# Finally!!! Somebody Sticks Up For BP!! Hooray Republicans! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 17, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563 "2010-06-17T16:08:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/21 "2010-06-17T19:17:33Z")
> [@gravitycrash](#): > > No they aren’t. Stop cherry picking and stop exaggerating. Thank you. You’re right its just a couple of them, its not like ALL Republicans are doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/22 "2010-06-17T19:18:51Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > "Uh, Mr. Chairman-- I would like to verify the witness’s statement. For years now, a growing number of my constituents have been executives of BP – and I have come to know them well. They have honored me with their support and with their friendship. Indeed I can proudly say some of my very best friends are BP executives. > > “However, Mr. Chairman, at this time, very unfortunately, I have to leave these proceedings in order to preside over a very important meeting of my own committee. But before I leave, I do want to say this. These hearings on the oil spill are in _no way whatsoever_ a slur upon the great leadership of BP. Because I can state from my own knowledge and experience – that BP and its senior management are among the most loyal, most law-abiding, patriotic, hard-working citizens in this land. And it would be a shame, Mr. Chairman, if we allowed a few oily apples to bring a bad name to the whole barrel…” Never turn your back on the family. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/23 "2010-06-17T19:19:58Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [People are calling for his head](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38674.html) > What’s next from the GOP, a reparations package for bin Laden? Well… good, there is still SOME decency left in the Repuiblican party, lets see if we can bring the republican party back to where it was in the 1960’s ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/24 "2010-06-17T19:25:53Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > It’s situations like this that make the case for why Democrats shouldn’t be afraid to play dirty. If I were that guy’s opponent I would run that clip over and over again and talk endlessly about how he’s a BP apologist and willing to kiss the ass of a foreign oil company. > But seeing as how the Democrats are usually pussies on these matters, I’m not holding my breath. Telling the truth isn’t playing dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/25 "2010-06-17T19:29:47Z")
OK, apparently I misconstrued his statement, according to his recent non-apology. I apologize Rep. Barton. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/26 "2010-06-17T19:34:08Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Fuck this guy, and fuck all the people who are flogging this ‘Chicago politics’ thing. Yes, Chicago is known for dirty politics. So is Washington DC. So is Louisiana, come to think of it. So does New York. Alaska’s also developed a nice reputation for itself in recent years. On behalf of the great state of Florida, I feel slighted. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/27 "2010-06-17T19:36:36Z")
South Carolina and Florida have had a lot of crazy shit happen recently, but I don’t know if they’re known for _corruption_. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/28 "2010-06-17T19:44:46Z")
> [@howye](#): > > Bingo. If I had the money, I would run as a Democrat against the Republican congressman for my district. I don’t even need a campaign staff, just hammer him with stuff like this. I mean every commercial break during prime time. > > Anyhoo. Dontcha ya just love how Republicans were screaming for Obama to do something. Then he does, and he gets crucified with it? > > Poor little old BP. Why is everybody picking on them? Man, get it through your head, the GOP has elevated hypocrisy to levels that had previously been unimagined. These guys would take a dump on the American flag while fellating Tony Hayward if they thought it would help them score some points against Obama. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/29 "2010-06-17T20:09:40Z")
No way! Maybe fart and chew gum at the same time, maybe! But suck a dick and take a dump at the same time? Fuhgeddaboutit! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/30 "2010-06-17T20:16:18Z")
I think I see an angle here. BP cannot cover all the cost of this catastrophe. On the one hand, they got the Exxon option: tie it up it court forever, lawyer it to death. In the meantime, sell off assets to friendly corporations, people who will hire them when they are done. Declare bankruptcy, renege on promised payments because, hey! broke is broke! The the Pubbies scream that Obama broke BP and that’s why they cannot pay, and that’s why taxpayers get stuck with the bill. And they guys who make a million a year working for BP make a million a year working for Whomsoever It May Concern. BP will cease to exist, but oil is forever. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/31 "2010-06-17T20:28:08Z")
I think the problem is that the “party of no” and “stay on message” feeling of the Republicans is so ingrained that some of them will just reflexively disagree with whatever Obama does no matter if it is obviously the right thing to do. If Obama really wanted to take advantage of this, he should send out a memo that says “All Republicans should be prevented without a doubt from lighting themselves on fire.” Just make sure to do it from a safe distance. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/32 "2010-06-17T20:28:50Z")
