Strong words from Democratic legend James Carville, who sent a message to Hoosier Democrats today warning of the cozy big oil relationships that Dan Coats would bring with him to the Senate.
Dan Coats, the Republican nominee for Senate is a lobbyist for big corporate special interests like chemical companies, oil companies, and insurance companies. And get this: Coats’ lobbying and law firm counts among its clients the two corporations directly involved in the Gulf oil disaster: BP and Halliburton.BP is the most irresponsible - and most often fined - major oil company in the world … by a wide margin. How could such an irresponsible company be allowed to jeopardize the health and economic livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of families along our Gulf Coast?
Let me say it again. Two companies share the responsibility for the Gulf catastrophe. They are: BP and Halliburton - they are both clients of Dan Coats’ law and lobbying firm, King and Spalding.
James Carville made it clear that Hoosiers just can’t afford to send a lobbyist (back) to Washington.
After eight years of a Bush administration run by oil company executives, the last thing America needs is a Senator who made his millions lobbying for them. We need to make sure the oil companies don’t get their lackey, Dan Coats, elected to the Senate.Lobbyists already have too much power in Washington. We can’t afford to be electing them to the United States Senate.
