Haley Barbour: Don’t Believe The Media! “The Coast Is Clear, Come On Down”

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by Glynnis MacNicol | 3:27 pm, June 6th, 2010

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Politicians from the Gulf States find themselves in one of two positions these days when it comes to the media: either they are calling for more help to deal with the oil crisis, or they are desperately attempting to convince the public their state is still safe for tourists.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is currently in the latter camp and he appeared on Fox News Sunday today to tell Chris Wallace that the “coast is clear.” Also, it’s the media’s fault for encouraging people to conclude otherwise.

The truth is Chris, that we’ve had virtually no oil….the biggest negative impact for us has been the news coverage. There’s been no distinction between Grand Isle and Venice and places in Louisiana that we feel so terrible for, that have had oil washing up on them. The average viewer thinks that the whole coast from Florida to Texas is ankle-deep in oil. And of course it’s very bad for our tourist season. That’s the real economic damage.

Point taken: don’t cancel your Mississippi vacation! Later in the show Barbour also asserted that he thinks we should keep drilling:

“They’re going to be drilling oil wells elsewhere in the world, and the loss in production that we’re going to suffer will make us even more dependent on the Middle East, on Venezuela and on our friends.”

At least he didn’t say ‘drill, baby, drill.’ Watch below.

BP Oil Spill, Chris Wallace, Drill Baby Drill, Hayley Barbour

The Real Royal King

Barbour is nothing but a high priced call girl. What’s surprising is that anyone is willing to pay the price.
http://www.sodahead.com/user/profile/1153279/texas_democrat_06/ WhoIsTheRealRoyalKing

Did you pay that price Robert?
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Barbour is right. Most of the coast has no oil damage. The media is hyping everything about this spill.
The spill had nothing to do with a lack of regulation. The Obama regulators did not regulate. Read the N.Y. Times.
There were TWO safety devices that would have stopped the spill. When one was damaged they decided to rely on the other. When the second was damaged the BP man in charge decided it was not a problem. He stopped the shut down. If Obama’s people would have done the inspection that was schedueled this would have been caught and this would not have happened.
There should be a rule on all oil rigs that when just ONE safety device doesn’t work the rig MUST be shut down until it is fixed. This would mean there would always be two devices working.
The BP manager that would not shut down the rig should be charged with murder.
http://thedailybarb.com Burnnotice

Well you know its part of the Presidents job to go down there and get on Camera and tell people that everything is under control, and to come on down and spend some money on tourism. I guess he has better things to do, and instead of Telling BP to clear out. Get someone in there that is smarter then a 5th grader. Go in and dump about a 100 ton of rock on the leak or what ever will work.
In the mean time since this isn’t happening. The media will just go on with what they have to work with for a story. That is… BP is mucking it up, and where the hell is the President at? O, and by the way about 500,000 barrels of oil are floating around, and there’s a lot of pissed off fishermen hanging out looking for a fight. So ya might wanna watch yer step if you come down here….
puck30

Wind the Monkey, watch him dance!

Look at the map, has Mississippi been nailed yet? No. Can’t say the same in a couple of weeks.
So Barbour is right to try and salvage as much as the state can before it happens. That just makes sense.

And drilling? Obama can go right ahead and bring a stop to all drilling in the gulf (like China is really going to listen) Tax all the Oil Companies. Go ahead run the price of fuel up to $8 a gallon, bring back the gas lines of the 70′s.

Then Obama, Pelosi, Reid & all the Democrats can run on that platform. And come November the Dems will look like some ‘jobber’ in a squash match against ‘The Sheik’.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcTTqB8NXpk
http://thedailybarb.com Burnnotice

@puck30

Ya no one talks about China Slant drilling off the coast of Miami down by Cuba. They could care less it they spilled any oil or had an accident. I think we need to chase all the people that are not american out of there!
puck30

Right there Burn! What if this was China’s rig that blew up?

BTW: Here’s a local take on what’s going on down there.

http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=12601574#

Now I’m sure some will come on here and say Rep. Gene Taylor was probably paid off by big oil, so my question would be. Tell me who paid off Dr. Michael Carron?
jrcmi

Bring back Bush to invade China!

The same hypocrites who chanted drill-baby-drill are now shocked, SHOCKED that a devastating spill has occurred.

Bush was forced to take the blame for his TARP bailout. Republicants should kiss the, er, CHEEKS of every Obama voter they know, because it was just a matter of luck that this preventable crime happened while a Dem coincidentally occupies 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

I’m SURE the neo-conmen would be squalling if McC and $imple $arah were in the White House. Yeah, right.
jrcmi

Actually, Haley should know from “oily.”
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

jrcmi, just what are your ignorant ramblings about? The CROOKS from Chicago are in the White House. This is the most corrupt president in history.
The Real Royal King

gordonbloyershow says:
June 7, 2010 at 7:18 am

jrcmi, just what are your ignorant ramblings about? The CROOKS from Chicago are in the White House. This is the most corrupt president in history.

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Whoa, there Blower. More crooked than Nixon? More crooked than Raygun and Iran Contra? More crooked than Cheney & Co. No, you guys are the Lords of Crookdom.
The Real Royal King

I’m not sure how many people vacation in Mississippi to begin with. More than in Alabama, I assume. Nonetheless, whilst Barbour is sniffing out truffles to avoid seeing the Sheen in the Biloxi sunsrise, does anyone really think it wise to buy plane tickets, pre-book rooms and prepare for a trip to the Redneck Riviera in a couple of weeks?

BP * Barbour’s Paramour
http://thedailybarb.com Burnnotice

Dr. Michael Carron is half right that the current will take it west. Problem being the Water temp also goes up during the summer months which can help in creating a A tropical disturbance.This hot Moist air usually gos straight North and loops to the east. Can you say a nice oily rain for Mississippi?
jrcmi

“This is the most corrupt president in history.”

Ludicrous.

The Bush administration makes the Grant Administration look like a bunch of NUNS!

Do you PAY people to listen to your “show”? It ain’t enough.