This is a short non diary but i just cheered when Billy Nungesser was live on Rick Sanchez minutes ago!
No transcript, no video, saw it on tv so all I can do is paraphrase until there is one.
Rick led into "one of the biggest critics of BP and the President is Billy nungesser, parish president" blah blah.
Did he get shot down!
ETA, Nungesser is the republican parish president in Plaquemines parish
Updated below with a quote (h/t unenergy) from Nungesser earlier
Update 2: h/t to Ottery scribe for link to video:
Video is on CNN video page, but you cannot link (3+ / 0-)
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directly to the video. You can find it in the panel of videos. Cutline on the video is "Louisiana Rep gets emotional over spill"
Not on YouTube yet.
. video
direct link h/t to ferallike
So this has to be a paraphrase but after Rick played the first half of this part of the presser:
But look, we've gone through a difficult year and a half. This is just one more bit of difficulty. And this is going to be hard, not just right now; it's going to be hard for months to come. The Gulf -- this spill -- the Gulf is going to be affected in -- in a bad way.
And so my job right now is just to make sure that everybody in the Gulf understands this is what I wake up to in the morning and this is what I go to bed at night thinking about -- the spill. The -- and it's not just me, by the way. You know, when I woke up this morning, and I'm shaving, and Malia knocks on my bathroom door and she peeks in her head and she says, "Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?" -- (soft laughter) -- because I think everybody understands that, you know, when we are fouling the Earth like this, it has concrete implications not just for this generation but for future generations.
I grew up in Hawaii, where the ocean is sacred. And when you see birds flying around with -- with oil all over their feathers and turtles dying and -- you know, that's -- that doesn't just speak to the immediate economic quences (sic) -- consequences of this; this speaks to, you know, how are we caring for this incredible bounty that we have?
And so, you know, sometimes when I hear folks down in Louisiana expressing frustrations, I may not always think that their comments are fair.
On the other hand, I probably think to myself, you know, these are folks who grew up, you know -- you know, fishing in these wetlands and, you know, seeing this as an integral part of who they are. And to see that messed up in this fashion would be infuriating.
So the thing that the American people need to understand is that not a day goes by where the federal government is not constantly thinking about, how do we make sure that we minimize the damage on this, we close this thing down, we review what happened, to make sure that it does not happen again?
And in that sense, you know, there are analogies to what's been happening in terms of, you know, in the financial markets and some of these other areas, where big crises happen. It forces us to do some soul searching. And I think that's important for all of us to do.
In the meantime, my job is to get this fixed. And in case anybody wonders -- in any of your reporting, in case you're wondering who's responsible, I take responsibility. It is my job to make sure that everything is done to shut this down.
That doesn't mean it's going to be easy. It doesn't mean it's going to happen right away or the way I'd like it to happen. It doesn't mean that we're not going to make mistakes. But there shouldn't be any confusion here. The federal government is fully engaged, and I'm fully engaged.
http://blogs.suntimes.com/...
Nungesser said (paraphrased):
"I will not criticize him,(eta i think he then said 'i will not criticize this president' he has been fully engaged, he gets it, he cares and when I look him in the eye with the problems we see, he will make the changes. He has "gotten it" from the first day he came down here"
He was so solid on it, didn't back down on issues that he saw but he was clear that he believed in the President and how involved he is in this disaster.
If anyone can find the video of him on phone with rick or transcript i will put it up. I just think fantastic that a solid republican parish president is backing the president here and not agreeing with the media's meme.
Hat tip to Unenergy for this quote from Nungesser :
He said this about the President the other day (8+ / 0-)
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The President of the United States has to step up to the plate, we're begging him.
I looked him in the eye for two hours, he cares about us.
I could tell because he made the coast guard implement our dredge our jack up boats, we have them out there on the front line. - Source
So it's good to see him back it up.
Those folks who are trying to get in the way of progress - let me tell you, I'm just getting started. I don't quit. I'm not tired; I'm just getting started.
by Unenergy on Thu May 27, 2010 at 05:22:03 PM EDT