Oil Commission Baffled By Lowball Estimates; Suspects They Slowed Response

Expanding on dougeyboy's comment, Bush and Cheney did what they wanted to do, ignored opposition, Democrats allowed it and didn't use their ability (once they got it in 2006) to stop what Bush/Cheney & Republicans were doing.  Democrats lost plausible deniability then, once they got what they had been using as their excuse for doing nothing the entirety of the Bush-Cheney first 6 years.

Look around you at Obama's 'most ardent supporters'.  They're no better than Bushies.  They keep his numbers high continue to govern in the best interests of the corporations and the very richest.
About Gulf Oil Spill
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