Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour (R) Downplays Oil Spill - Just Like Motor Boat Sheen!

[TomCADem]

I guess Haley Barbour's response is not too different from Rush Limbaugh saying that oil is as natural as ocean water.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i_a92gz92-2O6BM4YU2SYmlG6fcAD9FMFFK04

Mississippi's Haley Barbour, a well-connected former Washington lobbyist, has calmly said the oil slick looming offshore is just a sheen in most places and there's no reason for people to panic.

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Barbour, 62, is a second-term governor who was in office during Katrina and was widely praised for his response to the storm. He's now chairman of the Republican Governors Association. Barbour has said the oil spill is "not Armageddon," but he believes news coverage has hurt tourism in his state.

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He told The Associated Press the oil spill could be disastrous for Mississippi's coastal economy. Then he added: "But it's just as possible that what happens here will be manageable and of moderate and even minimal impact."

Oil has not started washing up on shore in any large quantities, and Barbour likened much of the spill to the gasoline sheen commonly found around ski boats. "We don't wash our face in it, but it doesn't stop us from jumping off the boat to ski," Barbour said.

[theophilus]

1. We'll remember you said that. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

2. Then he should have no problem

jumping into the water and going for a nice long swim.........

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. If that SOB jumped off the boat, the wave he created just might push that oil to Mexico.

Just another fat, ugly, lying, draft-dodging repuke hypocrite.

[JCMach1]

4. Let him take a swim in it then! and we will see how he likes it

[Golden Raisin]

5. Well bless his heart.

Cook him up a big platter of oil-soaked shrimp a la BP and let's see him chow down.

[TheKentuckian]

6. What an evil fuck, selling his own people out for The Agenda