In May 2007, an auditor named David McKay arrived by helicopter on the oil rig Deepwater Horizon. His mission was to assess the rig's compliance with an international safety and environmental protection code.
McKay's visit lasted about a day, and he found that maintenance on some of the equipment was overdue by as much six months. Some of that work was "safety critical." But none of it stood in the way of the rig's recertification for another five years.
Yet, it's not just Obamiacs, but other Democrats who should know better, who chastise me, or wonder how I can say that in some ways, Obama has been worse than Bush.
Well, let's stop with the soft bigotry of low post-Bush expectations. Let's also remember that, on the environmental pitch, before his nuclear loan guarantees, before his nomination of Kenny boy Salazar, Obama never was a notable environmentalist. Hard ot be that when your hands are hugely outstrectched to companies like Exelon.
So, read the full story, find more outrage, and stop enabling him, dammit!
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