Gingrich says Obama "is directly engaged in extorting money" from BP

[spanone]

there is no end to their hatred of this President


http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201006170085

[SpiralHawk]

1. "We republicons are so sorry BP is being held responsible" - Newt Gingrich (R - Brown Noser)

"And we Republicons are sooooo sorry that the U.S. citizens and companies directly injured by multinational corporate malfeasance and negligence, stand a chance of getting compensation for their losses. Fairness and honor are NOT republicon family pharisee values. Smirk."

- Newtie Chickenhawk Gingrich (R - Corporate Brown Noser)

[Matariki]

2. They're determined to push this meme

be prepared to hear it relentlessly in one form or another for the coming weeks.

*sigh*

[LargeGreenSpider]

25. It won't work

Expecting anyone beyond their moran psycho-phants to think BP is a victim here is abjectly delusional. Of course, GOPricks and their rascist godsquad fifth column are wholly delusional.

[CanonRay]

31. It will work-for us

I hope to hell they keep pushing it for another four months.

[Poboy]

48. I hope they do 'push this meme'...

If they are trying to piss Louisianans off, this is the way to go. This may play to their base nationally, but republicans and independents here are going to be very pissed at the mischaracterization.
Yes, there will always be the idiot 20% who will believe/react to the Rush Limbaugh talking points, even here in the midst of catastrophe. But when they call in to local radio, the hosts have been asking them, "so, knowing that BP is incompetent and cutting corners, lying and cheating, you would rather have BP deciding who gets what compensation and when"?

Dead silence.

Let them defend BP. It would be the only thing that has the potential to overshadow the continuing failure of the federal government to have a forceful comprehensive containment plan. The marsh is about to be totally screwed for a generation, and the pathetic federal response is devastating.

[Ikonoklast]

52. Losing strategy.

I think most people side with Obama and against Big Oil on this one.

They will drop the meme soon, as it dies without gathering steam.

The Republicans have been throwing lots of shit against the wall, but lately, none of it seems to stick.

Hmmm.

Maybe people are getting wise to their incessant bullshit machine.

[peekaloo]

3. maybe the President should just leave the Gulf on its deathbed and

find another pool of water to swim in. }(

[Cleita]

4. If Reagan had done it, it would have been considered a businesslike

way to handle the situation.

[jp11]

11. Indeed, the spin would be that BP stepped up and is doing the right thing, republicans asked

a 'big bad corporation' to do something right and they did, go corporations, go america, the republican party has your back.

[RKP5637]

16. Yep, that's the way they would see it, and the media would pound in over and over how

great a leader Reagan was...

[babylonsister]

5. Can anyone remember the last time gingrich was right, about

anything? Why he's given so much credence is a mystery to me.

[spanone]

7. like palin....they get coverage way beyond their status

the media is broken....

[RKP5637]

12. Or, maybe the media is not broken, and rather it's just part of the media's corporate Plan. n/t

[emulatorloo]

51. Don't forget to add Dick and Liz Cheney to that list. Liars and Failures who get all kinds of

coverage to spew whatever they want. Without ever being fact checked.

[GCP]

6. I love it - it shows where the repukes really stand when it comes to corporations

I hope they keep up this meme - I believe the vast majority of the American people are disgusted with BP and what they've done; and pukes like Gingrich, Joe Barton and Ben Stein among others, are opening up the eyes of the public on what their real values are.

[mediaman007]

9. BP is not even a 'merican corporation!

[RKP5637]

8. There is absolutely nothing Obama can do that the R's will like. They are

F'en thugs and bullies. They will constantly kick him, that's their game, hatred and bullying. There can never be a win/win with the R's anymore.

[spanone]

10. it's so true what eugene robinson wrote:

'Obama could cure world hunger and they would accuse him of promoting obesity'

[RKP5637]

15. That is absolutely so true. The R's are intent in ripping this country apart with

divisiveness and hatred. It's so sad many Americans are so damn gullible.

[saltpoint]

13. It's as if Gingrich senses that there may be one or two people across

the nation who are yet to conclude that he's a repulsive scumbag and thus he must accelerate his efforts to seal the deal so that his being an unethical skunk will be a unanimously held conclusion.

[Bluzmann57]

14. Why does anyone care what Gingrich thinks?

At the risk of sounding crude, fuck him. He was discredited long ago and yet he still keeps popping up. Sort of like a mosquito who cannot be swatted away. Or a wart that won't go away.

