at this level and not know what he s saying. oh, yeah. that s my thought. your thoughts on this? you re absolutely correct. as a matter of fact, general mcchrystal, when he was a cadet, was there at the same time that i was the instructor. i was a major at west point, and i knew him. he was very buttoned down, very serious, very straight, straight, walking, straight talking and straight running cadet. he was very good at what he did. he s been in special operations for a long time, and and he s done a very, very good job, but you re absolutely right. he was taught how to act and what to do from a very early age at west point, and that kind of thing has been reinforced. it s always reinforced in the chain of command. you can complain all you want to about the plan to the commander before the decision is made. once the decision is made, unless the order is immoral or illegal, you salute and carry it out. there s no place for public disclosure, public discussion about pl
sure. for republicans and certainly for barton. and change the narrative a bit. kelly oo donnell, thank you. joining me for more on this ron christy is a republican strategist. gentlemen, thanks for being with me. good morning. good morning. ron, i want to start with you. why use the word shakedown when you have folks who are suffering in the gulf, the white house trying to help them. why use that word? well, very simple. i looked at article one and article two of the constitution this morning and there is no constitutional authority for the president of the united states to go to a private corporation, demand that they put in a certain amount of money in a trust fund for the purpose that the white house deems they want. i understand and i m so empthetic and my heart goes out to the people in the gulf but the constitutional issue is the one i m concerned about. the president had no authority to do this. where is it going to stop with the president deciding where he
corporation ought to be held responsible for this kind of thing. that s what the american people are being negative to. i hold the president for holding them accountable. mr. barton said himself, he wants to hold bp accountable. ron, to you, why there? you have bp answering questions. you have the live picture of the gushing well right next to him. you have an american public that s furious. why there choose to make that kind of statement? well, i think it was stupid, frankly. i don t think that anybody should be apologizing to bp for anything. i think bp they screwed up and they should be held accountable. that s my problem with this administration, lynn. how do we fix this gap and how do we fix this oil from gushing but the obama administration sent a bunch of lawyers to the gulf coast and putting the boot to the throat of bp. i get they should be held responsible but the focus right
take a listen. i m ashamed of what happened in the white house yesterday and i think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what i would characterize as a shakedown. in this case, a $20 billion shakedown. but, there s more. immediately after house minority leader john boehner and eric canter met with congressman barton and gave him a simple choice. apologize immediately or lose his position. well, here s what followed later in the day. if anything i ve said this morning has been misconstrued in an opposite effect, i want to apologize for that misconstrued misconstruction. well, nbc kelly oo donnell is on capitol hill. kelly, this is being called a gift to democrats. lots of calls for him to step down. this is not just from democrats, though. republicans are also jumping onboard, including congressman miller, republican from florida saying this is, you know, ridiculous. he should step down. so, what s the fallout here?
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