New White House excuse: Obama won’t talk to BP’s CEO because the board of directors is in charge
posted at 6:52 pm on June 9, 2010 by Allahpundit
Indescribably stupid. Between this and the “Sestak was only offered a nonpaying advisory position” nonsense, they’re not even trying to come up with good lies anymore.
Gibbs said Obama hasn’t called CEO Tony Hayward because — according to what Gibbs called the “executive structure of corporate governance” — the CEO alone isn’t the final word on company decisions, which are made by the board of directors.
“Look, the CEO is elected by the board. Anything that the CEO wants to do has to be approved by the board,” Gibbs said.
Later, he added: “I’m telling you, based on the corporate governance structure, in order to implement what — whatever you get from BP the CEO has to get clearance from the board to do. That’s — that’s the corporate governance structure is — is laid out.”
So did that mean that Obama had picked up the phone to talk to some of these powerful board members?
No.
My handle on corporate law is rusty, but doesn’t the CEO report to the board? Seems like he’d be an ideal conduit, short of a conference call, to communicating with them. But never mind that. As WaPo notes, Obama’s been meeting with CEOs of various stripes for 16 months. In fact, it was at a special meeting with financial CEOs in April 2009 that he uttered his immortally thuggish warming that “My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.” Is Gibbsy so short-handed to explain The One’s silence towards BP that he’s ready to pretend that never happened?
Tell you what. Let’s agree to let him slide on that if he’ll give us a straight answer on this Houston Chronicle report about the Dutch government offering to send oil-skimming tankers to the spill site early on — and being politely rebuffed. Wonders the Chronicle: “Even if, three days after the rig exploded, it seemed as if the Dutch equipment and expertise wasn’t needed, wouldn’t it have been better to accept it, to err on the side of having too many resources available rather than not enough?” That’s part of a pattern by now of slow-go on containment and I’ve yet to see a story with a good explanation for why boats and booms are being refused. How about it, media?
According to PPP, Obama’s approval rating has only really taken a hit from the spill among people who disapprove of him already — but that may be changing, especially with reports like the Chronicle’s now trickling out. In fact, Jesse Jackson Jr laid into him just this afternoon, albeit for his “messaging,” of course, not for anything truly damaging that he might have done wrong. For your viewing pleasure, here’s the Upright Citizens’ Brigade’s take on containment, BP-style. Content warning.
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This is so stupid that I can’t even find a way to make fun of it….
ted c on June 9, 2010 at 6:55 PM
D*mmit,I was expecting a Sh*t,oops,I mean *ss Kicking!!
canopfor on June 9, 2010 at 6:55 PM
Paging Jimbo, corporate attorney. Take a break from advocating for Helen, Hamas and the Hezbos and come answer the question.
Disturb the Universe on June 9, 2010 at 6:56 PM
What’s so pathetic is that the O’bamabots will believe this manure that Baghdad Bob is shoveling.
Del Dolemonte on June 9, 2010 at 6:57 PM
Obama doesn’t like talking to people. First it was AZ Gov Jan Brewer. Now it’s the BP CEO.
Yes We Can! Or… maybe we won’t. Just kind of depends, I guess.
MikeknaJ on June 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM
What a drip of a president
clnurnberg on June 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM
And have Jimbo bring along his future law partner crr6 7/8
Del Dolemonte on June 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM
Not showing up in Firefox…?
John the Libertarian on June 9, 2010 at 6:59 PM
Won’t even talk to BP, turned down expert help from the Dutch – this is making Nagin and the flooded schoolbusses look like a minor oversight.
We couldn’t make this stuf up if we tried but they’re insisting on doing so.
Wind Rider on June 9, 2010 at 6:59 PM
I’m a corporate governance expert, and Gibbs’ statement is dead WRONG.
CEO’s have much executive authority. That means they take many actions and make many decisions without getting approval from, or informing, anyone.
The company by-laws would prescribe the type of actions that the CEO needs board approval for. Outside of that, the executive has authority.
blink on June 9, 2010 at 7:00 PM
And the dog ate his homework.
Philly on June 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM
Again, this is dead wrong.
blink on June 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM
Capt Kickass couldn’t kick shiite.
upinak on June 9, 2010 at 7:02 PM
C’mon Gibbsy, the O already said it was because the CEO would just tell him what he wanted to hear. Get your lying points straight.
