When Republicans Are in Favor of Bailouts

When it helps an oil company, it seems.

The party of Hoover is lining up with the Chamber of Commerce to make sure that BP is not going to be liable for the consequential damages of its fuckup. So if you have a business that goes bust because of BP's catastrophuck, then the Republicans want to make sure that you will have no chance of collecting anything from BP. Rather than make BP pay the costs, the Hooverites want the taxpayers to ride to teh rescue of BP.

Note also that the party of Hoover is saying that because the Feds didn't sit on the necks of BP and make sure that BP didn't screw the pooch. Of course, the fact that it was the Republicans who neutered the ability to oversee the oil companies, well, they'll just gloss over that point (by pouring a thick coating of crude oil on it).

Oh, the Republicans are against bailouts when those bailouts might help keep millions of Americans from losing their jobs. The Republicans are against helping anyone, for that matter, who draws less than a seven-figure annual salary.

But when it comes to the oil companies, the Republicans will open up the Federal purse to help them.

And you will not hear one peep from the Teabaggers, either.