Beach mayor: GOP ‘fool’ who denied disaster can ‘take a swim
Beach mayor: GOP ‘fool’ who
denied
disaster can ‘take a swim’
Friday, June 11th, 2010 -- 12:11
'Conservative' Alabama mayor blasts BP's 'ineptitude' and 'total malfunction' of Coast Guard response
During the two months since BP's Deepwater Horizon oil well blew out, a tide of oil has been advancing inexorably on the Gulf Coast, like a slow-motion tsunami.
"When we know the oil is coming at specific places on the American coast, can we stop it?" MSNBC's Rachel Maddow wondered on Thursday. "We should be able to, but apparently we can't. At least we can't in Alabama, in Orange Beach, where locals have been watching the oil offshore for weeks."
Maddow spoke with the major of Orange Beach, Tony Kennon, who noted, "I'm a conservative," but went on to insist, "The Republican senator that said this wasn't an environmental disaster was a complete fool. He needs to
come down and take a swim off Louisiana's coast, if it's not a disaster."
come down and take a swim off Louisiana's coast, if it's not a disaster."
Kennon was referring to Alaska Representative Don Young, who argued for
a continuation of offshore drilling in late May on the grounds that "this is not
an environmental disaster and I will say that again and again because it
is a natural phenomenon."
a continuation of offshore drilling in late May on the grounds that "this is not
an environmental disaster and I will say that again and again because it
is a natural phenomenon."
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