The administration may have demanded that BP put $20 billion in escrow _now_ so they can’t plead poverty later. Who knows how much they’re going to have to pay in legal fees, judgments and fines, but $20 billion is not enough to break the company. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/33 "2010-06-17T20:45:53Z")
But is it enough to pay for the damages? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/34 "2010-06-17T21:02:33Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > But is it enough to pay for the damages? It’s considerably more than Joe Barton and his carping buddies have scraped together. I see now that Barton’s sort of apologized. Now he needs to thank Obama for his efforts on behalf of the Gulf’s ‘little people’. Of course he won’t ever do that, because he’s a prick of the first water, as are his colleagues who are pushing the ‘shakedown’ story. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/35 "2010-06-17T21:07:51Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > No way! Maybe fart and chew gum at the same time, maybe! But suck a dick and take a dump at the same time? Fuhgeddaboutit! Oh yeah? Then how do you explain Larry Craig? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/36 "2010-06-17T21:09:18Z")
> [@gravitycrash](#): > > Barton is an asshole. Way to fuck over the Republicans you fuck wit. Unbelievable. > > With friends like these… :rolleyes: So, still cherry picking? Need to reconsider your post? > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I think Rush needs a refresher on how his beloved Free Market works. See it’s like this … when you invest in a company that fucks up so hard that the entire gulf coast of the United States is affected … you might take a bit of a hit on your returns. Which translate, roughly, into Tough Titties for You. Nah. True American Free Marketeering is all about privatized profits and socialized losses. Pay attention! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/37 "2010-06-17T21:16:41Z")
I have no idea if $20 billion is enough, **Damuri Ajashi**. We don’t even know exactly how much oil is getting out of there every day or when they’re finally going to shut the fucking leak down, much less what the economic and environmental fallout will be. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/38 "2010-06-17T21:29:11Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I have no idea if $20 billion is enough, **Damuri Ajashi**. We don’t even know exactly how much oil is getting out of there every day or when they’re finally going to shut the fucking leak down, much less what the economic and environmental fallout will be. Which is why Joe barton, whatever criticism leveleld against him. ir right. Obama has engaged in little mjore thabn pathetic Chicago-esque bully-boy tactics, and it’s disgusting. The money tossed into the fund must now be watched night and day to make sure the Dems don’t put their greedy mits on it and that it goes to the actual problem, while Obama and his whole staff still have no fucking idea what they’re going to do. meanwhile, it lets BP Keep in mind that BP is _the Left_’s friend, not ours. I feel no sympathy for them, but something Democrats seem utterly incapable of comprehending is that the world isn’t binary. People are mixtures of good and evil (but not shades of grey, which is a codeword for “I’m too lazy to pay attention”). So is BP. They have a lot to asnwer for. Obama’s crap, however, has nothing to do with justice. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/39 "2010-06-17T21:49:55Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Which is why Joe barton, whatever criticism leveleld against him. ir right. Obama has engaged in little mjore thabn pathetic Chicago-esque bully-boy tactics, and it’s disgusting. The money tossed into the fund must now be watched night and day to make sure the Dems don’t put their greedy mits on it and that it goes to the actual problem, while Obama and his whole staff still have no fucking idea what they’re going to do. meanwhile, it lets BP > > Keep in mind that BP is _the Left_’s friend, not ours. I feel no sympathy for them, but something Democrats seem utterly incapable of comprehending is that the world isn’t binary. People are mixtures of good and evil (but not shades of grey, which is a codeword for “I’m too lazy to pay attention”). So is BP. They have a lot to asnwer for. Obama’s crap, however, has nothing to do with justice. What are you talking about? Is your hovercraft full of eels again? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563/40 "2010-06-17T21:50:34Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Keep in mind that BP is _the Left_’s friend, not ours. I feel no sympathy for them, but something Democrats seem utterly incapable of comprehending is that the world isn’t binary. People are mixtures of good and evil (but not shades of grey, which is a codeword for “I’m too lazy to pay attention”). So is BP. They have a lot to asnwer for. Obama’s crap, however, has nothing to do with justice. So, in the same paragraph claiming that people are “mixtures of good and evil”, you claim Obama is completely unjust? Shit, you people really don’t have any memory of your own hypocrisy huh? 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563.md?page=3)