Boy was this one pathetic interview. This Sunday on CNN's State of the Union Candy Crowley brings on Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski who is one of the top recipients of campaign donations from the oil and gas industries, who recently blocked the Senate from raising the liability cap for oil companies and that just attempted to gut the Clean Air Act and allows her to deny the assertion that Republicans are the party of big oil without challenging her.
I realize that it would make all of these politicians uncomfortable to be challenged about who they're taking money from and how it affects their voting record, but I thought that was what the press was supposed to be doing. Not worrying about whether they're going to come back on their shows again for another "exclusive" interview where they're allowed to lie with no accountability and misinform the public. When you can't challenge someone who's as obviously bought and sold as Murkowski, that's really pathetic.
CROWLEY: Congressman Joe Barton, obviously in the hearings with B.P.
The Democrats have taken this and run with it, and we are now hearing the chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, saying this was not a gaffe; this is the philosophy of the Republican Party; they are big oil; Wall Street; they are the party of corporations.
What is your response to that?
MURKOWSKI: Couldn't be more wrong -- couldn't be more wrong. The statement that Representative Barton made was wrong, absolutely wrong. He has since apologized for it.
But for -- for the White House, for the administration to be, kind of, running with this as the issue -- let's not forget; we had 11 people die. We have an environmental disaster unfolding. We have an economic disaster that is unfolding.
Let's not be distracted by saying, you know, Joe Barton made this gaffe or this -- this inappropriate comment. Let's focus on what we need to do, which is getting relief to the Gulf, making sure that they have every asset possible, making sure that we've got a claims compensation system that works for them. Let's focus on providing what the people of the Gulf need, not pointing fingers back and forth and saying, oh, you know, what you said was wrong.
CROWLEY: B.P. does a lot of business in Alaska. It brings in a lot of revenue. After watching this fiasco, you had some of your own in Alaska, too, that were B.P.-prompted. Do you trust B.P.?
MURKOWSKI: Well, I tell you, B.P.'s operations in Alaska have all been on land. So you've got the offshore/onshore differences. We have had issues with B.P., serious issues where it was clear that they failed in their responsibility as operators. It was unacceptable. They have been fined mightily.
Now, they have said that they have improved their efforts. That needs to be demonstrated. That needs to be demonstrated. And unfortunately, what we are seeing in the Gulf, and as we learn a little bit more every day about what may have happened, this does not reflect well on B.P.
....and they'd slide right down like a pair of turds.
I can't stand the guy dressed up as a woman. And for this shill in a skirt from Alaska to tell ANYONE that they are NOT the party of big corporations and big oil....oh God, give me a break.
It's like watching palin on fox. Same BS, different location.
This is the same MSM that criticizes Venezuela and other left-leaning administrations of being patsies to the powers that be.
disappointment just like little JKing...both pander completely to the repubs...king even has mostly repubs on his screed to evaluate any situation...Rollins, Ericksson, Gonzalas..jindal, etc.. CNN promised to do better but they need to be contacted [ CNN.com] repeatly to get some balance..Wolfie has finally come more to center but not crowley and king. Heard Amanpour left because of the push from producers to run the corporate right rhetoric...
Foeign news is the ONLY way to get the truth!
Sarah Palin, while she was governor, allowed Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez to donate CITGO oil to needy native Alaskan families in the hard winter food and fuel crisis in early 2009, for the 3rd year running.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/03/... (there's a lot of misinformation from Palin's spokesperson in that article, too)
Her husband, Todd Palin, is sponsored by Mystik lubricants, a subsidiary of Hugh Chavez' state-owned CITGO.
http://palingates.blogspot.com/2010/03/sarah-...
At odds with the above is Sarah Palin's own words: "We need that resource (natural gas from Alaska) much better than the alternative...to rely on foreign sources that are controlled in some cases by regimes which are volatile, dangerous and don't like America."
Palin also wrote in her fantasy novel "Going Rogue", about her appearance on Saturday Night Live, saying, "During all this, the writers, the producers, and the campaign continued to hammer out the script. Josh Brolin, Mark Wahlberg, and the singer Adele were also on the show that night, as was director Oliver Stone, who made a cameo appearance. Unbelievably, he is a supporter of Communist dictator Hugo Chavez, who in a 2006 speech to the United Nations referred to the president of the United States as 'the devil himself.' I did not shake Stone's hand."
I wouldn't shake your hand either. Out here in the country we try not to step in your type laying in the pasture.
If there are no small oil companies for comparison purposes, how does one define big?
My great+uncle must be rolling over in his tundra...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
In other words lets just ignore the meme of republicans being in the pocket of big oil and jump to the fact that people were killed when the rig blew. Let's play the sympathy card instead of the oily money card.
A little subject changing helps avoid the obvious.
I'm beginning to wonder what happens to women's minds in Alaska. Do they lose their mind and their conscience too?
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Concentrating on what needs to be done needs to be done
But they also try to blame Obama whilst accepting none.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
"Got the bubble-headed bleach blonde; comes on at five; she can tell you about the plane crash, with a gleam in her eye"
Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.
love it.