It’s sort’ve hard to sit down and talk to the CEO of a company when you’re busy demonizing and criminalizing them.
John the Libertarian on June 9, 2010 at 7:02 PM
This is what you get when no one in the freaking WH has ever held a high level corporate job in their lives.
They were like “oh, sh!it! break out the 1L hornbook on corporations and find a plausible fig leaf!”
Firefly_76 on June 9, 2010 at 7:02 PM
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
Disturb the Universe on June 9, 2010 at 7:03 PM
Then do a conference call you dumdum..
macncheez on June 9, 2010 at 7:03 PM
CEOs don’t need to contact the board every time they take a crap.
The CEO is in charge because he board trusts him to make most decisions on his own. Just like we elect Congress and the president, and then they make everyday decisions.
amerpundit on June 9, 2010 at 7:03 PM
Now I’m no President but I’m pretty sure the board of directors hires the CEO to make actual decisions for the company. But I could be wrong. I could also be wrong when I say I thought board directors meet every three months…something like quarterly.
Only a stupid academic, “cerebral thinker” believes decision by committee is a good idea.
And Obama hasn’t spoken to any of the board members, so why come up with some stupid excuse about the CEO “isn’t really in charge”. The issue is Obama has yet to speak with anyone in any position of authority at BP. How do you solve problems when you refuse to speak with the people responsible for solving the problem? Has anyone in the media asked him that?
Obama is guaranteeing to be a one-term President every day. I almost hope he doesn’t learn from any of this (like Clinton) and actually start you know, leading. Speaking of Clinton…you just know Hillary is gloating like a mofo at all this and is having to be physically restrained from saying “I told ya so”.
ramrants on June 9, 2010 at 7:04 PM
actually… and I freaking hate to do this… but he is right about one thing. BP can’t do anything due to a mandate via the exxon valdez that the Federal Government has to Okay it, such as the EPA. The Board of Directors (aka the shareholders) may not want to talk to Obama… but they can tell the CEO’s not to talk to him either or risk losing thier jobs.
upinak on June 9, 2010 at 7:04 PM
D*mmit,I was expecting a Sh*t,oops,I mean *ss Kicking!!
canopfor on June 9, 2010 at 6:55 PM
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Capt Kickass couldn’t kick shiite.
upinak on June 9, 2010 at 7:02 PM
upinak: Well,NO SH*T,haha!!:)
canopfor on June 9, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Gibbs said Obama hasn’t called CEO Tony Hayward because — according to what Gibbs called the “executive structure of corporate governance” — the CEO alone isn’t the final word on company decisions, which are made by the board of directors.
Who’s making your decisions, Obama?
This asshole is supposed to be smart?
Godzilla on June 9, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Barack Obama is just a pretend president, and besides, the oil blow out isn’t his problem. Once people get angry enough at BP, then Obama will be forced to take over BP and clean up the mess. Obama doesn’t want to take BP over, but it will be such a mess, he will be forced into it.
Skandia Recluse on June 9, 2010 at 7:06 PM
Jeez it’s bad enough Obama hasn’t spoken to the BP President, but now they lie about it? Who’s running this circus?
sandee on June 9, 2010 at 7:06 PM
“I just can’t stand the tension. Maybe if I ignore the problem it will justt go away by itself. Besides my golf game’s gettin’ rusty.” UNO WHO
MaiDee on June 9, 2010 at 7:07 PM
I`m beginning to seriously believe that this whole accident was part of a nefarious plan. I know people have put this forth before but to quote Allah……Dude?
ThePrez on June 9, 2010 at 7:07 PM
MOST INEPT POTUS EVAH!!!
dddave on June 9, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Does Obama not think the BP CEO is an expert on BP governance? Shouldn’t he at least have talked to the BP CEO so he’d have some expert knowledge on which BP board member’s ass to kick?
Dusty on June 9, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Then do a conference call you dumdum..
macncheez on June 9, 2010 at 7:03 PM
macncheez: I am shocked that you would suggest that,don’t
you remember Obama’s tirade about how dangerous
information can be,as well as the modern commun
ication is very bad as well,
only unless,Hopey is controlling the message!!
