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Sen. Lautenberg: Limbaugh comments on dispersants "callous" and "irresponsible"

August 04, 2010 11:15 am ET by Oliver Willis

Earlier this week Media Matters noted Rush Limbaughs comments about the use of chemical dispersants in the Gulf oil spill: "God and the ocean can handle the dispersants." Today Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) responded during a hearing for the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, calling Limbaugh's comments "callous" and "irresponsible":

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    • Author by einreb (August 04, 2010 11:31 am ET)
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      I didn't hear "inaccurate" or "coming from the mouth of a know-nothing about dispersants" or "a person who couldn't describe the ingredients on a can of dispersants if he were given the label."

      Somehow that should have been included in the Senator's comments.
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    • Author by blk-in-alabam (August 04, 2010 11:37 am ET)
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      Senator Lautenberg has taken the right approach in this case.Rush Limbaugh,and republican party acts as both spokespeople,and attorneys for the republican party.Anything anyone has to say to any member of the republican party,and any response by any member of the republican party is only communicated to members of congress,and the public by republican party media.Rush Limbaugh is a boss with various captains,and connecting boss teritories.
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    • Author by DellDolly (August 04, 2010 12:12 pm ET)
         
      This event sure shows that the oil drilling industry, despite their promises and their multi-page plans, really didn't know what to do when they were faced with a huge spill like this.
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    • Author by ilikeike (August 04, 2010 12:38 pm ET)
         
      rush knows all about dispersants. he has huffed enough of them when he couldnt get his hands on any oxy
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    • Author by CrashGordon (August 04, 2010 1:13 pm ET)
         
      If members of congress are going to speak out every time Limbaugh says something "callous" or "irresponsible" from now on, I don't see having any time to pass new legislation in the foreseeable future.
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