Can we have a separate board for the Obama Solyndra scandal?

[Mornac]

There’s about to so much going on with that thing that it would be better if it had a dedicated space.

[foodserver]

No way!

Next thing you know--someone is going to ask why we don't have a separate board for Gun Walker.  All I'm askin' for is a separate folder called "culture of corruption."  If we made a big, heavy duty extra large sized folder--we might be able to cram all of the different ethical problems this administration has developed in 3 years.  Back by popular demand:  Culture of Corruption folder-that's what I'm talkin' about.

[Coit]

You conservatives are way too eager to gin up a scandal.

There's about to be a lot of noise alright. I am starting to the fizzle, as in fizzling out.

When were the Solyndra applications made? Which administration was eager to have something, anything positive as its legacy? Hint: it was the one that blew our surplus, drove us into a depression, beat down the middle class, and started unnecessary wars in its overly aggressive quest for glory.

[SufferedMoreThanJesus]

Cool story, bro.

The Bush Administration rejected Solyndra as a viable project.

Kinda forgot to mention that; didn'tya?

[Coit]

Cool story, bro.

The Bush Administration rejected Solyndra as a viable project.

Kinda forgot to mention that; didn'tya?

The story has a lot of legs, on the Republican's propaganda station. The attempt to move it beyond there is rather pathetic.

[SufferedMoreThanJesus]

Elections Have Consequences: Bush Administration Rejected Solyndra Loan

Worser and worser:

    The White House also noted to ABC News that the Bush administration was the first to consider Solyndra’s application and that some executives at the company have a history of donating to Republicans. The results of the Congressional probe shared Tuesday with ABC News show that less than two weeks before President Bush left office, on January 9, 2009, the Energy Department’s credit committee made a unanimous decision not to offer a loan commitment to Solyndra.

The geniuses in the Obama administration don’t seem to realize just how damaging this is to their case. Put the Bush DOE rejection of Solyndra together with the emails that broke last night:

    The August 2009 e-mails, released toThe Washington Post, show White House officials repeatedly asking OMB reviewers when they would be able to decide on the federal loan and noting a looming press event at which they planned to announce the deal. In response, OMB officials expressed concern that they were being rushed to approve the company’s project without adequate time to assess the risk to taxpayers, according to the e-mails, which were provided by Republican congressional investigators…

And you have a true scandal that reaches directly into the Obama White House, and which clearly fits into the overall Obama “green” agenda. The main question demanding an answer now is, What did the president know and when did he know it?

http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/09/14/elections-have-consequences-bush-administration-rejected-solyndra-loan/

[Coit]

Right.

And there's plenty to suggest otherwise.

http://lubbockonline.com/editorial-columnists/2011-09-29/milbank-gop-pushed-solyndra-obama-made-loan#.ToSlndQvr9Q

[johnhp]

Cool story, bro.

The Bush Administration rejected Solyndra as a viable project.

Kinda forgot to mention that; didn'tya?

Completely untrue and inaccurate.  The Bush administration tried to ram it through just before Obama's inauguration, it was CAREER DOE employees who remanded the loan back to the DOE.  And here they remanded the loan, it was not rejected.

January 2009: In an effort to show it has done something to support renewable energy, the Bush administration tries to take Solyndra before a DOE credit review committee just one day before President Obama is inaugurated. The committee, consisting of career civil servants with financial expertise, remands the loan back to DOE because it wasn't ready for conditional commitment.


http://www.grist.org/solar-power/2011-09-13-bush-admin-pushed-solyndra-loan-guarantee-for-two-years

[Pepsi]

Elections Have Consequences: Bush Administration Rejected Solyndra Loan

lol in trying to paint the Bush administration as some sort of fiscally responsible administration.  If the solar company was in Iraq I'm sure they would have had the money no strings attached 

[Pepsi]

There’s about to so much going on with that thing that it would be better if it had a dedicated space.

added..

[Mornac]

Thank you.

[foodserver]

The story has a lot of legs, on the Republican's propaganda station. The attempt to move it beyond there is rather pathetic.

...and Gun Walker?

[SufferedMoreThanJesus]

in trying to paint the Bush administration as some sort of fiscally responsible administration.

Heh heh.  I wasn't trying to do that.

All I was saying was that the previous administration rejected Solyndra and within a few short months later, the current administration approved what had been previously rejected...and, well, you know the rest of the story.

[ivanm]

No way!

Next thing you know--someone is going to ask why we don't have a separate board for Gun Walker.  All I'm askin' for is a separate folder called "culture of corruption."  If we made a big, heavy duty extra large sized folder--we might be able to cram all of the different ethical problems this administration has developed in 3 years.  Back by popular demand:  Culture of Corruption folder-that's what I'm talkin' about.

So much of what is posed forum wide smacks of corruptness that we already have a corruption forum. 

Frankly I get tired of the same old shit day after day.