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Spill traces back to Bush

Sat., June 19, 2010

The Spokesman-Review

In regard to the letter on June 11 from Robert J. Frisch, I would like to ask what channel that one commentator who “asked the real question” was on. My guess is Fox News Channel.

How can you say that President Obama and the environmentalists could possibly be responsible for this disaster? The Deepwater Horizon was in operation long before Obama took office. The last eight years have been a heyday for the oil companies. You can be sure that if there was oil on the moon, they would be there trying to get every last drop.

I voted for Obama, and as yet am not 100 percent sure that I am as happy with him as I thought I would be, but one thing I know with certainty: This disaster has Bush-Cheney written all over it.

Harry Crase

Coeur d’Alene

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