Rethug House Minority leader John "Boner" Boehner showed his true, um, unnatural colors in suggesting that U.S. taxpayers should help pay for the cost of the BP oil spill. Boner echoed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in suggesting that the government share the costs of cleaning up the worst environmental mess in U.S. history, a mess that was caused in all likelihood by BP ignoring Federal regulations and conducting their drilling in an unsafe manner. We think Boner's been swimming in the oil from the looks of him.
This demonstrates once again, as did the Rethuglican / insurance industry axis that opposed health insurance reform, who are the real constituents of the Rethugs: big corporations that fund their campaigns and offer them cushy jobs once the politicians leave office. It's surprising that Boner is so tone deaf that he would make such a statement now, when the public is furious at BP. But that's why they call him "Boner."
(photo: Boner sheds a tear for poor BP)