Off to camp for you,Sheesh!!:)
canopfor on June 9, 2010 at 7:08 PM
Wait…so if, according to Obama, the CEO can’t make decisions on his own, does this mean Hayward is not in jeopardy of losing his job…or being indicted in the shame “criminal investigation”? I mean…he can’t make decisions, he can’t be responsible, right?
ramrants on June 9, 2010 at 7:08 PM
Well, Obama is the CEO of America and American citizens are America’s board of directors, and I don’t see him…oh, never mind.
joejm65 on June 9, 2010 at 7:09 PM
I can’t decide anymore…they are really just completely ignorant of how to run something/anything OR looking like idiots is part of the plan to get to a complete Marxist/Socialist/Communist state. My head hurts!
truetexan on June 9, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Slo Joe’s looking mighty fine about now.
Dusty on June 9, 2010 at 7:09 PM
How can you take anything that comes out of the Captain Kickass administration seriously?
This has to be a joke.
ORconservative on June 9, 2010 at 7:09 PM
That’s the plan. Will people fall for it?
Disturb the Universe on June 9, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Be real interesting to try to take over a foreign company,
katy the mean old lady on June 9, 2010 at 7:09 PM
JJDIDTIEBUCKLE – learn it Barry. Here’s his new campaign poster.
BKeyser on June 9, 2010 at 7:10 PM
So does this mean he doesn’t need to speak with any governors since they report to the state legislatures(who in turn answer to the voters)? Come to think of it, he kind of is applying that mentality to Bobby Jindal.
Doughboy on June 9, 2010 at 7:10 PM
I’m so sick and tired of this administration and their incompetence, it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Unbelievable. It’s a nightmare of epic proportions.
scalleywag on June 9, 2010 at 7:10 PM
Total, complete incompetence.
And watching the news, the contrast with Jindahl couldn’t be more stark. You might think Captain Kickass would take a page from Jindahl’s book and risk getting his hands dirty once in a while.
Dee2008 on June 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Nobody is this stupid.
Disturb the Universe on June 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Don’t think Obama can take over a British company.
sandee on June 9, 2010 at 7:12 PM
That is what scares the hell out of me!
truetexan on June 9, 2010 at 7:13 PM
NEVER underestimate the power of stupid! They will drag you down and beat you to death with stupid, due to their expertise in it.
upinak on June 9, 2010 at 7:13 PM
What the Administration Leaders are REALLY saying.
Key West Reader on June 9, 2010 at 7:14 PM
Hugo can tell him how to pull it off.
Disturb the Universe on June 9, 2010 at 7:14 PM
I understand that BP Employees have signed a contract
forebidding them to speak about the oil clean up!!
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BP Forced Clean-Up Workers To Sign Contract Forbidding Them From Talking With Media
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The contract included a clause prohibiting them and their deckhands from making “news releases, marketing presentation, or any other public statements” while working on the clean-up. It also included an additional section titled “Agreement Regarding Proprietary and Confidential Information,” which states that workers cannot disclose “Data” gathered while on the job, including “plans,” “reports,” “information” and “etc.”
http://thinkprogress.org/?p=100483
canopfor on June 9, 2010 at 7:14 PM
Information is bad he said ? But he said he will restore science to its rightful place !
Which one is it ?
macncheez on June 9, 2010 at 7:15 PM
The pain in the pit of my stomach grows day by day…
Seven Percent Solution on June 9, 2010 at 7:16 PM
No, but he can destroy its value…which will wreak havoc on a multitude of pension plans that are heavy into BP stock, including both private and government pensions. But he won’t have thought of that.
Dee2008 on June 9, 2010 at 7:17 PM
To extend Gibb’s “logic”, is he saying
Obama, as the CEO of our Executive Branch, could not wipe his a$$ without some other board of directors’ approval?
Sir Napsalot on June 9, 2010 at 7:17 PM
Gibbs is gonna crack.There is no way a sane human can make such a fool of himself day after day, he has got to be loosing his grip. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy than “bagdad bob”.
tim c on June 9, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Pathetic bunch of clowns.
ronsfi on June 9, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Ok, something simple then? Obama won’t talk to the CEO of BP because Obama *really* hates the British?
What’s your thoughts?
Skandia Recluse on June 9, 2010 at 7:18 PM
What the Administration Leaders are REALLY saying.
