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James Carville: “BP is not the equal of the United States government. And this president needs to tell BP: I'm your daddy. I'm in charge.…”

On the recordMay 30, 2010
BP is not the equal of the United States government. And this president needs to tell BP: I'm your daddy. I'm in charge. You're going to do what we say. You're a multinational company that is greedy and you may be guilty of criminal activity.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

James Carville criticizes President Obama for not taking charge of the BP oil spill response and asserts the government's authority over BP.

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