Obama Punts On Keystone XL For Billionaire’s $100 Million Bribe To Promote Democrats In Midterm Elections

21 Apr, 2014 by Duane Lester

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President Obama delayed the Keystone XL pipeline, yet again. : Why? : A billionaire environmentalist pledged $100 million to Democrats if the Keystone XL is delayed, that’s why:

What you won’t hear about in mainstream media is how Billionaire Tom Steyer drove the decision by promising to spend $100 million to help Democrats in the midterm election who help defeat the project.

With the decision pushed back probably past the election, this allows the Democrats to be for or against the decision depending on their election chances and how badly they need Steyer’s support. Given that a majority of Americans want the project to go through, this is good news for vulnerable Democrats. Meanwhile, American jobs suffer, and whatever economic impact the project might have had on Russia is ignored for the sake of Obama’s political gain.

Newsbusters has more:

On Squawk Box, Politico’s Ben White was the only persn to describe the Tom Steyer connection to Keystone:

It is bad for Landrieu, it’s bad for Mark Pryor in Arkansas. I think its net negative for Democratic candidates across the board. But that’s totally outweighed by the $100 million from Tom Steyer. He’s an environmentalist who says look if you approve the Keystone, my money goes away.

And the White House says that they need that money. The Koch brothers are going to spend like crazy, to win the Senate. We need to counter balance that with $100 million from Tom Steyer, whoever else we can get it from.

As I wrote on All American Blogger, the unions are not happy with any of this.

But remember, the Koch Brothers are evil, or something.

Hat Tip: Weasel Zippers