Justice has to be done here. BP and its senior officers have to be subject to a grand jury investigation.
James Carville
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I want President to say. There's a great story on Bloomberg, that over ten times on this network I've called for this, a criminal investigation. These people, in order to -- for anybody to be convinced; justice has to be done here.
I didn't think it was a good press conference I'll be honest with you.
I just think that -- that the President -- you saw the Congressman Melancon who's district is most impacted by it. He was emotional today, the stress that people feel down here.
If they're guilty of something, they've got to be brought to the bar of justice.
These people are crying. They're begging for something down here. And it just looks like he's not involved in this. Man, you've got down here and take control of this thing and put somebody in charge of this thing and get this thing moving.
These wetlands have a vital importance, not only economically, but socially, to the life here in Louisiana.
He needs to see what we saw today. He needs to go into the marsh. And he's a very, very smart man. He got to understand how important, and how environmentally sensitive and how crucial and how productive and fertile this is.
If he just goes to Grand Isle, walk on the beach, they are going to have the whole thing -- Tony Hayward is out there screaming at cameramen and directing people.
He needs to go investigate this and find out what it is. And when he does, I think we're going to get a lot of action. I think this is a man who cares.
I don't think so, no, sir. There's -- there's -- it's inexplicable that this man, as smart as he is, as talented as he is, would have the real word and saw what we saw today, and not be furious and not tell people to get into action now.
They are risking everything by this to 'go along with the BP' strategy they have. And it seems lackadaisical on this.
They are risking everything by this go-along-with-BP strategy they have. And it -- it seems, like, lackadaisical on this.
They haven't told the truth about a thing since this thing started. And it's stunning that the United States government and a company that makes $2 billion a month can't tell us how much of what is pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. It's…
I think the United States government is naive. They're -- they're -- they're -- we could have subpoenaed that on day two.
I hate to say this, but I think the United States government is naive. They're -- they're -- they're -- we could have subpoenaed that on day two. We are the United States government. We have the power to subpoena. We have the Justice…
I think what -- that our government is naive, thinking that they can partner with BP, that its interests are the same as BP's interests.
No, of course, not. They haven't been honest about a single thing. And based on what I have seen on '60 Minutes' and what's in the paper, I think that they're guilty of criminal negligence in the deaths of 11 people. I want to know…
They seem like they're inconvenienced by this, this is some kind of giant thing getting in their way.
I think that the government thinks they're partnering with BP. I think they actually believe that BP had some kind of a good motivation here.
They seem like they're inconvenienced by this. This is some kind of giant thing of getting in their way and somehow or another, if you let BP handle it, it will go away.