"Let's talk dirty to the animals"
The GOP is only pro big business and pro oil company when there isn't a giant mess.
A simple rule, eh?
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
They're the proud daddy when the baby is in a clean diaper...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
.....was that he was caught thinking out loud. He said what every Repug in the room was thinking and wish that they had the guts to say.
Everyone needs to bear in mind come November that Repugs have no regard for stewardship of OUR resources, their greatest motivation is to remove all obstructions(regulations) to OUR resources.
Lisa Murkowski will be leading the charge to deregulate the fossil fuel industry if the Repugs are back in leadership
'Talk to the hand'
Now I understand why the Senate went along with her rationale for capping the damages.
;-)
'Talk to the hand'
..whose call letters might as well stand for Corporate News Network. The Most Trusted Name in News slogan must stem from a survey done at Republican party headquarters. Letting conservatards get away with outrageous lies is just what they do.
See Jon Stewart's excellent piece, "CNN leaves it there."
"In theory theory and practice are alike. In practice they are very different."
I love me some Jon.
"Let's talk dirty to the animals"
With rare exceptions, contemporary journalists and media pundits are whining, puling, pontificating liars.
With rare exceptions, contemporary politicians are whining, puling, greedy, pontificating liars.
With NO exceptions, contemporary Corporate Megalomaniacs are whining, puling, greedy, pontificating, arrogant, remorseless, DELIBERATE liars.
Absolute power indeed corrupts absolutely...
Well there's an original thought.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
both parties are "the Party of Big Oil."
The ties that bind. Remember Rahm Emanuel's rent-free D.C. apartment? The owner: A BP adviser
"In case you were tempted to buy the faux Washington outrage at BP and its gulf oil spill in recent days, here's a story that reveals a little-known corporate political connection and the quiet way the inner political circles intersect, protect and care for one another in the nation's capital. And Chicago.
"We already knew that BP and its folks were significant contributors to the record $750-million war chest of Barack Obama's 2007-08 campaign.
"Now, we learn the details of a connection of Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago mayoral wannabe, current Obama chief of staff, ex-representative, ex-Clinton money man and ex-Windy City political machine go-fer.
"Shortly after Obama's happy inaugural, eyebrows rose slightly upon word that, as a House member, Emanuel had lived the last five years rent-free in a D.C. apartment of Democratic colleague Rep."
Obama biggest recipient of BP cash
"While the BP oil geyser pumps millions of gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama and members of Congress may have to answer for the millions in campaign contributions they’ve taken from the oil and gas giant over the years.
"BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million to federal candidates over the past 20 years, with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Donations come from a mix of employees and the company’s political action committees — $2.89 million flowed to campaigns from BP-related PACs and about $638,000 came from individuals."
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"During his time in the Senate and while running for president, Obama received a total of $77,051 from the oil giant and is the top recipient of BP PAC and individual money over the past 20 years, according to financial disclosure records."
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In Congress, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who last week cautioned that the incident should “not be used inappropriately” to halt Obama’s push for expansion of offshore drilling, has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of BP’s largesse."
has been a republican hack for years. to expect anything remotely resembling journalistic standards from her is to face certain disappointment.
Come on now! This is Candy Crowley, who has been the official press fluffer for the Republicans her entire career.
Why does she look like someone slipped a French-tickler in her knickers?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
When I heard that Crowley was going to have Murkowski on I thought Candy would bring up the fact that this tool is the one who keeps holding up a vote to lift the liability cap. I should have known. This is one of the main resons why NO ONE watches CNN. They suck! Rachel Maddow would never have allowed her to get away with that duplicity. CANDY CROWLEY IS A BIG FAT JOKE....LITERALLY!
"They (CNN) suck!" I could not agree more. No matter how obvious it is that one side of an issue is on shakey ground, CNN's talking fools get all smug, as if they're doing what good journalists do, if they present both sides as equal. Never mind that many issues don't even boil down to only two sides. Any more than all-black or all-white is just too confusing for CNN.
How can the people of Alaska be so stupid?
The oil company stuffs dollars directly into the pockets of Alaskans.
Basically, it pays for them to be stupid.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
It's okay for a Repuke to say something about taking care of the people but if a Dem talks about it it's Socialism. And what's with their... Obama strongarmed BP into establishing the 20 Bil fund and it should have gone through the courts ? I thought they hated lawyers and lawsuits. They need to be called on their pandering BS. But again, there are few actual journalists anymore.
Never want to play "the blame game" when they know they will get the lion's share of the blame, otherwise they are all for it.
Pathetic.
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
One who is in the pocket of Big Oil, the other a corporate syncophant and apologist masquerading as a "journalist." Crowley is too much of a coward to ask tough questions but sure has no issue cashing in at the expense of the integrity of her profession. All about them and the public be damned, you know?
"We will find fulfillment not in the goods that we have, but in the good we can do for each other."
Robert F. Kennedy
Her bugged-out eyes scream out to me: DERANGED.
An embarrassment to my great state of Alaska.
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