[MineralMan]

33. +1

[spanone]

40. why does the media report what this has-been wanna-be asshole says?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. Gingrich is sad that the oil is being wasted by pouring into the Gulf

You can tell when the Grand Oil Party have withdrawal symptoms with their oil. They lash out.

[Nite Owl]

18. This is good

the more they open their mouths the worse it gets for them. The Dems should have a lots of material for commercials in the fall election. The GOP has no solutions they just want to mouth off and comments like these and Barton's make that clear.

[spanone]

19. it's amazing. barton apologizes and gingrich keeps it up

this is republicans at their best

[IggleDoer]

20. Didn't Joe Barton extort over $1M from BP in campain funds ...

using Texas style strong-arm tactics?

[Scuba]

21. +1

[DefenseLawyer]

22. A bridge too far. n/t

[spanone]

24. a brain too dense

[Scuba]

23. Republicans "directly engaged in extorting money from middle, lower classes"

[WeDidIt]

26. They've doubled down on the Barton gambit

Frank Lutz must have gotten drunk after Barton made fools of the entire Republican Party and decided, "what the fuck, we have to go with it now."

[marmar]

27. This is a losing meme for them with everyone except the braindead Teabag crowd.....

[Scuba]

32. The Tea Party member I know...

...thinks any defense of Big Oil is an abomination. Basically he's just angry about the fact both parties are corrupt beyond redemption and sees the Tea Party as fighting that.

[old mark]

28. Gingrich has been grumpy since he was asked to leave the House...

he has less access to sex with those teenage pages now...

poor old guy.


mark

[City Lights]

29. Right on cue. Keep digging, GOBP. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

30. If no BP "slush/extortion fund", then one of two scenarios:

a) Get used to the Gulf the way it is, or

b) Republicans in the House and Senate: We refuse to raise taxes; We refuse make the taxpayers bail out a horendous mistake made by Obama; Why should someone living in Montana have to pay to clean up the Gulf of Mexico?

[JVS]

34. Cool! Way to go president Obama!

[depakid]

35. They hate any Democrat- and it causes them to act incredibly stupid at times

This being one of the more impressive of those times.

[limit18]

36. Horseshit

Obama gives extortion a bad name.A good extortionist would of owned the company.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. Just keep flapping your gums, Newtie

Your true colors are shining brightly.

[rustydog]

38. Hey Gingrich...Do you realize how close your "Contract on America"

came to destroying America financially?
Corporations need to be reigned in.

oversight and regulation is Paramount IF you truly want a healthy robust capitalism in America.

It amazes me that this lying, womanizing, anti-god christian right courting asshole is still being listened to by the freakishly ignorant Christian Right. The man cheated on his wife while telling Americans how the Republican party would make America a Bible-lovin' Gawd-Loving KKKristian Nation again!

He needs to slither into a hole and STFU.

[FBI_Un_Sub]

39. These repukes will do anything to "gotcha" Obama.

These repukes will do anything to "gotcha" Obama. They will screw over motorists, besmirch the military, mess up the long term unemployed, even "protect" BP.

As long as the repukes act like anal sphincters, I will make sexual innuendos about Sarah Palin.

[LeftishBrit]

41. When is the disgraced, disgusting Newt going to GO AWAY?

He is creating a stink in my nose from 3000 miles away.

And since when is demanding that people pay for their negligence 'extortion'?

[spanone]

42. what is gingrich's position in the government? what does he do?

is he an elected official? how does he maintain an income? who financially supports him?

who releases his shit to the media?

[Lil Missy]

43. Gingrich is a horses ass.

[The Backlash Cometh]

44. What a pinhead.

Republicans just don't believe in taking responsibility for their actions. Gingrich is so last century, thinking that the public will continue to pick up the cost of private corporation's mess.

Gingrich is a primo welfare king.

[Warren Stupidity]

45. Good for Obama!

I embrace the extortion meme. We need to extort more from the gangsters and thugs running BP.

[Festivito]

46. ... and perhaps, as he could deem it, Gingrich's own portfolio. /nt

[unblock]

47. this is not an appeal to "the people", it's an appeal for campaign contributions from corporation

it's a "donate to us rather than them because we'll protect you from the monsters who want to hurt you" appeal.

in fact, GINGRICH is the one extorting money from corporations.

[opihimoimoi]

49. He is a selfcentered asshole with corn cobs up his arse...he should go away

[unblock]

50. i won't speculate as to how you know this, but i agree with the sentiment

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