President Obama negogiated a deal with BP to start an escrow account with $20 Billion for the Gulf Coast oil spill. I'd say that's a good start to funding the recovery of the Gulf Coast environment and its citizens' livelihoods. And I believe BP, TransOcean, and Halliburton should pay for the entire thing. Being an industrial accident, rather than a natural disaster, the taxpayer shouldn't pay a penny, IMHO.

So I'm just amazed at the sycophantic GOP members that are now calling the escrow account a "fleecing" of BP, and the president using "thuggish" tactics. One GOP rep even apologized to the BP CEO during the congressional hearing for the president's actions. Amazing.

And only a few days ago the GOP was accusing the president of not being tough enough. Now he's a thug.

Pretty transparent, ain't it?
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