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On the recordMay 27, 2010
If this would have happened in Nantucket, if this would have happened in San Francisco Bay, if this would have happened in the Chesapeake Bay, if this would have happened in Lake Michigan, the response would have been entirely different.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville argues that the response to the oil spill would be different if it had affected more affluent areas.

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