Key West Reader on June 9, 2010 at 7:14 PM
Key West Reader:Thanks for the laughjs,that was cute!:)
canopfor on June 9, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Well, his Dad was a British subject. Maybe that’s the loophole he needs. /s
joejm65 on June 9, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Oops thats laughs,not laughjs.
canopfor on June 9, 2010 at 7:18 PM
heh.
the_nile on June 9, 2010 at 7:19 PM
Clown Shoes was the first visual that popped into my head.
…..and a clown nose
…..and a clown wig
…..and a dozen clowns falling out of a volkswagon beetle.
dddave on June 9, 2010 at 7:19 PM
its nice to see respect for property rights, I am sure the chrysler bond holders would concur.
rob verdi on June 9, 2010 at 7:20 PM
The wife of one of my best friends works for BP. The aftermath of this mess could eliminate her job. I’m not blaming Obama for that, but he does need to understand that thousands of their employees are being affected by this. The sooner this gets resolved, the better it’ll be for everyone.
Doughboy on June 9, 2010 at 7:20 PM
They are not stupid. They know exactly what they are doing. And they do not care. They don’t care about the voting populace, they don’t care about polls, they care about nothing.
They are now in power and they only have until January 2011 to push through every POS legislative agenda they have dreamed of since the mid 60′s. They are radical, dangerous, ruthless and relentless, and they do not care.
It’s as plain as the nose on your face.
Key West Reader on June 9, 2010 at 7:20 PM
canopfor on June 9, 2010 at 7:08 PM
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Information is bad he said ? But he said he will restore science to its rightful place !
Which one is it ?
macncheez on June 9, 2010 at 7:15 PM
macncheez: Terrific,now I’m confused,haha!!
canopfor on June 9, 2010 at 7:20 PM
Obama could also talk to the board about their profit and earnings ratio at their next Quarterly meeting. On the job since day one!!!
Il Dunce
jukin on June 9, 2010 at 7:21 PM
Not to mention NASA. Who has landed on the moon, sent exploratory space craft accurately off into space to distant locations and to impact comets as they traverse space…among other things.
I’ve been wondering why NASA wasn’t asked WEEKS AGO to simply plug the hole. I bet it would by now have been done.
Lourdes on June 9, 2010 at 7:22 PM
Agreed. Every condescending press conference is mere window dressing and distraction.
Bee on June 9, 2010 at 7:23 PM
HaHa what a sissy! Maybe he should bow to him first just to break the ice…is this guy for real?
shov74 on June 9, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Dough, see if she can figure out why we received this e-mail. My husband already left to go help with the cleanup but perhaps since she works for BP she can either be enlightened or shed more light on this:
“Gulf Oil Spill Jobs.com
Update from Risk Management Disaster Service Environmental Inc.
Gulf Oil Spill Jobs Update – June 7
Helllo Ernest,
Here’s an update on your application to work to clean up the Gulf Oil Spill which you made on our website GulfOilSpillJobs.com on our website GulfOilSpillJobs.com with Risk Management Disaster Service Environmental, a contractor.
NOTE: if you have access to any type of oil skimmer, please immediately email skimmers@gulfoilspilljobs.com as we have a direct order from BP to obtain more skimmers ASAP.
We are still waiting for BP to instruct us where to deploy the people like you who are available to help with the oil spill cleanup. BP’s last communication to me dated Friday, June 4, 2010 at 7:53 AM:
“Once we know what the staging areas and distribution centers require we will determine where your offered equipment is a match to what is being requested. Thank you for this comprehensive list – I’m certain that we will have need of it soon – I just can’t place it today.
Regards,
(name removed)
BP America
GOM MC252 Incident Management Team
Critical Resource – Equipment Team Lead“
Rather than continue waiting on BP, we’ve also begun directly notifying county/parish presidents and local emergency personnel of your availability by providing them with lists of the cleanup resources we can immediately deploy. To date, local government has also waited on BP to initiate action, but at some point, local leaders won’t wait. At any time the weather patterns may change to force slicks onto shore areas, and at that point, local officials will demand quick action, or begin their own clean up effort and send the bill later to BP. Hurricane season is approaching.
