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Sarah Palin Sets Robert Gibbs Straight on Obama and BP Money
Posted by Dr. Fay on May 23, 2010
Robert Gibbs needs to do his homework before attacking Governor Palin on oil and gas issues. He is either ignorant of or chooses to forget Governor Palin’s credentials as the Governor and CEO of an oil-rich state and former chair of both the Oil and Gas Commission of Alaska and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Perhaps he also conveniently forgets her landmark achievement as Governor in making the AGIA pipeline a reality. In fact, the AGIA pipeline is so significant that Obama himself is already showing signs of either wanting to take credit for it or destroy it. The jury is still out on Pipelinegate.
In response to Robert Gibbs’ churlish and uniformed remark about her knowledge of what goes on in oil and gas circles, Governor Palin tweeted the following smackdown:
The Politico article that Governor Palin referenced in her tweets contains the following information:
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.
On top of that, the oil giant has spent millions each year on lobbying — including $15.9 million last year alone — as it has tried to influence energy policy.
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.
It looks like Robert Gibbs is the one who needs to become more informed. Or perhaps his attack on Governor Palin was a ruse as damage control for his boss.
John Cunningham said
Robert Gibbs, like so many other Obama spokesmen are merely a Puppet. There, at the pleasure of the Puppet Master. The Puppet Master, no longer avails himself to the Public. He now has spokesmen or Puppets to do his talking for him. All of The Puppet Masters people, serve at the discretion of the Puppet Master. So when the Media or Conservative Congressional leaders, get riled at say Holder, or Napolitano, they should remember, The Puppet Master, not only pulls the strings, he also is the voice from we’re the Puppets get there commands. Until we, the good people of this Nation, stand up and cut the Puppet Masters strings, he will continue his steady march to Oblivion.