So, for an Administration on top of the oil catastrophe in the Gulf from day one, officials from the President on down seem to find plenty of time for other things like raising money for Democrats in the mid-term elections.
We already pointed out, as have others, that President Barack Obama has been doing some partying, raising some money and enjoying some great dinners while focusing on the oil leak in the Gulf.
Now comes word, via Maggie Haberman over at Politico, that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson “will be the featured attraction at a fundraiser for Senate Democrats next week in Manhattan.”
In a battle over whether to disperse the oil or not, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, you may recall, was the one that ordered BP to take “immediate steps to scale back the use of dispersants” used to break up the vast oil spill. She also said BP “could reduce its use by 50 percent to 75 percent, regardless of which dispersant was used.”
Doesn’t it strike anyone else as odd that government officials criticizes the ability of BP to stop, contain and clean up the oil spill and the manner in which they do it, but at the same time are off doing other things like raise money for political elections?
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