I’m sure you are frustrated, since you may be seeing news coverage like this morning’s aerial footage of miles and miles of marsh areas in Louisiana that are covered in oil, with no protective boom in place to keep oil away, or boom that hasn’t been maintained and floated into shore, with no one working to clean up the shoreline.
News channels over the weekend were reporting tar balls on the beaches in the Florida panhandle, and one network drove miles of beaches to find only 12 BP-paid people on hand to clean up miles of shoreline, an impossible job with such limited manpower with only shovels in hand.
Other stories have featured local government leaders frustrated because there were not enough boats with skimmers to clean up the small spill areas that are breaking away from the main slicks and now were floating closer to their shores. The irony is we have boats ready to deploy.
At some point, someone will demand oil clean up in their area, perhaps if President Obama gets around to ordering a proactive effort to begin. With the proper information about you and the other workers we have in the hands of both BP and the local governments, we’ll be able to deploy once clean up efforts begin.
We’ll keep you advised.
Sincerely,
William Lombardo, President
Risk Management Disaster Service Environmental, Inc.
Key West Reader on June 9, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Love it!
tim c on June 9, 2010 at 7:23 PM
It is as if the entire Obama administration, from top to bottom, has never held a job in the private sector…….
jukin on June 9, 2010 at 7:24 PM
Yup,but since the smackdown he took over the Falklands he’s got to be a lttle wary..
katy the mean old lady on June 9, 2010 at 7:25 PM
Captain Kickass.
the_nile on June 9, 2010 at 7:25 PM
Is it possible to take incompetence to a level of previously before incomprehensible incompetence? This is the nightmare that we cannot wake up from. Harvard is a place where illiteracy is spawned in the guise of liberalism.
volsense on June 9, 2010 at 7:25 PM
[scalleywag on June 9, 2010 at 7:10 PM]
I’m just awed by the concentration of village idiots. Is there some way of assessing if critical mass is an issue, ’cause I do believe we’re above the threshold.
Dusty on June 9, 2010 at 7:25 PM
Kicking some Dutch ass!
SlaveDog on June 9, 2010 at 7:26 PM
Obama won’t talk to BP’s CEO because
the board of directors is in chargeof….
… Rahm Emanuel’s rent-free D.C. apartment? The owner: A BP adviser (via the LA Times).
Arbalest on June 9, 2010 at 7:26 PM
I agree with you there.
There’s no way John Traitor Kerry (*) with his pushing of the dastardly Cap’N'Trade has much concern for anything else at this rate, including “lifestyles in the Gulf” as I’m sure he puts it.
Obama and his have not been sitting on their hands and blowing smoke-threats for nothing. There is just no way this disaster is all due to Obama working too hard to solve the problem.
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(*) I like how, after I started typing that title in Hot Air comments (“John Traitor Kerry”), Obama appeared in another one of his performances and ridiculed the opposition (where I’m located) by saying, “and they’ll call you ‘traitor’ or suthin’, (smirk smirk smirk here).”
Lourdes on June 9, 2010 at 7:26 PM
Or they are doing what Glenn Beck thinks they’re doing , using every crisis as decoy and cover to grow government control.
the_nile on June 9, 2010 at 7:27 PM
*crickets chirping*
cmsinaz on June 9, 2010 at 7:27 PM
CEO exist to captain the ship of corporation for a reason…
Not surprised our genius President doesn’t understand this given how he loathes free enterprise and all.
Sharr on June 9, 2010 at 7:27 PM
Why is BP getting away with this behavior? BP is dragging its feet at the behest of the whatever=it=is in the White House’s direction. This is going to be really hard to clean up, people.
Key West Reader on June 9, 2010 at 7:27 PM
“and they’ll call you ‘traitor’ or sumthin’…”
Lourdes on June 9, 2010 at 7:27 PM
Hmmmmm.
the_nile on June 9, 2010 at 7:28 PM
Anyone who still says that they approve of the job that Obama is doing needs to have their head examined.
pedestrian on June 9, 2010 at 7:28 PM
Some say BP wanted the boats , but “unified command” said no…
the_nile on June 9, 2010 at 7:29 PM
CEO is a position among a Capitalist enterprise, it’s Capitalist-talk and titling (and function) so OF COURSE Obama’s going to dismiss responsibilities as such, accordingly.
