. Pot Sarah should STFU about anyone else being a kettle.

[cilla4progress]

4. Wait --

when I first read this last night it said BP gave McCain $2.4 mill, Obama $900K in pres election of '08. Numbers have changed....

[lpbk2713]

5. The oldest trick in the RNC Playbook.

Point fingers and accuse the other side of that which they are the most guilty of.

These clowns are so transparent and predictable that it's not even amusing any more. :rofl:

[tanyev]

6. Sarah Palin, May 3rd:

Sarah Palin urged the country to "trust the oil industry" and to continue to pursue offshore drilling initiatives in light of the Gulf Coast oil spill when delivering a speech in Missouri over the weekend.

The Kansas City Star reports that Palin called the massive oil slick "tragic," but defended drilling as a viable energy solution when speaking to a mostly Republican crowd:


Gulf of Mexico oil spill or not, Sarah Palin on Saturday defended offshore drilling as an essential component of U.S. energy security.

Speaking to a crowd of mostly Republicans at the Independence Events Center, the former Alaska governor called the oil spill "very tragic" but added: "I want our country to be able to trust the oil industry."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/03/sarah-palin-says-trust-th_n_561660.html


Oh, and whose spouse worked for BP for 18 years? STFU, Sarah.

[unblock]

7. and if anyone knows about being in bed with big oil, it's a (temporary) republican alaskan governor

so, "drill, baby, drill" was all about her undying support for the small, local, mom & pop offshore drilling business?

[KittyWampus]

8. "mom & pop offshore drilling business" that is really hilarious.

[LiberalVoice]

9. Once again she proves....

...that not a word she speaks comes from that ice chest she calls a heart. Just like the Limbaugh's and the Hannity's and the Beck's her words amount to nothing more than dollar signs.

[proudohioan]

10. Yes, and coming from America's favorite corporate oil welfare queen....

I'm sure gonna take her word as gospel.

You betcha!

[Altoid_Cyclist]

11. This message brought to you and paid for by the API.

Remember; you can't spell Sarah Palin without API.

A previous poster had it right. Shrill..Baby...Shrill!!!

[berni_mccoy]

12. As do far too many DUers. Good company they keep.

[indepat]

13. Begs the question as to with whom Palin has been in bed with

:shrug:

[Kingofalldems]

14. Rovian--is he advising her?

[TwilightGardener]

16. Yep--that's a Rove move, accuse the other side of exactly what you are most guilty of.

[Kingofalldems]

27. Yep--and they are both on Fox news

[cilla4progress]

15. OK - WSJ update corrects numbers.

Where did TPM get theirs? Sheesh! Both articles cited the Center for Responsive Politics. This is maddening!

[sinkingfeeling]

17. I thought Palin didn't believe in government interference with the 'free market' . Why would she

want the evil 'big government' to step in and either 'waste' more tax-payer dollars or 'force' BP to do anything?

[dembotoz]

18. but her people will still believe it

it will be on teabagger signs by the end of the week

[Jamastiene]

19. How's that drilly-spilly thing workin' out for ya, dipshit?

I can't stand Sarah Palin. She's one to talk.

[Berry Cool]

20. PALIN said OBAMA is in bed with Big Oil????

Isn't that kind of like a bear accusing a raccoon of shitting in the woods?

[Tailormyst]

26. Everytime that woman speaks my first response is always "huh?"

Followed by a "WTF?"

[Mendocino]

21. Did they push her to the floor to make room?

If brains were dynamite she couldn't even blow herself up.

[Tippy]

22. This comment by Palin is laughable

The Truth is....http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?cycle=2010&ind=E01

[Ava83]

23. All she ever does

Is pick up the latest criticism of the President and or Democrats and spews it out..regardless of her own personal history or words.

[tavalon]

24. She is entirely irony impaired

I mean completely. She's so covered in Big Oil, she has a permanent sheen.

[arbusto_baboso]

25. Of all the stupid, hypocritical shit Failin has ever spouted....

This has to be the most crass, self-serving and utterly evil of her pronouncements.

Fuck her!

No wait, I take that back. I wouldn't even fuck her with Ann Coulter's dick....