Where's the oil? Right Wing pundits dismissed spill.

[Mugsy]

Run time: 04:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyvl8C6oNy4   Posted on YouTube: May 30, 2010 By YouTube Member: BI30 Views on YouTube: 41   Posted on DU: May 30, 2010 By DU Member: Mugsy Views on DU: 2617

 
In the weeks immediately following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform on April 20, 2010, Conservative pundits quickly tried to minimize the amount of damage we could expect from all that oil washing ashore, comparing it to "natural seepage" from the ocean floor. Then the oil started washing ashore, and suddenly this was "Obama's Katrina".

By the Conservative's own standards, this was a minor event from the very beginning, and yet they are is quick to criticize President Obama for not recognizing the pending disaster as soon as it happened and being "too slow to respond" (which is another lie I disprove in the video).

This took me all day to edit, so be kind in your comments. :)

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. That Brit Hume clip is classic

Juan Williams (?) looked at him like he had 3 heads.

:rofl:

[grantcart]

10. priceless to bad they didn't have the same expression with "where is WMD".

[Johonny]

13. the sad thing is it in no way effects his credibility

and he'll be back again and again no matter how wrong he is in his opinions. On TV "news" accuracy is not needed to be invited to give opinion. Amazing.

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. "When did this go from no big deal to Obama's Katrina"?

Brilliant!

Great job - thanks for sharing this!

:applause: & KnR

[pattmarty]

3. Brit "Butthead" Hume is a not too fucking smart shitbag.

[underpants]

4. There was a AP or Reuters story early on that said that there was no leak

it was quickly erased (the next day) but someone on DU saved it... don't know where to find it now

[AsahinaKimi]

5. unlike other American diasters...

This one continues to happen..and happen and happen.

[Xicano]

6. Great Job Mugsy!

Thanks for the video...

:fistbump:

[unapatriciated]

7. Good Job - Thank You

[livingonearth]

8. It scares me that there is a Rush Limbaugh in this world.

He is like a devil who's main purpose is to distort the truth. I really hope his comments of late will help to open some of his listeners' eyes and minds so that they may see him for what he actually is- an evil manipulator.

[Grassy Knoll]

9. Spawn of the spill.......

when mutant fish make love to fox ....

[spicegal]

11. What we've come to understand is that right wingers in general are a

bunch of fricken morons, even the ones who are supposedly educated. They live in a fact free non-reality based bubble wedded to their ideology. What's worse, based on what I keep hearing with regard to future elections, Americans haven't seemed to figure that out.

[pretzel4gore]

12. Lady Guillotine! time to go to work!

Chop Chop...