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"It's not our fault" says Obama regarding Solyndra
SAY WHAT????
Obama Plays Blame Game on Solyndra – “But Understand: This Was Not Our Program, Per Se”
While on Four State Energy Excuses Tour, President Gets it Backward on Solyndra and Keystone, Claiming Credit for Approval of Southern Portion of Keystone Pipeline While Blaming Others for Solyndra – Washington Post Calls Out Obama for Solyndra Remarks
During a four state public relations blitz this week, President Obama sat down for an interview with American Public Media’s Marketplace and gave a stunning response when asked about Solyndra, stating, “Obviously, we wish Solyndra hadn't gone bankrupt. Part of the reason they did was because the Chinese were subsidizing their solar industry and flooding the market in ways that Solyndra couldn't compete. But understand: This was not our program, per se.”
While the president claims he’s not responsible for Solyndra, the facts say otherwise. After the Solyndra loan guarantee was rejected in the waning days of the Bush administration, it was quickly placed back on the fast track shortly after President Obama’s inauguration. Despite repeated warnings from OMB and DOE experts, Solyndra’s loan guarantee approval was rushed through. When the warnings of failure by the DOE and OMB experts came true and Solyndra was out of cash in the autumn of 2010, the Obama administration doubled down on their bad bet, restructuring Solyndra’s loan in early 2011 and putting wealthy investors at the front of the line ahead of taxpayers. As they say, the rest is history, and taxpayers are now on the hook for half a billion dollars.
Obama could not fool ABC News, which reported Thursday, “Obama mischaracterizes congressional support for the program, however. The loan to Solyndra was not part of a program developed by both Republicans and Democrats. Rather, it was entirely funded through the 2009 Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which did not receive any GOP votes.”
ABC News also reminded the public that the president took credit for Solyndra’s success when visiting the plant, reporting, “During a May 2010 visit to Solyndra, Obama explicitly credited the Recovery Act with supporting the company’s early success. ‘Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot,’ Obama said at the time. ‘But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.’”
The Washington Post Fact Checker weighed in on Friday, writing, “We find it hard to believe that any reasonable person could interpret Obama’s remarks this week as anything but a distinct effort to put the blame for Solyndra in some one else’s pocket. The president should accept responsibility, not shirk it.”
President Obama's revisionist history did not stop with Solyndra. While trying to shift blame away from himself on Solyndra, he was simultaneously attempting to secure undue credit for the popular Keystone XL pipeline. Just hours after making the comments to American Public Media, President Obama made public remarks that sought credit for approving and expediting the southern leg of the Keystone Pipeline during a visit to Cushing, Oklahoma. Conveniently, the president did not emphasize to the crowd that he delayed and eventually rejected the necessary permit for the entire Keystone XL pipeline to be constructed. The truth is, the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline is being constructed in spite of President Obama – not because of him.
Republican Solutions: The American Energy Initiative
In contrast to the president’s efforts to divert blame and claim credit, House Republicans have put forward real solutions – pursuing a comprehensive all-of-the-above energy plan that includes increased production here at home balanced with imports from our northern friends in Canada. Under the American Energy Initiative, the House has passed a number of legislative solutions to strengthen America’s energy security; to date, Senate Democrats have refused to approve any of these bills.
This ongoing effort embraces a true all-of-the-above approach and is focused on solutions to increase all forms of American energy and stop harmful government policies that are driving up prices.
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Comment by Steven D.Upshaw on March 25, 2012 at 2:00pm
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Good point Roma, to bad the popular vote doesn't determine the election Dr. Paul would probably have a better chance of winning.
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You know you are right Roma. Maybe if there was some way to limit what could be lobbied for. I really don't have all of the answers just a view of what might help find a solution. Some times all of this can really be overwhelming. I often think the only solution to it all is at the end of a rifle. But I also know that at my age there would not be much of a fight so the weapon that I choose is my voice and make no mistake I understand how easy it would be to silence that. Our only hope is a collective voice that will be heard across the land. My biggest fear is that the voice will become disheartend and die out like a cinder. My biggest hope is that out of the corruption breeding in washinton will come a breeze that will turn that cinder to a raging fire that will engulf the whole nation.
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The problem with the pipe line industry is that it is controled by mostly union companies and the local out of Tulsa. There are a few wildcat companies out there but they usually only get contracts that the union feels are to small to wasted time and effort on.
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Patricia, the people of Oklahoma nearly laughed him out of the state it was foolish of him to go to the state that 90% of the pipeline workers come from and try to fool them into thinking he had something to do with that leg of the pipeline those people control the pipeline industry and the are very smart people. Roma it is a shame but what you say about the tea party freshmen is true they have fallen victom to the greed and corruption that breeds in Washington. So you see what I mean when about big corporations and congressmen and senators. Big corporations do not waste time getting to these people they do not want to lose their grip on the control they have on Washington. the only way to fix that is to do away with lobyist.
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Comment by Patricia M. McBride on March 25, 2012 at 8:27am
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It is the pipeline to no where Steven that Obama had nothing what so ever to do with. He simply used it for a photo op and spoke to those who are clueless and do not understand he has zero to do with this at all. Fortunately, many do know he has nothing to do with it, because it does not run across an international border and is not on government land, and they are spreading the word!
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The southern leg of this pipeline is not under the control of the government it is being built by private investors on land that is not controled by the government. That being said I do not understand why the southern part of this pipeline is being constructed for without the northern section it has no begining. Unless the investors are counting on a democrate defeat in November and have plans to move ahead with the northern connection after the election. Maybe they know something that is not being made public.
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Dynamite commentary; very well put! The man is a total wreck and seems to always skew things to make himself look like the innocent party (if a failure) and the hero who saved the day (if a success). What a total bafoon.
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