Chastised Bonehead claims he ’said from beginning’ he wants BP to pay for spill

[unhappycamper]

Chastised Boehner claims he ’said from beginning’ he wants BP to pay for spill
By David Edwards and Daniel Tencer
Sunday, June 13th, 2010 -- 12:34 pm

House Minority Leader John Boehner has found himself on the defensive after a comment last week that suggested he wanted taxpayers to pick up at least some of the tab for BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

During an appearance on ABC's This Week Sunday, the top Republican in the House insisted he "said from the beginning" that BP should cover the entire cost of the oil spill. And, in a split with his allies at the US Chamber of Commerce, Boehner now says he supports lifting the liability cap that, under US law, limits BP's exposure for the oil spill to $75 million.

But last Thursday at a press conference, when TalkingPointsMemo's Brian Beutler asked Boehner if "the government and taxpayers should pitch in to clean up the oil spill," Boehner responded: "I think the people responsible in the oil spill--BP and the federal government--should take full responsibility for what's happening there."

Since then, Boehner has found himself on the receiving end of criticism from left and right.

"BP needs to pay for the entire cost of this," Boehner asserted on This Week. But he added, that "this is a failure of government. Government is there to protect our shores, to protect our environment, and there's been a real failure here. We've been asking for 55 days, where's the inspection reports from this rig? The administration won't give them to us."

[mdmc]

1. I wonder where are the inspection reports from this rig?

:shrug:

[cwydro]

2. This just keeps getting worse and worse.

[izquierdista]

3. Is he opposed this fall?

If so, his opponent needs to pass out a lot of "addendum" bumper stickers. Like about half the size, so that instead of it reading "Boehner for Congress", with the addendum it will read "Boehner wants you to pay for BP". Bet we could get a lot of converts.

[asjr]

4. "BP and the federal government." Of

course the federal government--Obama's not Bush/Cheney, Reagan, Bush. I firmly believe it takes a certain kind of idiot to be a Republican. Lives and economies are being ruined with every barrel of oil spewing from the damaged rig, but no Republican considers that.

[SpiralHawk]

5. Republicon flip floppery. So pathetic.

NOW they are whining that the government should do more -- while for the last 20 years they have been doing all they can to slaughter regulations and shrink government down so they could 'drown it in a bathtub.' They got what they wanted for their own fatcat profit, and NOW all of a sudden they want government to step in a rescue them from their own EPIC FAIL.

What a pack of endless hyocrites.

[old mark]

6. He lies about his lies....You go, Boner!!!!nt