If his integrity as per the BP Deepwater Horizon is not being used against him in his election bid. He saved lives. He saved economic integrity. He brought about reality no one else did to mitigate the damages by BP.
5:43 PM EDT Mar 21, 2013
5:43 PM EDT Mar 21, 2013
...Giselle Barry, campaign spokeswoman, (click here) said Markey's idea to put the spill camera underwater captured the real amount of oil being discharged into the Gulf daily. BP had claimed it was 1,000 barrels a day when in reality it was 60,000 barrels.
"He was integral, I think, in making sure we did see the oil cam," said Professor Gregory Payne, of Emerson College's Communications Department. "He pointed out that BP was not telling the truth about how much was really leaking. So I think he gets the narrative going on his behalf."
While Payne said the ad is primarily fact based, he questions the tone which leaves viewers with the impression Markey was solely responsible for holding BP accountable....
Ed Markey's involvement was pivotal during the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster without question. By the way, the House Committee that he was a member and chairman during that time, the "Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming," has been disbanded by the Republicans elected to the House in 2010. His pivotal involvement in the spill was not appreciated by the very members of Congress who were elected from the Gulf States. That says something about where some elected authority values the people and economy of their very constituents.