Obama and his Administration are making arduous efforts to pummel and mash-up the nation as quickly as possible. Which I think is his/only actual goal, that and to have a lot of parties that someone else pays for.
Lourdes on June 9, 2010 at 7:29 PM
*Sighs*
because BP can’t do anything unless it speaks to the Federal Government… EPA and in most cases they will probably say no. As they have for the clean up crews around the nation, the boom guy AND the Costner guy waiting with his boat to suck up the oil.
It is the Federal Governemtn to say GO. Not BP.
upinak on June 9, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Spoken like a true lifetime politician who doesn’t know a thing about the private sector.
Hey you children that voted for this incompetent buffoon… How’s that “unemployment-with-a-new-BS-degree” thing working for you? Maybe next time you should listen to your elders.
jbh45 on June 9, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Yes, expose story a while ago how it is that Emanuel’s “shared condo” housing earlier in D.C. was with a BP (paid) adviser. I saved a link somewhere, will post it if I can find it again…
Lourdes on June 9, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Don’t depend on the media anymore. Not even Fox.
We need folks like Ed, Allah, Michelle Malkin, Breitbart, Drudge and then regular citizen journalists… amateurs if you will. Which is why my husband is there now. Truth will be out soon.
Key West Reader on June 9, 2010 at 7:31 PM
BP’s strange Democrat bedfellows
http://thenextright.com/ironman/bps-strange-democrat-bedfellows
canopfor on June 9, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Solid…ROCK solid B+
winston on June 9, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Well this has got to be the biggest display of ignorance I have seen all day, maybe all week. I wonder do they even know at the White House what CEO-Chairman means to anyone?
I mean if you want to fix your incompetent tag, this is not how to do it. My guess is you can’t hide the oil slick anymore. We get hourly updates on it in Florida.
But incompetence it is.
tarpon on June 9, 2010 at 7:33 PM
HERE (but there was a similar but earlier report published by — I believe — incredibly, the L.A.Times.
Top PR firm for BP tied to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel
By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
05/30/10 2:42 PM EDT
Over at The Next Right, the’ve pieced together some interesting connections about the White House’s ties to British Petroleum, better known as the company currently polluting the Gulf of Mexico. We all know Obama was the biggest recipient of BP’s campaign cash in Washington, but it seems BP’s ties to the White House run even deeper.
According to The Next Right, PR firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner “helped BP plan and evaluate its successful re-branding campaign, focusing the company’s branding on energy solutions, including the development of solar and other renewable energy sources.”
The firm’s Stanley Greenberg is married to Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. There was something of a flap last year when it was pointed out that White house Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel had been living in the couple’s Capitol Hill townhouse, resulting in a lot of questions about whether or not this arrangement violated congressional ethical guidelines.
Further, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee paid Greenberg’s firm some $500,000 in 2006 and 2008 while Emanuel was living with Greenberg, and Emanuel was even in charge of the DCCC during the 2006 election cycle.
And I’d be willing to bet that BP has paid Greenberg Quinlan Rosner a lot more than that. I doubt I’m the only one who thinks that BP’s relationship with the White House might be a little too close for comfort.
Read more at the Washington Examiner.
Lourdes on June 9, 2010 at 7:34 PM
surely there is someone on that board in dire need of an ass kicking..?
ted c on June 9, 2010 at 7:35 PM
What video?
Vigilante on June 9, 2010 at 7:36 PM
Of course there is no real wonder as to why Obama doesn’t want to talk to the BP CEO or the board of directors- he will expose himself for being the intellectual fraud that he is.
Hurricanes on June 9, 2010 at 7:36 PM
So wait a minute…
If the Obama Administration really believes this, then why didn’t they criticize Congress when it either hauled up or threatened to haul up the CEOs of various corporations to testify at its hearings? Why didn’t they propose hauling up the entire BODs for those hearings on this basis?
I used to think that no one could know less about business than Waxman/Dodd/Pelosi/Reid. Wow was *I* wrong.
JohnTant on June 9, 2010 at 7:36 PM
Indeed. Name starts with O, ends with A and has Bam in the middle.
Thwack!
Key West Reader on June 9, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Next Obama can*t talk to the Board of Directors because they are voted in by the stock holders….
albill on June 9, 2010 at 7:38 PM
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